By: Hegar S.B. No. 1830
(Zerwas)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the powers and duties of Fort Bend County Municipal
Utility District No. 194.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 8317.002, Special
District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The district is essential to accomplish the purposes of
Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the
construction, acquisition, [or] improvement, operation, or
maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads [described by
Section 54.234, Water Code], or improvements, including storm
drainage, in aid of those roads.
SECTION 2. Section 8317.053, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8317.053. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. [(a)] Under
Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may
design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve,
operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a
municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled,
or paved roads [described by Section 54.234, Water Code], or
improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
[(b) The district may exercise the powers provided by this
section without submitting a petition to or obtaining approval from
the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as required by
Section 54.234, Water Code.]
SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 8317, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8317.0541 to read as
follows:
Sec. 8317.0541. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A
road project must meet all applicable construction standards,
zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each
municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial
jurisdiction the road project is located.
(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
project must meet all applicable construction standards,
subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
the road project is located.
(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
specifications of the road project.
SECTION 4. Section 8317.054, Special District Local Laws
Code, is repealed.
SECTION 5. Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No.
194 retains all rights, powers, privileges, authority, duties, and
functions that it had before the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 6. (a) The legislature validates and confirms all
governmental acts and proceedings of the Fort Bend County Municipal
Utility District No. 194 that were taken before the effective date
of this Act.
(b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the
effective date of this Act:
(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation
ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court
judgment; or
(2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment.
SECTION 7. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
Government Code.
(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
representatives within the required time.
(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
and accomplished.
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.