(a) This subchapter applies to:(1) a local governmental entity with a population of more than 100,000 within its geographic boundaries or service area;(2) a board of trustees under Chapter 54, Transportation Code; and(3) a municipally owned combined electric, water, and wastewater utility situated in an economically distressed area and located within 30 miles of the Lower Texas Gulf Coast.Text of subsection as amended by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1027 (H.B. 2770), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2011
(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), "combined" means that the utilities are managed and controlled by one board whose members are appointed by the governing body of the municipality and that the financing of capital improvements is secured from the revenue of all three utilities.Text of subsection as amended by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 285 (H.B. 1694), Sec. 22, eff. September 1, 2011
(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(3), "combined" means that the utilities are managed and controlled by one board whose members are appointed by the governing body of the municipality and that the financing of capital improvements is secured from the revenue of all three utilities.Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 271.182
Reenacted and amended by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 285, Sec. 22, eff. 9/1/2011.Amended By Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1129, Sec. 5.01(3), eff. 9/1/2011. Without reference to the amendment of this section, this subchapter was repealed byRepealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1129, Sec. 5.01(3) effective 9/1/2011Reenacted and amended by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1027, Sec. 2, eff. 6/17/2011.Amended By Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 725, Sec. 1, eff. 6/19/2009.Amended By Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 135, Sec. 1, eff. 5/23/2009.Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1213, Sec. 6, eff. 9/1/2007.