SB 2476: Woodlawn Water Supply Corporation goes to the river authority

Caption

relating to transfer of the ownership rights of the Woodlawn Water Supply Corporation to the Angelina and Neches River Authority.

Caption from analyzed text · version H.

Summary

Property, debts and contracts, by contract.

The bill lets the Angelina and Neches River Authority sign a contract to take over the Woodlawn Water Supply Corporation's property, debts, and contracts. It touches the corporation, its members and customers, the river authority, and two state agencies that must record the handoff. Once the contract is signed, the authority owns the water system and holds its service certificate, no one can protest or seek review of the transfer, and the corporation must start dissolving within 30 days.

Labels

Labels: INSTANT LAW. Took effect immediately, on May 24, 2025. 833 of the 1,185 graded 89R laws took effect Sep 1, 2025 (derived from the bill histories, snapshot Oct 19, 2026).

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB2476 · 2025-03-13

SOLD BY

Sen. Robert NicholsRSenate 3

ITEM

relating to transfer of the ownership rights of the Woodlawn Water Supply Corporation to the Angelina and Neches River Authority.

WHAT IT DOES

Property, debts and contracts, by contract.

The bill lets the Angelina and Neches River Authority sign a contract to take over the Woodlawn Water Supply Corporation's property, debts, and contracts. It touches the corporation, its members and customers, the river authority, and two state agencies that must record the handoff. Once the contract is signed, the authority owns the water system and holds its service certificate, no one can protest or seek review of the transfer, and the corporation must start dissolving within 30 days.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 17, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

Mar 13, 2025Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Mar 13, 2025Filed
Mar 17, 2025Transmitted to the Governor
Apr 3, 2025Read first time
Apr 3, 2025Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
Apr 14, 2025Recommendations filed with the Senate
Apr 22, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Apr 22, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 22, 2025Testimony taken in committee
Apr 22, 2025Vote taken in committee
Apr 22, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendments
Apr 22, 2025Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
Apr 22, 2025Committee report printed and distributed
Apr 28, 2025Placed on intent calendar
Apr 30, 2025Not again placed on intent calendar
May 1, 2025Placed on local & uncontested calendar
May 1, 2025Laid before the Senate
May 1, 2025Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
May 1, 2025Vote recorded in Journal
May 1, 2025Three day rule suspended
May 1, 2025Record vote
May 1, 2025Read 3rd time
May 1, 2025Passed
May 1, 2025Record vote
May 1, 2025Reported engrossed
May 1, 2025Received from the Senate
May 2, 2025Read first time
May 2, 2025Referred to Natural Resources
May 7, 2025Considered in public hearing
May 7, 2025Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
May 7, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
May 9, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 9, 2025Committee report distributed
May 9, 2025Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
May 10, 2025Laid out in lieu of companion HB 4646
May 10, 2025Read 2nd time
May 10, 2025Passed to 3rd reading
May 10, 2025Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
May 10, 2025Read 3rd time
May 10, 2025Passed
May 10, 2025Record vote RV#1985
May 10, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 10, 2025Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
May 12, 2025House passage reported
May 12, 2025Reported enrolled
May 13, 2025Signed in the Senate
May 13, 2025Signed in the House
May 13, 2025Sent to the Governor
May 24, 2025Signed by the Governor
May 24, 2025Effective immediately

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 121 yea · 7 nay

Senate · 31 yea · 0 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 10, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate: Final passage · May 1, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Robert Nichols

Donors

James I Perkins$25,000Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. PAC$10K Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$10K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Jul 2, 2024 to Mar 25, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

James I Perkins$25,000.00

Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. PAC$10,000.00

Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. PAC

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 2 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Dec 5, 2024 to Oct 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 5, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100965387.

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$10,000.00

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 5, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100965387.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. PAC

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 2 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Dec 5, 2024 to Oct 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 5, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100965387.

×

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 5, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100965387.

