88S30809 LRM-D
By: Zwiener H.B. No. 204
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the inclusion of a water conservation plan in a petition
filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting
the creation of a municipal utility district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 54.015, Water Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 54.015. CONTENTS OF PETITION. The petition shall:
(1) describe the boundaries of the proposed district
by metes and bounds or by lot and block number, if there is a
recorded map or plat and survey of the area;
(2) state the general nature of the work proposed to be
done, the necessity for the work, and the cost of the project as
then estimated by those filing the petition; [and]
(3) include a water conservation plan that meets the
requirements of Section 13.146, regardless of whether that section
applies to the district; and
(4) include a name of the district which shall be
generally descriptive of the locale of the district followed by the
words Municipal Utility District, or if a district is located
within one county, it may be designated "__________ County
Municipal Utility District No. ______." (Insert the name of the
county and proper consecutive number.) The proposed district shall
not have the same name as any other district in the same county.
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a petition requesting
the creation of a municipal utility district that is filed with the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective
date of this Act. A petition requesting the creation of a municipal
utility district that was filed with the commission before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the petition was filed, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
last day of the legislative session.