Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4755 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 04/23/2019

                            86R26732 BRG-D
 By: Lopez H.B. No. 4755


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the requirements for interlocal contracts.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 791.011(d), Government Code, is amended
 to read as follows:
 (d)  An interlocal contract must:
 (1)  be authorized by the governing body of each party
 to the contract unless a party to the contract is a municipally
 owned electric utility or a municipally owned water utility, in
 which event the governing body may establish procedures for
 entering into interlocal contracts that do not exceed $100,000
 without requiring the approval of the governing body;
 (2)  state the purpose, terms, rights, and duties of
 the contracting parties; and
 (3)  specify that each party paying for the performance
 of governmental functions or services must make those payments from
 current revenues available to the paying party.
 SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
 an interlocal contract entered into on or after the effective date
 of this Act. An interlocal contract entered into before the
 effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
 date the contract was entered into, and the former law is continued
 in effect for that purpose.
 SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.