bill letting MUD No. 140 water land outside its lines

The text as introduced · 432 words

89R21484 JBD-F

By: Bell of Montgomery
H.B. No. 5701

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.