Bill Text: TX HB1776 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to property owned by navigation districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-04 - Referred to Transportation [HB1776 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1776-Introduced.html
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| By: Middleton | H.B. No. 1776 | |
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| relating to property owned by navigation districts. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 5007, Special District | ||
| Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Sections 5007.011 and | ||
| 5007.012 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 5007.011. SALE OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY. (a) In this | ||
| section, "taxing unit" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.04, | ||
| Tax Code. | ||
| (b) The authority may not sell real property to a person if | ||
| the ownership and use of the property under the new owner would | ||
| render the property not subject to ad valorem taxation, unless the | ||
| sale is approved by a resolution adopted by each taxing unit, other | ||
| than the authority, in which the property is located. | ||
| Sec. 5007.012. SALE OR DEVELOPMENT OF REAL DISTRICT | ||
| PROPERTY. (a) This section applies only to real property owned by | ||
| the authority on Pelican Island. | ||
| (b) Not later than September 1, 2022, the authority shall: | ||
| (1) substantially develop the property; or | ||
| (2) sell the property at an auction open only to | ||
| bidders other than entities approved by the Internal Revenue | ||
| Service as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue | ||
| Code of 1986. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 60, Water Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 60.006 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 60.006. DISTRICT PROPERTY. Notwithstanding any other | ||
| law, a district may not own real property outside the district, | ||
| other than an easement or right-of-way necessary to gain access to | ||
| district property or perform district functions. | ||
| SECTION 3. The following sections of the Water Code are | ||
| repealed: | ||
| (1) Section 62.1071; | ||
| (2) Section 62.1072; and | ||
| (3) Section 62.209. | ||
| SECTION 4. A navigation district in violation of Section | ||
| 60.006, Water Code, as added by this Act, on the effective date of | ||
| this Act, is not subject to penalty or suit related to that | ||
| violation if the navigation district completes a sale or transfer | ||
| of the property the ownership of which results in the violation not | ||
| later than September 1, 2022. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
