Bill Text: TX SB1449 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 1449 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to retaliation for municipal annexation disapproval.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-14 - Referred to Intergovernmental Relations [SB1449 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB1449-Introduced.html

	86R12574 SCL-F

	By: Campbell	S.B. No. 1449



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to retaliation for municipal annexation disapproval.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 43.0688, Local Government Code, is
	amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to
	read as follows:
	(a) The disapproval of the proposed annexation of an area
	under this subchapter does not affect any existing legal obligation
	of the municipality proposing the annexation to continue to provide
	governmental services in the area, including water or wastewater
	services, regardless of whether the municipality holds a
	certificate of convenience and necessity to serve the area.
	(c) A municipality that makes a wholesale sale of water to a
	special district operating under Chapter 36 or Title 4, Water Code,
	may not charge rates for the water that are higher than rates
	charged in other similarly situated areas solely because the
	district is wholly or partly located in an area that disapproved of
	a proposed annexation under this subchapter.
	SECTION 2. Section 43.0699, Local Government Code, is
	amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to
	read as follows:
	(a) The disapproval of the proposed annexation of an area
	under this subchapter does not affect any existing legal obligation
	of the municipality proposing the annexation to continue to provide
	governmental services in the area, including water or wastewater
	services, regardless of whether the municipality holds a
	certificate of convenience and necessity to serve the area.
	(c) A municipality that makes a wholesale sale of water to a
	special district operating under Chapter 36 or Title 4, Water Code,
	may not charge rates for the water that are higher than rates
	charged in other similarly situated areas solely because the
	district is wholly or partly located in an area that disapproved of
	a proposed annexation under this subchapter.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.