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1		-	H.B. No. 4257
	1	+	By: Craddick (Senate Sponsor - Campbell) H.B. No. 4257
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019;
	3	+	April 29, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Intergovernmental Relations; May 17, 2019, reported favorably by
	5	+	the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to retaliation for municipal annexation disapproval.
6	12		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7	13		SECTION 1. Section 43.0688, Local Government Code, is
8	14		amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to
9	15		read as follows:
10	16		(a) The disapproval of the proposed annexation of an area
11	17		under this subchapter does not affect any existing legal obligation
12	18		of the municipality proposing the annexation to continue to provide
13	19		governmental services in the area, including water or wastewater
14	20		services, regardless of whether the municipality holds a
15	21		certificate of convenience and necessity to serve the area.
16	22		(c) A municipality that makes a wholesale sale of water to a
17	23		special district operating under Chapter 36 or Title 4, Water Code,
18	24		may not charge rates for the water that are higher than rates
19	25		charged in other similarly situated areas solely because the
20	26		district is wholly or partly located in an area that disapproved of
21	27		a proposed annexation under this subchapter.
22	28		SECTION 2. Section 43.0699, Local Government Code, is
23	29		amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to
24	30		read as follows:
25	31		(a) The disapproval of the proposed annexation of an area
26	32		under this subchapter does not affect any existing legal obligation
27	33		of the municipality proposing the annexation to continue to provide
28	34		governmental services in the area, including water or wastewater
29	35		services, regardless of whether the municipality holds a
30	36		certificate of convenience and necessity to serve the area.
31	37		(c) A municipality that makes a wholesale sale of water to a
32	38		special district operating under Chapter 36 or Title 4, Water Code,
33	39		may not charge rates for the water that are higher than rates
34	40		charged in other similarly situated areas solely because the
35	41		district is wholly or partly located in an area that disapproved of
36	42		a proposed annexation under this subchapter.
37	43		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
38	44		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
39	45		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
40	46		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
41	47		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
42		-	______________________________ ______________________________
43		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
44		-	I certify that H.B. No. 4257 was passed by the House on April
45		-	26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 1, 2 present, not
46		-	voting.
47		-	______________________________
48		-	Chief Clerk of the House
49		-	I certify that H.B. No. 4257 was passed by the Senate on May
50		-	22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
51		-	______________________________
52		-	Secretary of the Senate
53		-	APPROVED: _____________________
54		-	Date
55		-	_____________________
56		-	Governor
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