Bill Text: TX HB2284 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 210; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-07 - Considered in Local & Consent Calendars [HB2284 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB2284-Introduced.html

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83R7067 MMC-F
By: Zerwas H.B. No. 2284

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility
District No. 210; granting a limited power of eminent domain;
providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose
assessments, fees, and 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 8462 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 8462. FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 210
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 8462.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
(3) "Director" means a board member.
(4) "District" means the Fort Bend County Municipal
Utility District No. 210.
Sec. 8462.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
Texas Constitution.
Sec. 8462.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION
REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to
confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Sec. 8462.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8462.003
until each municipality in whose corporate limits or
extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has
consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the
district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Sec. 8462.005. 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.
Sec. 8462.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
district is initially composed of the territory described by
Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the
field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
does not affect the district's:
(1) organization, existence, or validity;
(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
interest on a bond;
(3) right to impose a tax; or
(4) legality or operation.
SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sec. 8462.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
governed by a board of five elected directors.
(b) Except as provided by Section 8462.052, directors serve
staggered four-year terms.
Sec. 8462.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the
effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners
of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the
district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that
the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons
named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary
directors the five persons named in the petition.
(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
Section 8462.003; or
(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
the Act enacting this chapter.
(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under
Section 8462.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have
expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that
expire on the earlier of:
(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
Section 8462.003; or
(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
appointment or reappointment.
(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the
commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five
persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as
successor temporary directors the five persons named in the
petition.
SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
Sec. 8462.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has
the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
which the district is created.
Sec. 8462.102. 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. 8462.103. 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. 8462.104. 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, zoning and
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.
Sec. 8462.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE
OR RESOLUTION. The district shall comply with all applicable
requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under
Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the
creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the
district.
SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 8462.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a) The
district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
obligations secured by:
(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
(2) contract payments described by Section 8462.153.
(b) The district must hold an election in the manner
provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval
before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds
payable from ad valorem taxes.
(c) 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.
Sec. 8462.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
authorized at an election held under Section 8462.151, the district
may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in
the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.
(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not
exceed the rate approved at the election.
Sec. 8462.153. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with
Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than
an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from
the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of
the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
voting at an election held for that purpose.
(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
the board without further voter approval.
SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
Sec. 8462.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
OBLIGATIONS. 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 any authorized district
purpose.
Sec. 8462.202. 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.
Sec. 8462.203. 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. The Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District
No. 210 initially includes all the territory contained in the
following area:
BEING a 1145.87 acre tract of land situated in the John Foster
2-1/2 League Grant, Abstract No. 26 of Fort Bend County, Texas and
being part of a called 3063.45 acre tract of land described as First
Tract in a conveyance to Foster Farms, Inc. recorded in Volume 362,
Page 549 of the Fort Bend County Deed Records (F.B.C.D.R.), said
1145.87 acre tract of land described by metes and bounds as follows:
COMMENCING at the most westerly northwest corner of said
3063.45 acre tract and being in the western line of said John Foster
2-1/2 League Grant and the eastern line of the Randon & Pennington
League, Abstract No. 75 of Fort Bend County;
THENCE, SOUTH, a distance of 6,982.18 feet along the western
line of said 3063.45 acre tract to the northwest corner of the
herein described tract and being the POINT OF BEGINNING;
THENCE, N 89° 58' 40" E, a distance of 10,824.34 feet over and
across said 3063.45 acre tract partially along the southern
right-of-way line of Beadle Drive (80' Wide) to the northeast
corner of the herein described tract and being in the western line
of a called 1410.69 acre tract described as Second Tract in the deed
recorded in Volume 362, Page 549 of the F.B.C.D.R.;
THENCE, SOUTH, a distance of 6,932.93 feet to the southeast
corner of the herein described tract and being approximately
200-feet from the northern high bank of the Brazos River;
THENCE, along the lines approximately 200-feet from the
northern high bank of the Brazos River the following courses and
distances:
N 32° 26' 29" W, a distance of 416.17 feet to a point for
corner;
N 62° 34' 02" W, a distance of 913.05 feet to a point for
corner;
N 88° 44' 19" W, a distance of 960.84 feet to a point for
corner;
S 49° 09' 18" W, a distance of 1,666.23 feet to a point for
corner;
S 30° 09' 01" W, a distance of 1,887.00 feet to the most
southern corner of the herein described tract and being in the east
line of a called 218.562 acre tract described and recorded under
F.B.C.C.F. No. 9677436;
THENCE, N 00° 28' 00" W, a distance of 4,804.31 feet along the
east line of said 218.562 acre tract and the east line of a called
101.314 acre tract described and recorded under F.B.C.C.F. No.
9677438 to a point for corner;
THENCE, N 89° 52' 00" W, a distance of 1,757.20 feet along the
north line of said 101.314 acre tract to an angle point;
THENCE, S 89° 59' 20" W, a distance of 1,582.34 feet to a point
for corner being in the east right-of-way line of Stratmore Road
(Width Varies);
THENCE, N 00° 05' 10" W, a distance of 1,682.65 feet along said
east right-of-way line to a point for corner;
THENCE, N 89° 59' 10" W, a distance of 2,777.28 feet to the
southwest corner of the herein described tract and being
approximately 200-feet from the eastern high bank of the Brazos
River;
THENCE, N 31° 19' 40" W, a distance of 891.23 feet to the most
western corner of the herein described tract and being in the west
line of said 3063.45 acre tract also being in the western line of
said John Foster 2-1/2 League Grant and the eastern line of the
Randon & Pennington League, Abstract No. 75 of Fort Bend County;
THENCE, NORTH, a distance of 1,604.60 feet along the common
survey line to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 1145.87 acres
of land.
SECTION 3. (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 4. (a) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds
vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter
8462, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
this Act, is amended by adding Section 8462.106 to read as follows:
Sec. 8462.106. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
not exercise the power of eminent domain.
(b) This section is not intended to be an expression of a
legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),
Article I, Texas Constitution.
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.