H.B. No. 3099

	AN ACT
	relating to the effect of municipal annexation of the Venable Ranch
	Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Denton County; affecting the
	authority to impose a tax.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 8469.251(a), Special District Local Laws
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Notwithstanding any other law, if all of the territory
	of the district or a district created by the division of the
	district is annexed by the city into the corporate limits of the
	city [before the date of the election held to confirm the creation
	of the district and the district is confirmed at that election], the
	district may not be dissolved and continues in existence following
	annexation until:
	(1)  water, sanitary sewer, and drainage improvements
	and roads have been constructed to serve at least 90 percent of the
	territory of the district capable of development; or
	(2)  the board adopts a resolution consenting to the
	dissolution of the district.
	SECTION 2.  Section 8469.251(b), Special District Local Laws
	Code, as added by Chapter 1244 (S.B. 1877), Acts of the 83rd
	Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  After annexation by the city:
	(1)  [the district may not impose an ad valorem tax;
	[(2)]  the district may impose a special assessment in
	the manner provided by Subchapter F, Chapter 375, Local Government
	Code; and
	(2) [(3)]  Section 375.161, Local Government Code,
	does not apply to the district.
	SECTION 3.  Section 8469.251(b), Special District Local Laws
	Code, as added by Chapter 1308 (H.B. 3914), Acts of the 83rd
	Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section
	8469.251(c) to read as follows:
	(c) [(b)]  Notwithstanding Section 54.016(f)(2), Water
	Code, an allocation agreement between the city and the district
	that provides for the allocation of the taxes or revenues of the
	district and the city following the date of inclusion of the
	district's territory in the corporate limits of the city may
	provide that the total annual ad valorem taxes collected by the city
	and the district from taxable property within the city's corporate
	limits may exceed the city's ad valorem tax on that property.
	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 September 1, 2015.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3099 was passed by the House on May
	22, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 1, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3099 was passed by the Senate on May
	27, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor