TITLE: Relating to the provision of water supply service by the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 140 to land located wholly or partly in the territory of another district.

SUMMARY: Relating to the provision of water supply service by the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 140 to land located wholly or partly in the territory of another district.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the provision of water supply service by the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 140 to land located wholly or partly in the territory of another district. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 8425, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8425.007 to read as follows: Sec. 8425.007. SELECTION OF WATER SERVICE PROVIDER. (a) An owner of land in the district may petition the district in writing to request that the district be the sole provider of water supply services to land owned by that owner outside the boundaries of the district and located wholly or partially in the boundaries of another conservation and reclamation district if the other conservation and reclamation district is not authorized to impose an ad valorem tax and does not supply water supply services to the land. (b) The district may approve a request under Subsection (a) by adopting a resolution designating the district as the exclusive provider of water supply services to the land. The district may not approve the request if approving the request would impair the repayment of any debt obligation of the other conservation and reclamation district. (c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), if the district adopts a resolution described by Subsection (b), the district shall have the exclusive authority to: (1) supply water services to the land; and (2) impose a charge, fee, tax, or assessment against the land in connection to supplying water services to the land. (d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), a regional water authority in which the land is located may: (1) supply water services to the land; and (2) impose a charge, fee, tax, or assessment against the land in connection to supplying water services to the land. (e) Not later than the 30th day after the date the district adopts a resolution described under Subsection (b), the district shall: (1) file the resolution and the landowner's petition in the real property records of the county; and (2) send a certified copy of the resolution to each conservation and reclamation district in which the land that is the subject of the resolution is wholly or partly located. SECTION 2. 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.