Bill Text: TX SB1596 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to changes in participation in public utility agencies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB1596 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1596-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to changes in participation in public utility agencies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB1596 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1596-Introduced.html
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By: Wentworth | S.B. No. 1596 |
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relating to changes in participation in public utility agencies. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 572.051(1), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(1) "Concurrent ordinance" means an ordinance or | ||
resolution adopted under this subchapter by two or more public | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 572.053, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 572.053. CHANGES IN PUBLIC ENTITIES PARTICIPATING IN | ||
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participation in the public utility agency. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 572.054(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The governing body of each public entity shall publish | ||
notice of its intention to create or be added to a public utility | ||
agency in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which | ||
the entity is domiciled. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 572.055, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 572.055. CONTENTS OF CONCURRENT ORDINANCE. A | ||
concurrent ordinance creating a public utility agency under Section | ||
572.052 or changing the public entities participating in | ||
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each public entity: | ||
(1) contain identical provisions; | ||
(2) define the boundaries of the agency to include the | ||
territory within the boundaries of each participating public entity | ||
as the boundaries are changed periodically; | ||
(3) designate the name of the agency; and | ||
(4) designate the number, place, initial term, and | ||
manner of appointment of directors in accordance with Section | ||
572.057. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 572.056(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) If, before the date set for the adoption of a concurrent | ||
ordinance that creates or adds a public entity to the public agency, | ||
10 percent of the registered voters of a public entity present a | ||
petition to the governing body of the entity requesting that a | ||
referendum be called, the ordinance may not take effect unless a | ||
majority of the qualified voters of the entity voting in the | ||
election have approved the ordinance. | ||
SECTION 6. Sections 572.053, 572.054, 572.055, and 572.056, | ||
Local Government Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to a | ||
public entity that participates in a public utility agency created | ||
or changed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 7. 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, 2011. |