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TX Loc Govt Code § 552.0025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 13 - Water and Utilities|Subtitle A - Municipal Water and Utilities|Chapter 552 - Municipal Utilities|Subchapter A. Public Utility Systems in General|Section 552.0025. Connection, Disconnection, and Liability for Municipal Utility Services

Sec. 552.0025.  CONNECTION, DISCONNECTION, AND LIABILITY FOR MUNICIPAL UTILITY SERVICES.  (a)  A municipality may not require a customer to pay for utility service previously furnished to another customer at the same service connection as a condition of connecting or continuing service.(b)  A municipality may not require a customer's utility bill to be guaranteed by a third party as a condition of connecting or continuing service.(c)  A municipality may require varying utility deposits for customers as it deems appropriate in each case.(d)  Except as provided in Subsections (e) and (f), a municipality may by ordinance impose a lien against an owner's property, unless it is a homestead as protected by the Texas Constitution, for delinquent bills for municipal utility service to the property.(e)  The municipality's lien shall not apply to bills for service connected in a tenant's name after notice by the property owner to the municipality that the property is rental property.(f)  The municipality's lien shall not apply to bills for service connected in a tenant's name prior to the effective date of the ordinance imposing the lien.  This subsection shall not apply to ordinances adopted prior to the effective date of this Act.(g)  The municipality's lien shall be perfected by recording in the real property records of the county where the property is located a notice of lien containing a legal description of the property and the utility's account number for the delinquent charges.  The municipality's lien may include penalties, interest, and collection costs.(h)  The municipality's lien is inferior to a bona fide mortgage lien that is recorded before the recording of the municipality's lien in the real property records of the county where the property is located.  The municipality's lien is superior to all other liens, including previously recorded judgment liens and any liens recorded after the municipality's lien.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 304, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 402.0025 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(a)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 552.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 13 - Water and Utilities|Subtitle A - Municipal Water and Utilities|Chapter 552 - Municipal Utilities|Subchapter A. Public Utility Systems in General|Section 552.003. Acquisition of Existing Public Utility; Payment in Lieu of School Taxes

Sec. 552.003.  ACQUISITION OF EXISTING PUBLIC UTILITY;  PAYMENT IN LIEU OF SCHOOL TAXES.  (a)  If, after May 8, 1943, a municipality acquires an existing public utility, the property of which is subject to taxation by a school district, and the municipality finances the purchase of the utility by issuing revenue bonds, the governing body of the municipality may expressly provide, in an indenture of trust, mortgage, or other lien instrument that evidences the obligation of the municipality for the purchase price, for an annual payment from the income of the utility of an amount equal to the average annual taxes assessed by the school district on the properties of the utility for the five years preceding the year in which the utility is acquired.(b)  The school board trustees and the governing body of the municipality may agree on an annual payment of a sum in lieu of school taxes.  The sum must be adequate and just under the circumstances of the case considering the school district's needs.(c)  The obligation of the municipality to make the payment in lieu of taxes is a proper item of municipal operating expenses that, with other operating expenses, is a first lien and charge against the income of the encumbered utility.(d)  The obligation of the municipality to make the payment in lieu of taxes as provided in the encumbrance agreement is an "expense or obligation" of the utility system as that term is used in statutes authorizing the acquisition of a public utility and the issuance of revenue bonds for the purchase of the utility.  The obligation extends to and binds any municipality that purchases or otherwise acquires an existing public utility in accordance with the terms of the encumbrance agreement or mutual agreements as authorized under Subsections (a) and (b).(e)  The obligation of the municipality as fixed in the indenture or encumbrance is not impaired, affected, modified, or released by the release or discharge of the encumbrance, and, as long as the municipality owns and operates the public utility, it shall continue to pay to the school district on an annual basis from the revenues of the utility an amount equal to the average annual taxes assessed in behalf of the school district on the properties of the utility for the five years preceding the year in which the utility is acquired by the municipality.  Alternatively, after the release or discharge of the encumbrance, the school board trustees and the governing body of the municipality may agree to provide for a payment in lieu of school taxes as provided by Subsection (b).|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 402.003 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(a)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 552.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 13 - Water and Utilities|Subtitle A - Municipal Water and Utilities|Chapter 552 - Municipal Utilities|Subchapter B. Acquisition of Interests for Drainage, Sewage, or Water Supply Purposes|Section 552.011. Use of Eminent Domain Power

Sec. 552.011.  USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.  A municipality that owns its water system may exercise the power of eminent domain to condemn private property located inside or outside the municipal limits to acquire rights-of-way for digging or excavating canals or for laying water mains or other pipelines to bring water into the municipality for public use.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 402.011 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(a)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 552.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 13 - Water and Utilities|Subtitle A - Municipal Water and Utilities|Chapter 552 - Municipal Utilities|Subchapter B. Acquisition of Interests for Drainage, Sewage, or Water Supply Purposes|Section 552.013. Water System in Municipalities With Population of More Than 1,000

Sec. 552.013.  WATER SYSTEM IN MUNICIPALITIES WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 1,000.  (a)  This section applies to a municipality with a population of more than 1,000 that owns and operates a water system for its residents for fire protection or domestic consumption.  Except as otherwise provided by this section, a municipality's authority under this section is in addition to authority granted by municipal charter.(b)  The municipality may acquire any interest, including a fee simple interest, in publicly or privately owned property, including riparian rights, located anywhere in the state.  The municipality may acquire the interest by purchase, gift, devise, or eminent domain.(c)  To furnish an adequate and wholesome supply of water for the residents, the municipality may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire and condemn public or private property to extend, improve, or enlarge its water system, including water supply reservoirs, riparian rights, standpipes, and watersheds, to construct water supply reservoirs, wells or artesian wells, or dams, and to construct or establish necessary facilities or appurtenances.(d)  For purposes of this section, the municipality has the same powers relating to eminent domain conferred by statute on water improvement districts or water control and preservation districts or conferred by general law on municipalities.(e)  The municipality may acquire fee simple title to property under this section if the resolution ordering condemnation proceedings specifies that such an interest is to be acquired.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 402.013 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(a)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 552.015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 13 - Water and Utilities|Subtitle A - Municipal Water and Utilities|Chapter 552 - Municipal Utilities|Subchapter B. Acquisition of Interests for Drainage, Sewage, or Water Supply Purposes|Section 552.015. Water Supply in Type a General-Law Municipality

Sec. 552.015.  WATER SUPPLY IN TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.  (a)  The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may provide for a municipal water supply system.(b)  The municipality may establish and regulate public wells, pumps, cisterns, hydrants, and reservoirs located inside or outside the municipality, including in the municipality's streets, for the convenience of its residents, for firefighting purposes, and for the prevention of unnecessary waste of water.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 402.015 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(a)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 552.016 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 13 - Water and Utilities|Subtitle A - Municipal Water and Utilities|Chapter 552 - Municipal Utilities|Subchapter B. Acquisition of Interests for Drainage, Sewage, or Water Supply Purposes|Section 552.016. Sale or Lease of Water System by Type a General-Law Municipality

Sec. 552.016.  SALE OR LEASE OF WATER SYSTEM BY TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.  (a)  A Type A general-law municipality may not sell or lease a water system and plant owned by the municipality unless the question of the sale or lease is first approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the municipality who vote on the question at a referendum.  The governing body of the municipality may provide for submission of the question at a general or special election.(b)  Before the 20th day before the date of the election, the proposed lease or sales agreement must be plainly set out in the form of an ordinance or contract and must be filed in the office of the secretary or clerk of the municipality, where it shall be available for public inspection at all times.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 402.016 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(a)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 552.017 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 13 - Water and Utilities|Subtitle A - Municipal Water and Utilities|Chapter 552 - Municipal Utilities|Subchapter B. Acquisition of Interests for Drainage, Sewage, or Water Supply Purposes|Section 552.017. Water Systems in Home-Rule Municipalities

Sec. 552.017.  WATER SYSTEMS IN HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITIES.  (a)  A home-rule municipality may exercise the exclusive right to own, construct, and operate a water system for the use of the municipality and its residents.  The municipality may regulate the system and may prescribe rates for the water furnished.(b)  The municipality may acquire by purchase, donation, or other means suitable land inside or outside the municipality for construction of the system, including any necessary rights-of-way.(c)  The municipality may take the necessary action to operate and maintain the system and to require water customers to pay charges imposed for the water furnished.(d)  The municipality may create, from revenue received from operating the water system, a separate fund dedicated solely to extending, operating, maintaining, repairing, and improving the water system.  This revenue may be pledged for paying the principal of and providing an interest and sinking fund on bonds issued for these purposes, subject to applicable regulations in the municipal charter.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 304, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 402.017 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(a)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 552.018 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 13 - Water and Utilities|Subtitle A - Municipal Water and Utilities|Chapter 552 - Municipal Utilities|Subchapter B. Acquisition of Interests for Drainage, Sewage, or Water Supply Purposes|Section 552.018. Municipal Contract With Private Entity

Sec. 552.018.  MUNICIPAL CONTRACT WITH PRIVATE ENTITY.  (a)  A municipality that owns and operates its water distribution system may contract with an individual, firm, or corporation that operates without profit to make available for delivery to and use by the municipality all or part of the raw or treated water to be used for the municipal water distribution system.  The service to be provided by the supplier may include the holding of water in reserve to serve needs of the municipality, and charges to the municipality under the contract may include compensation for this service.(b)  The contract may be for any duration to which the parties agree and may provide for renewal and extension.(c)  Contractual payments required solely from municipal water system revenue are an operating expense of that system.  The municipality shall set its rates and charges to users of the municipal water system at a level sufficient to pay the maintenance and operating expenses of that system as provided by Section 1502.057, Government Code, and to provide for payment of principal of and interest on any revenue bonds of the municipality payable from water revenue.(d)  If a contract with a term of more than one year obligates the municipality to pay the consideration from tax revenue, involves the leasing to the supplier of a major part of an existing water production or supply facility belonging to the municipality or involves the right to operate a major part of such a facility, or restricts the municipality from obtaining water from another supplier, the contract is not effective unless approved or authorized at an election on the question.(e)  If Subsection (d) is not applicable, an election is not required.  The governing body of the municipality may, however, order an election on the question before approving the contract.(f)  An election under this section shall be held to the extent practicable in the same manner as an election for the issuance of municipal bonds under Chapter 1251, Government Code.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.347, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 402.018 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(a)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 552.0205 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 13 - Water and Utilities|Subtitle A - Municipal Water and Utilities|Chapter 552 - Municipal Utilities|Subchapter B. Acquisition of Interests for Drainage, Sewage, or Water Supply Purposes|Section 552.0205. Revenue Bonds to Pay for District Services Under Contract

Sec. 552.0205.  REVENUE BONDS TO PAY FOR DISTRICT SERVICES UNDER CONTRACT.  (a)  In this section, "district" has the meaning assigned by Section 49.001, Water Code.(b)  If a district contracts with a municipality to provide all or part of the water or wastewater services to the municipality, the municipality may issue bonds payable from the revenues of its water and wastewater system to provide funds to make payments owed by the municipality to the district under the contract.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 36, eff. June 17, 2001.Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 402.0205 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(a)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 552.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 13 - Water and Utilities|Subtitle A - Municipal Water and Utilities|Chapter 552 - Municipal Utilities|Subchapter B. Acquisition of Interests for Drainage, Sewage, or Water Supply Purposes|Section 552.021. Contract Between District and Municipality With Population of More Than 900,000

Sec. 552.021.  CONTRACT BETWEEN DISTRICT AND MUNICIPALITY WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 900,000.  (a)  In this section, "district" means a conservation and reclamation district created under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution.(b)  A municipality with a population of more than 900,000 that owns and operates a municipal water system may:(1)  enter into a contract or joint enterprise with a district for the conveyance, transportation, and distribution of water for or on behalf of the municipality;  or(2)  contract to sell water to a district and repurchase all or part of the water at one or more designated points on the district's conveyance, transportation, and distribution system.(c)  A contract under Subsection (b) may provide that municipal payments to the district under the contract:(1)  are an operating expense of the municipal water system;  or(2)  are payable from surplus or other funds of the municipal water system, from the revenues of specified municipal water sales contracts, or from other sources.(d)  If the contract under Subsection (b) obligates the municipality to pay any of the consideration from tax revenue, it must first be approved at an election ordered and conducted in the same manner as a bond election.(e)  A contract under Subsection (b) may be made for any period not to exceed 40 years and may provide that it continues in effect until payment of:(1)  all bonds issued by the district to finance conveyance, transportation, or distribution facilities, or the extension, enlargement, or improvement of those facilities;  and(2)  any bonds issued to refund bonds described by Subdivision (1).(f)  A municipality covered by this section may contract for the sale of water to industrial and commercial customers or municipal corporations or political subdivisions as provided by ordinance.  A contract under this subsection may not be for a term longer than 40 years.(g)  A municipality electing to make a contract under this section is governed solely by this section regardless of another statute, charter provision, or ordinance to the contrary.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 402.021 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(a)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 552.041 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 13 - Water and Utilities|Subtitle A - Municipal Water and Utilities|Chapter 552 - Municipal Utilities|Subchapter C. Municipal Drainage Utility Systems|Section 552.041. Short Title

Sec. 552.041.  SHORT TITLE.  This subchapter may be cited as the Municipal Drainage Utility Systems Act.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 852, Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 1991.Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 402.041 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(a)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 552.042 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 13 - Water and Utilities|Subtitle A - Municipal Water and Utilities|Chapter 552 - Municipal Utilities|Subchapter C. Municipal Drainage Utility Systems|Section 552.042. Legislative Finding

Sec. 552.042.  LEGISLATIVE FINDING.  (a)  The legislature finds that authority is needed to:(1)  permit municipalities to establish a municipal drainage utility system within the established service area;(2)  provide rules for the use, operation, and financing of the system;(3)  protect the public health and safety in municipalities from loss of life and property caused by surface water overflows, surface water stagnation, and pollution arising from nonpoint source runoff within the boundaries of the established service area;(4)  delegate to municipalities the power to declare, after a public hearing, a drainage system created under this subchapter to be a public utility;(5)  prescribe bases on which a municipal drainage utility system may be funded and fees in support of the system may be assessed, levied, and collected;(6)  provide exemptions of certain persons from this subchapter;  and(7)  prescribe other rules related to the subject of municipal drainage.(b)  This subchapter is remedial.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1230, Sec. 1(b), eff. Aug. 28, 1989;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 852, Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 1991.Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 402.042 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(a)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 552.043 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 13 - Water and Utilities|Subtitle A - Municipal Water and Utilities|Chapter 552 - Municipal Utilities|Subchapter C. Municipal Drainage Utility Systems|Section 552.043. Application of Subchapter to Municipalities

Sec. 552.043.  APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER TO MUNICIPALITIES.  This subchapter applies to any municipality.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1230, Sec. 1(c), eff. Aug. 28, 1989;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 852, Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 1991.Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 402.043 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(a)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.|