Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3821 Latest Draft

Bill / Comm Sub Version Filed 04/24/2019

                            86R25676 SCL-F
 By: Goodwin H.B. No. 3821
 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3821:
 By:  Craddick C.S.H.B. No. 3821


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to annexation by certain municipalities of a special
 district under a strategic partnership agreement.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 43.0751(s), Local Government Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (s)  Notwithstanding any other law other than Section
 43.083, the procedures prescribed by Subchapters C-3, C-4, and C-5
 do not apply to the annexation of an area under this section.
 Except as provided by Subsection (h), a municipality shall follow
 the procedures established under the strategic partnership
 agreement for full-purpose annexation of an area under this
 section.
 SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 43, Local Government Code,
 is amended by adding Section 43.083 to read as follows:
 Sec. 43.083.  ANNEXATION BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES THAT
 OPERATE MUNICIPALLY OWNED WATER UTILITY.  (a)  This section applies
 only to a municipality that:
 (1)  operates a municipally owned water utility; and
 (2)  is a party to a strategic partnership agreement:
 (A)  with a municipal utility district; and
 (B)  under which the municipality contemplates
 annexing 400 or more water or wastewater connections that are not
 located in the district.
 (b)  A municipality authorized or required to annex a
 district for full purposes under a strategic partnership agreement
 under Section 43.0751 must receive approval for the annexation as
 required by Subchapter C-3, C-4, or C-5, as applicable, before
 annexation.
 SECTION 3.  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, 2019.