Bill Text: TX HB1942 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 39; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees or taxes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-13 - Considered in Local & Consent Calendars [HB1942 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1942-Comm_Sub.html
83R15768 SLB-D | |||
By: Thompson of Brazoria | H.B. No. 1942 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1942: | |||
By: Thompson of Brazoria | C.S.H.B. No. 1942 |
|
||
relating to the powers and duties of the Brazoria County Municipal | ||
Utility District No. 39; providing authority to issue bonds; | ||
providing authority to impose fees or taxes. | ||
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 8429 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 8429. BRAZORIA COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 39 | ||
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 8429.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district" | ||
means the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 39. | ||
Sec. 8429.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a | ||
municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, | ||
Texas Constitution. | ||
Sec. 8429.003. 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. 8429.051. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has | ||
the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for | ||
which the district is created. | ||
Sec. 8429.052. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND | ||
DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the | ||
general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, | ||
applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, | ||
Article XVI, Texas Constitution. | ||
Sec. 8429.053. 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. 8429.054. 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 AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS | ||
Sec. 8429.101. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER | ||
OBLIGATIONS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. (a) The district may issue bonds or | ||
other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, | ||
impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district | ||
money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for a road | ||
project authorized by Section 8429.053. | ||
(b) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem | ||
taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a | ||
vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an | ||
election held for that purpose. | ||
(c) 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 real property in the district. | ||
Sec. 8429.102. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district | ||
issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the | ||
board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing | ||
direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all | ||
or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner | ||
provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code. | ||
SECTION 2. The Brazoria County Municipal Utility District | ||
No. 39 retains all the rights, powers, privileges, authority, | ||
duties, and functions that it had before the effective date of this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) The legislature validates and confirms all | ||
acts and proceedings of the board of directors of the Brazoria | ||
County Municipal Utility District No. 39 that were taken before the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) Subsection (a) of 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 | ||
judgment of a court; or | ||
(2) has been held invalid by a final judgment of a | ||
court. | ||
SECTION 4. (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 5. 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. |