By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 41
 
 
 
   
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of the Travis County Municipal Utility
District No. 27; granting a limited power of eminent domain;
providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose
assessments, fees, and taxes.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 7950A to read as follows:
CHAPTER 7950A. TRAVIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 27
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
       Sec. 7950A.0101.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
             (1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
             (2)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
             (3)  "Director" means a board member.
             (4)  "District" means the Travis County Municipal
Utility District No. 27.
       Sec. 7950A.0102.  NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
Texas Constitution.
       Sec. 7950A.0103.  CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION
REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to
confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
       Sec. 7950A.0104.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
7950A.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or
extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has
consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the
district and to the inclusion of land in the district as required by
general law.
       Sec. 7950A.0105.  FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
       (b)  The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
             (1)  a municipal utility district as provided by
general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
             (2)  Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
       Sec. 7950A.0106.  INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
district is initially composed of the territory described by
Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
       (b)  The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the
field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
does not affect the district's:
             (1)  organization, existence, or validity;
             (2)  right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
interest on a bond;
             (3)  right to impose a tax; or
             (4)  legality or operation.
SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
       Sec. 7950A.0201.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district
is governed by a board of five elected directors.
       (b)  Except as provided by Section 7950A.0202, directors
serve staggered four-year terms.
       Sec. 7950A.0202.  TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the
effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners
of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the
district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that
the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons
named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary
directors the five persons named in the petition.
       (b)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
             (1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
Section 7950A.0103; or
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