MAPLE RUN v. MONAGHAN

No. 96-0489.

931 S.W.2d 941 (1996)

MAPLE RUN AT AUSTIN MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT, Appellant, v. James G. MONAGHAN, Maple Run Joint Venture, S.R. Ridge Limited Partnership, and the City of Austin, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided October 18, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Liily, Dallas, Thomas Walton Leonard, Francis S. Craig, Austin, for Appellant.

Karl Bayer, Andrew F. Martin, William T. Deane, Austin, William B. Steele, III, Dallas, C. Brian Cassidy, Daniel W. Bishop, II, Austin, for Appellees.


PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.

Section 43.082 of the Texas Local Government Code, enacted in 1995 and expiring on the last day of 1996, purportedly authorizes certain municipal utility districts lying within a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction to dissolve, requiring the affected municipality to take ownership of the district's assets and assume its debts. Because of extremely specific requirements about the amount and character of outstanding debt and other factors...

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