Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R3055 MP-D
2	2	By: Zwiener H.B. No. 2015
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the consideration of water conservation by the Texas
10	10	Commission on Environmental Quality when determining whether to
11	11	grant or deny a petition for the creation of a municipal utility
12	12	district.
13	13	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	14	SECTION 1. Section 54.015, Water Code, is amended to read as
15	15	follows:
16	16	Sec. 54.015. CONTENTS OF PETITION. The petition shall:
17	17	(1) describe the boundaries of the proposed district
18	18	by metes and bounds or by lot and block number, if there is a
19	19	recorded map or plat and survey of the area;
20	20	(2) state the general nature of the work proposed to be
21	21	done, the necessity for the work, and the cost of the project as
22	22	then estimated by those filing the petition; [and]
23	23	(3) include a water conservation plan that meets the
24	24	requirements of Section 13.146, regardless of whether that section
25	25	applies to the district; and
26	26	(4) include a name of the district which shall be
27	27	generally descriptive of the locale of the district followed by the
28	28	words Municipal Utility District, or if a district is located
29	29	within one county, it may be designated "__________ County
30	30	Municipal Utility District No. ______." (Insert the name of the
31	31	county and proper consecutive number.) The proposed district shall
32	32	not have the same name as any other district in the same county.
33	33	SECTION 2. Section 54.021(b), Water Code, is amended to
34	34	read as follows:
35	35	(b) In determining if the project is feasible and
36	36	practicable and if it is necessary and would be a benefit to the
37	37	land included in the district, the commission shall consider:
38	38	(1) the availability of comparable service from other
39	39	systems, including but not limited to water districts,
40	40	municipalities, and regional authorities;
41	41	(2) the reasonableness of projected construction
42	42	costs, tax rates, and water and sewer rates; and
43	43	(3) whether or not the district and its system and
44	44	subsequent development within the district will have an
45	45	unreasonable effect on the following:
46	46	(A) land elevation;
47	47	(B) subsidence;
48	48	(C) groundwater level within the region;
49	49	(D) recharge capability of a groundwater source;
50	50	(E) natural run-off rates and drainage;
51	51	(F) water quality; [and]
52	52	(G) water conservation; and
53	53	(H) total tax assessments on all land located
54	54	within a district.
55	55	SECTION 3. This Act applies only to a petition requesting
56	56	the creation of a municipal utility district that is filed with the
57	57	Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective
58	58	date of this Act. A petition requesting the creation of a municipal
59	59	utility district that was filed with the commission before the
60	60	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
61	61	date the petition was filed, and the former law is continued in
62	62	effect for that purpose.
63	63	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.