HB 2268

relating to the authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality to create certain special districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 42.042, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (f-1) to read as follows:
(f-1)  The authority of the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality to allow the creation or confirmation of a
municipal management district, municipal utility district, water
improvement district, or water control and improvement district,
master district, or subdistrict in the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of a municipality under Subsection (f) expires
SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 375, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 375.027 to read as follows:
Sec. 375.027.  COMMISSION AUTHORITY TO CREATE DISTRICT.  The
commission's authority to create a district by order under this
chapter expires September 1, 2025.
SECTION 3.  Subchapter B, Chapter 51, Water Code, is amended
by adding Section 51.053 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.053.  COMMISSION AUTHORITY TO CREATE DISTRICT OR
MASTER DISTRICT.  The commission's authority to create a
multi-county district, district with the powers provided by Section
51.331, or master district by order under this chapter expires
SECTION 4.  Section 51A.003, Water Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
(j)  The commission's authority to create a subdistrict
under this chapter expires September 1, 2025.
SECTION 5.  Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended
by adding Section 54.038 to read as follows:
Sec. 54.038.  COMMISSION AUTHORITY TO CREATE DISTRICT.  The
commission's authority to create a district by order under this
chapter expires September 1, 2025.
SECTION 6.  Subchapter B, Chapter 55, Water Code, is amended
by adding Section 55.0465 to read as follows:
Sec. 55.0465.  MULTI-COUNTY DISTRICT: EXPIRATION OF
CREATION AUTHORITY. The authority of the commission and
commissioners courts to create a multi-county district under this
chapter expires  September 1, 2025.
SECTION 7.  (a) Notwithstanding the changes in law made by
this Act, a petition for the creation of a district, master
district, or subdistrict pending before the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality on the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law in effect on the date the petition was filed, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
(b)  The changes in law made by this Act do not affect the
validity of a district, master district, or subdistrict created by
the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality before September 1,
SECTION 8.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.