Votes4

House May 10, 2025

Yea: 121
Nay: 7
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 7
Excused: 13

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 1985

SB 2476 (Bumgarner, Hopper, Hull, Leach, Lowe, Patterson, and Slawson - no) (121 - 7 - 2)

Shared roll motion

The following bills which were considered on second reading on the previous legislative day on the local, consent, and resolutions calendar were laid before the house, read third time, and passed by the following record vote (members registering votes and the results of the vote are shown following the bill number). (Record 1985): 128 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 121 (published)
Nay: 7 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 7 (derived from named list)
Excused: 13 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate May 1, 2025

Final passage

Yea: 31
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records final passage. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.

Sources

SB 2476 (Nichols) Relating to transfer of the ownership rights of the Woodlawn Water Supply Corporation to the Angelina and Neches River Authority. (viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate May 1, 2025

Suspension of the three-day rule

Yea: 31
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records suspension of the three-day rule. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.

Sources

SB 2476 (Nichols) Relating to transfer of the ownership rights of the Woodlawn Water Supply Corporation to the Angelina and Neches River Authority. (viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate May 1, 2025

Passage to engrossment

Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records passage to engrossment. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.

Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.

Sources

SB 2476 (Nichols) Relating to transfer of the ownership rights of the Woodlawn Water Supply Corporation to the Angelina and Neches River Authority. (viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses2

For: 1
Against: 0
On: 1

Names

For

Angelina & Neches River Authority1 registration

On

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality1 registration

Sources

2 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

Senate witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 17, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version H by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 22, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Mar 13, 2025

05/24/2025 E Effective immediately

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · Senate Committee Report · Engrossed · House Committee Report · Enrolled

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Companion

HB 4646 by Ashby (identical)

Subjects

ANGELINA & NECHES RIVER AUTHORITY

Special Districts & Authorities--River Authorities

Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility

Text

The text as introduced · 370 words

89R12330 SCF-F

By: Nichols
S.B. No. 2476

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to transfer of the ownership rights of the Woodlawn Water

Supply Corporation to the Angelina and Neches River Authority.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act:

(1) "Authority" means the Angelina and Neches River

Authority.

(2) "Corporation" means the Woodlawn Water Supply

Corporation.

SECTION 2. TRANSFER OF WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION; ASSETS;

DISSOLUTION. (a) The authority may enter into a contract with the

corporation to transfer the assets, debts, and contractual rights

and obligations of the corporation to the authority.

(b) On the date a contract is executed as provided by

Subsection (a) of this section:

(1) all real property, easements, appurtenances,

conveyance systems, transmission and treatment systems, designated

rights-of-way, and other property interests of the corporation are

transferred to the authority;

(2) Certificate of Convenience and Necessity

No. 10354 is considered to be held by the authority; and

(3) the board of directors of the corporation shall

notify:

(A) the Texas Commission on Environmental

Quality of the transfer of the corporation to the authority; and

(B) the Public Utility Commission of Texas of the

transfer of Certificate of Convenience and Necessity No. 10354 to

the authority.

(c) On receipt of notice under Subsection (b)(3)(B) of this

section, the Public Utility Commission of Texas shall note in its

records that Certificate of Convenience and Necessity No. 10354 is

held by the authority and shall reissue the certificate in the name

of the authority without further application, notice, or hearing. A

person, party, or entity does not have any right of protest,

objection, or administrative review of the transfer prescribed by

this section.

(d) Not later than 30 days after the date of the transfer

under Subsection (b) of this section, the board of directors of the

corporation shall commence dissolution proceedings of the

corporation.

SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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.

Verdict: No flags

The receipt

SOLD BY

ITEM

WHAT IT DOES

CHARGES

TOTAL

HISTORY

SIGNED FOR BY

Donors

Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. PAC

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. PAC

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

House May 10, 2025

Senate May 1, 2025

Senate May 1, 2025

Senate May 1, 2025

For

On

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