88(3) HB 204 - Introduced version - Bill Text

	88S30809 LRM-D
	By:  Zwiener	H.B.  No.  204

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the inclusion of a water conservation plan in a petition
	filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting
	the creation of a municipal utility district.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION  1.    Section 54.015, Water Code, is amended to read as
	follows:
	Sec.  54.015.    CONTENTS OF PETITION. The petition shall:
	(1)    describe the boundaries of the proposed district
	by metes and bounds or by lot and block number, if there is a
	recorded map or plat and survey of the area;
	(2)    state the general nature of the work proposed to be
	done, the necessity for the work, and the cost of the project as
	then estimated by those filing the petition; [and]
	(3)    include a water conservation plan that meets the
	requirements of Section 13.146, regardless of whether that section
	applies to the district; and
	(4)    include a name of the district which shall be
	generally descriptive of the locale of the district followed by the
	words Municipal Utility District, or if a district is located
	within one county, it may be designated "__________ County
	Municipal Utility District No.  ______." (Insert the name of the
	county and proper consecutive number.) The proposed district shall
	not have the same name as any other district in the same county.
	SECTION  2.    This Act applies only to a petition requesting
	the creation of a municipal utility district that is filed with the
	Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective
	date of this Act. A petition requesting the creation of a municipal
	utility district that was filed with the commission before the
	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
	date the petition was filed, and the former law is continued in
	effect for that purpose.
	SECTION  3.    This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
	last day of the legislative session.