19 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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20 | 5 | | relating to the dissolution of the Rebecca Creek Municipal Utility |
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21 | 6 | | District. |
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22 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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23 | 8 | | SECTION 1. DEFINITION; BACKGROUND. (a) In this Act, |
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24 | 9 | | "district" means the Rebecca Creek Municipal Utility District. |
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25 | 10 | | (b) On or before January 1, 2015, the district's board of |
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26 | 11 | | directors sold and transferred substantially all of the district's |
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27 | 12 | | water utility system assets and used the proceeds from the sale to |
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28 | 13 | | pay, or arrange for the payment of, all debts and liabilities of the |
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29 | 14 | | district. |
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30 | 15 | | SECTION 2. DISTRICT DISSOLUTION. The district's board of |
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31 | 16 | | directors may adopt a resolution authorizing the dissolution of the |
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32 | 17 | | district, and the district shall be dissolved in accordance with |
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33 | 18 | | the terms of that resolution. |
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34 | 19 | | SECTION 3. VALIDATION; LIMITATION. (a) The legislature |
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35 | 20 | | validates and confirms all governmental acts and proceedings of the |
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36 | 21 | | district that were taken before the effective date of this Act. |
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37 | 22 | | (b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the |
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38 | 23 | | effective date of this Act: |
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39 | 24 | | (1) is involved in litigation if the litigation |
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40 | 25 | | ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court |
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41 | 26 | | judgment; or |
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42 | 27 | | (2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment. |
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43 | 28 | | SECTION 4. NOTICE. (a) The legal notice of the intention |
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44 | 29 | | to introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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45 | 30 | | Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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46 | 31 | | copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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47 | 32 | | officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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48 | 33 | | under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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49 | 34 | | Government Code. |
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50 | 35 | | (b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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51 | 36 | | submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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52 | 37 | | Environmental Quality. |
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53 | 38 | | (c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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54 | 39 | | its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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55 | 40 | | lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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56 | 41 | | representatives within the required time. |
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57 | 42 | | (d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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58 | 43 | | state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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59 | 44 | | to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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60 | 45 | | and accomplished. |
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61 | 46 | | SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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62 | 47 | | immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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63 | 48 | | elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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64 | 49 | | Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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65 | 50 | | immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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66 | | - | * * * * * |
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| 51 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 52 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 53 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 3286 was passed by the House on April |
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| 54 | + | 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 55 | + | voting. |
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| 56 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 57 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 58 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 3286 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 59 | + | 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 60 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 61 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 62 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 63 | + | Date |
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| 64 | + | _____________________ |
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| 65 | + | Governor |
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