Bill Text: TX HB1439 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to providing road district powers to the Wood Trace Municipal Utility District No. 3 of Montgomery County, Texas; providing authority to issue bonds.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2017-05-18 - Effective immediately [HB1439 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1439-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1439 | ||
| relating to providing road district powers to the Wood Trace | ||
| Municipal Utility District No. 3 of Montgomery County, Texas; | ||
| providing authority to issue bonds. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Chapter 7965 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 7965. WOOD TRACE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 3 OF | ||
| MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS | ||
| SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
| Sec. 7965.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district" | ||
| means the Wood Trace Municipal Utility District No. 3 of Montgomery | ||
| County, Texas. | ||
| Sec. 7965.002. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT. (a) | ||
| The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit. | ||
| (b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of: | ||
| (1) a municipal utility district as provided by | ||
| general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and | ||
| (2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that | ||
| relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, | ||
| or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or | ||
| improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads. | ||
| SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES | ||
| Sec. 7965.101. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. 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, or | ||
| improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads. | ||
| Sec. 7965.102. 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. | ||
| SUBCHAPTER C. BONDS | ||
| Sec. 7965.201. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of | ||
| issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations | ||
| issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad | ||
| valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the | ||
| real property in the district. | ||
| SECTION 2. (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 3. 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, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1439 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 27, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 3 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1439 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 4, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
