84R17719 JXC-F
	By: Miles	H.B. No. 4150

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the powers and the board of the Harris County
	Improvement District No. 12.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 3880.002, Special District Local Laws
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 3880.002.  NATURE OF DISTRICT; IMMUNITY. (a) The
	Harris County Improvement District No. 12 is a special district
	created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
	(b)  The district is a governmental unit, as provided by
	Section 375.004, Local Government Code.
	(c)  This chapter does not waive any governmental or
	sovereign immunity from suit, liability, or judgment that would
	otherwise apply to the district.
	SECTION 2.  Section 3880.004(d), Special District Local Laws
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(d)  The district will:
	(1)  promote the health, safety, and general welfare of
	residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors,
	and consumers in the district, and of the public;
	(2)  provide needed funding for the district to
	preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of
	the district territory as a community and business center;
	(3)  promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment
	of the public by providing pedestrian ways, road facilities,
	parking facilities, recreational facilities, and public art
	objects and by landscaping and developing certain areas in the
	district, which are necessary for the restoration, preservation,
	and enhancement of scenic beauty; and
	(4)  provide for water, wastewater, and drainage[,
	road, and recreational] facilities for the district.
	SECTION 3.  Subchapter A, Chapter 3880, Special District
	Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3880.009 to read as
	follows:
	Sec. 3880.009.  CONFLICTS OF LAW.  This chapter prevails
	over any provision of general law, including a provision of Chapter
	375, Local Government Code, or Chapter 49, Water Code, that is in
	conflict or inconsistent with this chapter.
	SECTION 4.  Subchapter B, Chapter 3880, Special District
	Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3880.057 to read as
	follows:
	Sec. 3880.057.  QUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS. (a) Section
	49.052, Water Code, applies to the district.
	(b)  A director is not required to:
	(1)  own property in the district;
	(2)  own a beneficial interest in a trust that owns
	property within the district; or
	(3)  be an agent, employee, or tenant of a person
	covered by Subdivision (1) or (2).
	SECTION 5.  Section 3880.153, Special District Local Laws
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 3880.153.  RULES. In addition to rules and regulations
	adopted under the district's general rulemaking authority in
	Section 375.096(c), Local Government Code, the [The] district may
	adopt and enforce rules governing the district's public parking
	facilities.
	SECTION 6.  Chapter 3880, Special District Local Laws Code,
	is amended by adding Subchapter G to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER G. DISSOLUTION
	Sec. 3880.301.  Notwithstanding Section 375.263(b), Local
	Government Code, on dissolution of the district, the district's
	assets escheat to the state.
	SECTION 7.  (a)  The legislature confirms and validates all
	actions of the Harris County Improvement District No. 12 that
	relate to the bond and tax election held in the district on November
	8, 2011.
	(b)  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 court
	judgment; or
	(2)  has been held invalid by a final court judgment.
	SECTION 8.  (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 9.  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, 2015.