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1	1	89R10718 SCR-D
2	2	By: Kerwin H.B. No. 5671
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the election of directors for and the authority to issue
10	10	bonds of the Johnson County Special Utility District.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 7216, Special District
13	13	Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Sections 7216.052 and
14	14	7216.053 to read as follows:
15	15	Sec. 7216.052. DIRECTOR ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible to be
16	16	listed on the ballot as a candidate for or to serve as a director, a
17	17	person must be:
18	18	(1) a qualified voter;
19	19	(2) a retail water or sewer service customer of the
20	20	district; and
21	21	(3) an owner of:
22	22	(A) land receiving services from the district; or
23	23	(B) a beneficial interest in a trust that owns
24	24	land receiving services from the district.
25	25	Sec. 7216.053. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS FROM SINGLE-MEMBER
26	26	DISTRICTS. (a) The board by rule may provide for the election of
27	27	some or all of the directors from single-member districts.
28	28	(b) In addition to requirements of Section 7216.052, if the
29	29	board provides for the election of some or all of the directors from
30	30	single-member districts, to be eligible to be listed on the ballot
31	31	as a candidate for or to serve as a director from a single-member
32	32	district, a person must be a resident of that district.
33	33	SECTION 2. Section 7216.101, Special District Local Laws
34	34	Code, is amended to read as follows:
35	35	Sec. 7216.101. SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS. The
36	36	[Except as specifically limited by Section 7216.102, the] district
37	37	has all of the rights, powers, privileges, authority, functions,
38	38	and duties provided by general law applicable to a special utility
39	39	district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution,
40	40	including those provided by Chapters 49 and 65, Water Code.
41	41	SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 7216, Special District
42	42	Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 7216.152 to read as
43	43	follows:
44	44	Sec. 7216.152. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS. (a) The district
45	45	has the rights, powers, duties, and obligations of an issuer under
46	46	Chapter 1371, Government Code.
47	47	(b) Sections 49.181 and 49.182, Water Code, do not apply to
48	48	the district.
49	49	SECTION 4. Section 7216.102, Special District Local Laws
50	50	Code, is repealed.
51	51	SECTION 5. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
52	52	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
53	53	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
54	54	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
55	55	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
56	56	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
57	57	Government Code.
58	58	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
59	59	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
60	60	Environmental Quality.
61	61	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
62	62	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
63	63	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
64	64	representatives within the required time.
65	65	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
66	66	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
67	67	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
68	68	and accomplished.
69	69	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
70	70	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
71	71	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
72	72	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
73	73	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.