By: Birdwell S.B. No. 1243
(In the Senate - Filed February 12, 2025;
February 28, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on
Local Government; April 7, 2025, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 7, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the dissolution of a public utility agency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 572.053, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 572.053. CHANGES IN PUBLIC ENTITIES PARTICIPATING IN
OR DISSOLUTION OF PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCY. (a) The public entities
that participate in a public utility agency may by concurrent
ordinances:
(1) add a public entity to, or delete a public entity
from, participation in the public utility agency; or
(2) dissolve the public utility agency and transfer
all obligations, assets, permits, and licenses of the public
utility agency to the remaining public entities.
(b) A public entity that is the only remaining participant
in a public utility agency may by ordinance dissolve the public
utility agency in accordance with Subsection (a)(2).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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