Bill Text: TX HB2914 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the necessity of hearings regarding the dissolution or conversion of certain conservation and reclamation districts.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2914 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2914-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the necessity of hearings regarding the dissolution or conversion of certain conservation and reclamation districts.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2914 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2914-Introduced.html
By: Bell of Montgomery | H.B. No. 2914 |
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relating to the necessity of hearings regarding the dissolution or | ||
conversion of certain conservation and reclamation districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 49, Water Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 49.3225 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 49.3225. ORDER WITHOUT HEARING. (a) The commission | ||
may adopt an order under Section 49.324 without conducting a | ||
hearing if it receives a petition under this section from: | ||
(1) the owners of the majority in value of the land in | ||
the district, as shown by the most recent certified tax roll of the | ||
central appraisal district of the county or counties in which the | ||
district is located; or | ||
(2) the board of directors of the district. | ||
(b) Within 10 days of submitting a petition under this | ||
section, the petitioner shall: | ||
(i) provide notice of the petition by | ||
certified mail to all landowners in the district, as shown by the | ||
most recent certified tax roll of the central appraisal district of | ||
the county or counties in which the district is located, who did not | ||
sign the petiti | ||
on, and the board of directors if the petition was | ||
submitted pursuant to subsection (b)(i) of this section, which | ||
notice shall provide at least 30 days to file written objections | ||
with the commission; and | ||
(ii) certify in writing to the commission | ||
that the notice requirements of subsection (c)(i) of this section | ||
have been satisfied. | ||
(c) If an owner of land within the district or a board member | ||
files a written objection to the dissolution with the commission | ||
within the time specified in the notice, the commission shall hold a | ||
hearing on the dissolution petition. Notice of the hearing shall be | ||
provided by first class mail to the petitioner, the board of | ||
directors if the petition was submitted pursuant to subsection | ||
(b)(i) of this section, and any landowner who timely filed a written | ||
objection to the dissolution petition. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 54.030(b), Water Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The governing body of a district which desires to | ||
convert into a district operating under this chapter shall adopt | ||
and enter in the minutes of the governing body a resolution | ||
declaring that in its judgment, conversion into a municipal utility | ||
district operating under this chapter and under Article XVI, | ||
Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, would serve the best | ||
interest of the district and would be a benefit to the land and | ||
property included in the district. The resolution shall also | ||
request that the commission approve [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 54.032, Water Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 54.032. CONVERSION OF DISTRICT: NOTICE.(a) Notice of | ||
the conversion [ |
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newspaper with general circulation in the county or counties in | ||
which the district is located. | ||
(b) The notice shall be published once a week for two | ||
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(c) The notice shall: | ||
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in full; and | ||
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offer comments [ |
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proposal contained in the resolution. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 54.033(a), Water Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) If [ |
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conversion of the district into one operating under this chapter | ||
would serve the best interest of the district and would be a benefit | ||
to the land and property included in the district, it shall enter an | ||
order making this finding and the district shall become a district | ||
operating under this chapter and no confirmation election shall be | ||
required. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 54.031, Water Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |