| 1 | 1 | | By: Schwertner S.B. No. 1909 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed April 24, 2013; April 25, 2013, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental |
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| 4 | 4 | | Relations; May 10, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 10, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the period for confirmation of the Williamson County |
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| 11 | 11 | | Municipal Utility District No. 21. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 8132.003, Special District Local Laws |
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| 14 | 14 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 8132.003. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED. If the |
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| 16 | 16 | | creation of the district is not confirmed at a confirmation |
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| 17 | 17 | | election held under Section 8132.023 before September 1, 2017 |
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| 18 | 18 | | [2013]: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) the district is dissolved September 1, 2017 |
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| 20 | 20 | | [2013], except that: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (A) any debts incurred shall be paid; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (B) any assets that remain after the payment of |
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| 23 | 23 | | debts shall be transferred to Williamson County; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (C) the organization of the district shall be |
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| 25 | 25 | | maintained until all debts are paid and remaining assets are |
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| 26 | 26 | | transferred; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) this chapter expires September 1, 2020 [2016]. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. Section 8132.025, Special District Local Laws |
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| 29 | 29 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | Sec. 8132.025. EXPIRATION OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter |
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| 31 | 31 | | expires September 1, 2020, unless the creation of the district is |
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| 32 | 32 | | confirmed at a confirmation election held under Section 8132.023 |
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| 33 | 33 | | before September 1, 2017 [2016]. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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| 35 | 35 | | introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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| 37 | 37 | | copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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| 38 | 38 | | officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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| 39 | 39 | | under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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| 40 | 40 | | Government Code. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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| 42 | 42 | | submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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| 43 | 43 | | Environmental Quality. |
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| 44 | 44 | | (c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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| 45 | 45 | | its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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| 46 | 46 | | lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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| 47 | 47 | | representatives within the required time. |
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| 48 | 48 | | (d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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| 49 | 49 | | state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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| 50 | 50 | | to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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| 51 | 51 | | and accomplished. |
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| 52 | 52 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 53 | 53 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 54 | 54 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 55 | 55 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 56 | 56 | | Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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| 57 | 57 | | legislative session. |
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| 58 | 58 | | * * * * * |
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