By: Springer S.B. No. 2624
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Mustang Ridge Municipal Utility District, the
Wildwood Municipal Utility District, the Creedmoor Municipal
Utility District, and the Williamson County Municipal Utility
District No. 40; granting limited powers of eminent domain.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
ARTICLE 1. DIVISION OF DISTRICT
SECTION 1.01. Subchapter C, Chapter 7946A, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 7946A.0307 to read as
follows:
Sec. 7946A.0307. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district
may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:
(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and
(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the
division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
duties of the district.
(c) Any new district created by the division of the district
may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this
chapter.
(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition
signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of
the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the
district.
(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district
before or after the date the board holds an election under Section
7946A.0103 to confirm the district's creation.
(f) An order dividing the district shall:
(1) name each new district;
(2) include the metes and bounds description of the
territory of each new district;
(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district;
and
(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities
between or among the new districts.
(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of
an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order
with the commission and record the order in the real property
records of each county in which the district is located.
(h) Any new district created by the division of the district
shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by
Section 7946A.0103. If the voters of a new district do not confirm
the creation of the new district, the assets, obligations,
territory, and governance of the new district revert to the
original district.
(i) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the
new district shall provide the election date and results to the
commission.
(j) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to
the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section
7946A.0104 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new
district created by the division of the district and to the
inclusion of land in the new district.
(k) Any new district created by the division of the district
must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter
approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue
bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
ARTICLE 2. REPEALER
SECTION 2.01. The following sections of the Special
District Local Laws Code are repealed:
(1) Section 7945A.0306;
(2) Section 7946A.0306;
(3) Section 7951A.0306; and
(4) Section 8141.0307.
ARTICLE 3. TRANSITION AND EFFECTIVE DATE
SECTION 3.01. If this Act does not receive a two-thirds vote
of all the members elected to each house, Article 2 of this Act does
not take effect.
SECTION 3.02. This Act takes effect immediately if it
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2023.