Bill Text: TX HB4752 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the territory of the Barrett Management District.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB4752 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB4752-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 4752
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the territory of the Barrett Management District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 3930.005, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 3930.005.  DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The district is
  composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting
  this chapter, as that territory may have been modified under this
  section, Section 3930.107, or other law.
         (b)  The boundaries and field notes of the district contained
  in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure.  A
  mistake in the field notes of the district contained in Section 2 of
  the Act enacting this chapter or in copying the field notes in the
  legislative process does not in any way affect the district's:
               (1)  organization, existence, or validity; or
               (2)  legality or operation.
         (c)  The district shall hold an election in the additional
  territory in the new boundaries of the district described by
  Section 2 of the Act enacting this subsection on a uniform election
  date provided by Section 41.001, Election Code, to confirm the
  addition of the territory to the district.
         (d)  Notice of the confirmation election shall state the day
  and place or places for holding the election and the proposition to
  be voted on.
         (e)  The ballots for the confirmation election shall be
  printed to provide for voting "For New District Boundaries" and
  "Against New District Boundaries."
         (f)  Immediately after the confirmation election, the
  presiding judge shall take returns of the results to the board. The
  board shall canvass the returns and issue an order declaring the
  results at the earliest practicable time.  The order must include a
  description of the district's boundaries according to the results
  of the election.
         (g)  If at least 60 percent of the votes cast in the election
  favor the addition of the territory to the district, the board shall
  issue an order declaring that the additional territory is added to
  the district and enter the result in its minutes. If less than 60
  percent of the votes cast in the election favor the addition of the
  territory to the district, the board shall issue an order declaring
  that the addition was defeated and enter the result in its minutes.
         (h)  A copy of each order issued under this section must be
  filed:
               (1)  in the deed records of Harris County; and
               (2)  with the Texas Commission on Environmental
  Quality.
         (i)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b) of this
  section, if at least 60 percent of the votes cast in the election
  favor the addition of the territory in the new boundaries described
  by Section 2 of the Act enacting this subsection to the district,
  the district is composed of the territory in those new boundaries,
  as that territory may have been modified under Section 3930.107 or
  other law. The boundaries of the district contained in Section 2 of
  the Act enacting this subsection form a closure.  A mistake in the
  description of the district contained in Section 2 of the Act
  enacting this subsection or in copying the description in the
  legislative process does not in any way affect the district's:
               (1)  organization, existence, or validity; or
               (2)  legality or operation.
         (j)  If less than 60 percent of the votes cast in the election
  favor the addition of the territory in the new boundaries described
  by Section 2 of the Act enacting this subsection to the district:
               (1)  Subsections (a) and (b) apply to the territory of
  the district; and
               (2)  the new boundaries described by Section 2 of the
  Act enacting this subsection are void.
         SECTION 2.  The Barrett Management District includes all the
  territory contained in the area enclosed by:
               (1)  Sralla Road from Kennings Road to Barbers Hill
  Road;
               (2)  Barbers Hill Road from Sralla Road to Crosby
  Lynchburg Road;
               (3)  Crosby Lynchburg Road from Barbers Hill Road to
  Floyd Road;
               (4)  Floyd Road from Crosby Lynchburg Road to the San
  Jacinto River;
               (5)  the San Jacinto River from Floyd Road to Beaumont
  Highway;
               (6)  Beaumont Highway from the San Jacinto River to
  Crosby Lynchburg Road;
               (7)  Crosby Lynchburg Road from Beaumont Highway to the
  northbound U.S. Highway 90 Frontage Road;
               (8)  the northbound U.S. Highway 90 Frontage Road from
  Crosby Lynchburg Road to Kennings Road; and
               (9)  Kennings Road from the northbound U.S. Highway 90
  Frontage Road to Sralla Road.
         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,
  lieutenant governor, and 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 have been
  fulfilled and accomplished.
         SECTION 4.  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, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4752 was passed by the House on May 7,
  2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 7, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 4752 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 95, Nays 44,
  3 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4752 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
  1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor       
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