HB 5671

H.B. No. 5671
  AN ACT
  relating to the election of directors for and the authority to issue
  bonds of the Johnson County Special Utility District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 7216, Special District
  Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 7216.052 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 7216.052.  DIRECTOR ELIGIBILITY.  To be eligible to be
  listed on the ballot as a candidate for or to serve as a director, a
  person must be:
               (1)  a qualified voter;
               (2)  a retail water or sewer service customer of the
  district; and
               (3)  an owner of:
                     (A)  land receiving services from the district; or
                     (B)  a beneficial interest in a trust that owns
  land receiving services from the district.
         SECTION 2.  Section 7216.101, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 7216.101.  SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS.  The 
  [Except as specifically limited by Section 7216.102, the] district
  has all of the rights, powers, privileges, authority, functions,
  and duties provided by general law applicable to a special utility
  district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution,
  including those provided by Chapters 49 and 65, Water Code.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter D, Chapter 7216, Special District
  Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 7216.152 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 7216.152.  AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS.  (a)  The district
  has the rights, powers, duties, and obligations of an issuer under
  Chapter 1371, Government Code.
         (b)  Sections 49.181 and 49.182, Water Code, do not apply to
  the district.
         SECTION 4.  Section 7216.102, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 5.  (a)  The legal notice of the intention to
  introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
  Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
  copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
  officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
  under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
  Government Code.
         (b)  The governor, one of the required recipients, has
  submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
         (c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
  its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
  lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
  representatives within the required time.
         (d)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
  state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
  to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
  and accomplished.
         SECTION 6.  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.
  ______________________________
  ______________________________
     President of the Senate
  Speaker of the House     
         I certify that H.B. No. 5671 was passed by the House on May
  16, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 91, Nays 40, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 5671 on May 28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 98, Nays 34,
  2 present, not voting.
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
         I certify that H.B. No. 5671 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 26, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays
  3.
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
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                Governor