88R12765 LRM-D
By: Campbell S.B. No. 1569
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the review of the creation of certain proposed
municipal utility districts by county commissioners courts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 54.0161(a-2) and (b), Water Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a-2) The commissioners court of a county in which the
district is to be located shall [may] review the petition for
creation and other evidence and information relating to the
proposed district that the commissioners consider necessary.
Petitioners for the creation of a district shall submit to the
county commissioners court any relevant information requested by
the commissioners court.
(b) The [In the event the county commissioners court votes
to submit information to the commission or to make a recommendation
regarding the creation of the proposed district, the] commissioners
court shall submit to the commission, at least 10 days before the
date set for action on the petition, a written opinion stating:
(1) whether the commissioners court recommends the
creation of the proposed district; and
(2) any findings, conclusions, and other information
that the commissioners court thinks would assist the commission in
making a final determination on the petition.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.