H.B. No. 4671

	AN ACT
	relating to the powers and duties of the Ranch at Cypress Creek
	Municipal Utility District No. 1.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 21, Acts of the 71st Legislature, 6th
	Called Session, 1990, is amended by amending Section 5 and adding
	Sections 6B, 6C, and 6D to read as follows:
	Sec. 5.  FINDING OF BENEFIT.  (a)  All of the land and other
	property included within the boundaries of the district will be
	benefited by the works and projects that are to be accomplished by
	the district under powers conferred by Article XVI, Section 59, of
	the Texas Constitution.  The district is created to serve a public
	use and benefit.
	(b)  The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
	(1)  a municipal utility district and a water control
	and improvement 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. 6B.  AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section 52,
	Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire,
	construct, finance, 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. 6C.  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.
	Sec. 6D.  APPOINTMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE. (a) In
	order to carry out the provisions of Section 54.237, Water Code,
	except as provided by Subsection (b), the district may appoint an
	architectural committee for a subdivision located wholly inside the
	district that does not have an architectural committee or an area of
	the district not located in a subdivision.
	(b)  The district may not appoint an architectural committee
	for a subdivision for which the governing provisions prohibit the
	appointment of an architectural committee by the district or
	otherwise.
	SECTION 2.  (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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 4671 was passed by the House on May 2,
	2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 118, Nays 23, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 4671 was passed by the Senate on May
	21, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor