By: Burns (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 3717
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2021;
May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
Government; May 22, 2021, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 22, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sale of a water or sewer utility system by a
municipality without an election.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1502.055, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or other law, a
municipality is not required to hold an election to authorize the
sale of a municipal retail water or sewer utility system if the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has issued a notice of
violation to the utility system and the governing body of the
municipality finds by official action that the municipality is
either financially or technically unable to restore the system to
compliance with the applicable law or regulations.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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