| 1 | 1 | | By: Springer S.B. No. 2624 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the Mustang Ridge Municipal Utility District, the |
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| 7 | 7 | | Wildwood Municipal Utility District, the Creedmoor Municipal |
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| 8 | 8 | | Utility District, and the Williamson County Municipal Utility |
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| 9 | 9 | | District No. 40; granting limited powers of eminent domain. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | ARTICLE 1. DIVISION OF DISTRICT |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1.01. Subchapter C, Chapter 7946A, Special District |
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| 13 | 13 | | Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 7946A.0307 to read as |
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| 14 | 14 | | follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 7946A.0307. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district |
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| 16 | 16 | | may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the |
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| 20 | 20 | | division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and |
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| 21 | 21 | | duties of the district. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (c) Any new district created by the division of the district |
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| 23 | 23 | | may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land |
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| 24 | 24 | | outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this |
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| 25 | 25 | | chapter. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition |
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| 27 | 27 | | signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of |
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| 28 | 28 | | the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the |
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| 29 | 29 | | district. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district |
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| 31 | 31 | | before or after the date the board holds an election under Section |
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| 32 | 32 | | 7946A.0103 to confirm the district's creation. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (f) An order dividing the district shall: |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) name each new district; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) include the metes and bounds description of the |
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| 36 | 36 | | territory of each new district; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; |
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| 38 | 38 | | and |
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| 39 | 39 | | (4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities |
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| 40 | 40 | | between or among the new districts. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of |
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| 42 | 42 | | an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order |
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| 43 | 43 | | with the commission and record the order in the real property |
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| 44 | 44 | | records of each county in which the district is located. |
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| 45 | 45 | | (h) Any new district created by the division of the district |
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| 46 | 46 | | shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by |
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| 47 | 47 | | Section 7946A.0103. If the voters of a new district do not confirm |
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| 48 | 48 | | the creation of the new district, the assets, obligations, |
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| 49 | 49 | | territory, and governance of the new district revert to the |
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| 50 | 50 | | original district. |
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| 51 | 51 | | (i) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the |
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| 52 | 52 | | new district shall provide the election date and results to the |
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| 53 | 53 | | commission. |
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| 54 | 54 | | (j) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to |
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| 55 | 55 | | the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section |
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| 56 | 56 | | 7946A.0104 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new |
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| 57 | 57 | | district created by the division of the district and to the |
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| 58 | 58 | | inclusion of land in the new district. |
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| 59 | 59 | | (k) Any new district created by the division of the district |
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| 60 | 60 | | must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter |
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| 61 | 61 | | approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue |
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| 62 | 62 | | bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes. |
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| 63 | 63 | | ARTICLE 2. REPEALER |
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| 64 | 64 | | SECTION 2.01. The following sections of the Special |
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| 65 | 65 | | District Local Laws Code are repealed: |
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| 66 | 66 | | (1) Section 7945A.0306; |
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| 67 | 67 | | (2) Section 7946A.0306; |
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| 68 | 68 | | (3) Section 7951A.0306; and |
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| 69 | 69 | | (4) Section 8141.0307. |
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| 70 | 70 | | ARTICLE 3. TRANSITION AND EFFECTIVE DATE |
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| 71 | 71 | | SECTION 3.01. If this Act does not receive a two-thirds vote |
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| 72 | 72 | | of all the members elected to each house, Article 2 of this Act does |
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| 73 | 73 | | not take effect. |
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| 74 | 74 | | SECTION 3.02. This Act takes effect immediately if it |
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| 75 | 75 | | receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each |
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| 76 | 76 | | house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. |
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| 77 | 77 | | If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate |
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| 78 | 78 | | effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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