Bill Text: TX HB707 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the validation of certain governmental acts and proceedings of certain municipalities relating to certain public improvement districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB707 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB707-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the validation of certain governmental acts and proceedings of certain municipalities relating to certain public improvement districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB707 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB707-Comm_Sub.html
By: Laubenberg (Senate Sponsor - Estes) | H.B. No. 707 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011; | ||
May 2, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Intergovernmental Relations; May 19, 2011, reported favorably by | ||
the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 19, 2011, sent to | ||
printer.) |
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relating to the validation of certain governmental acts and | ||
proceedings of certain municipalities relating to certain public | ||
improvement districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. This Act applies only to a municipality with a | ||
population of 500 or less according to the 2000 federal census. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) All governmental acts and proceedings of a | ||
governing body of a municipality under Subchapter A, Chapter 372, | ||
Local Government Code, taken or occurring before the effective date | ||
of this Act, to establish a public improvement district, designate | ||
improvements, levy assessments, or finance costs of improvements, | ||
are validated. | ||
(b) This section does not apply to: | ||
(1) an act or proceeding the validity of which is the | ||
subject of litigation that is pending on the effective date of this | ||
Act; or | ||
(2) a governmental act or proceeding that, under the | ||
law of this state at the time the act or proceeding occurred, was a | ||
misdemeanor or a felony. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2011. | ||
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