S.B. No. 1830
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the powers and duties of Fort Bend County Municipal
  Utility District No. 194.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 8317.002, Special
  District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The district is essential to accomplish the purposes of
  Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the
  construction, acquisition, [or] improvement, operation, or
  maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads [described by
  Section 54.234, Water Code], or improvements, including storm
  drainage, in aid of those roads.
         SECTION 2.  Section 8317.053, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 8317.053.  AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. [(a)]  Under
  Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may
  design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve,
  operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a
  municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled,
  or paved roads [described by Section 54.234, Water Code], or
  improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
         [(b)     The district may exercise the powers provided by this
  section without submitting a petition to or obtaining approval from
  the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as required by
  Section 54.234, Water Code.]
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter B, Chapter 8317, Special District
  Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8317.0541 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 8317.0541.  ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a)  A
  road project must meet all applicable construction standards,
  zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each
  municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial
  jurisdiction the road project is located.
         (b)  If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
  or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
  project must meet all applicable construction standards,
  subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
  the road project is located.
         (c)  If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
  Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
  specifications of the road project.
         SECTION 4.  Section 8317.054, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 5.  Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No.
  194 retains all rights, powers, privileges, authority, duties, and
  functions that it had before the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 6.  (a)  The legislature validates and confirms all
  governmental acts and proceedings of the Fort Bend County Municipal
  Utility District No. 194 that were taken before the effective date
  of this Act.
         (b)  This section does not apply to any matter that on the
  effective date of this Act:
               (1)  is involved in litigation if the litigation
  ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court
  judgment; or
               (2)  has been held invalid by a final court judgment.
         SECTION 7.  (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 8.  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, 2013.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1830 passed the Senate on
  April 18, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1830 passed the House on
  May 17, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 134, Nays 0, two
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor