HB5701 - 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.

  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.