Bill Text: TX SB2155 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Chambers County Improvement District No. 1 to issue bonds and impose certain taxes or assessments.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-26 - Left pending in committee [SB2155 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB2155-Introduced.html
| 87R7249 JXC-D | ||
| By: Creighton | S.B. No. 2155 | |
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| relating to the authority of the Chambers County Improvement | ||
| District No. 1 to issue bonds and impose certain taxes or | ||
| assessments. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 3854.152, Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 3854.152. ELECTIONS. Except as provided by Section | ||
| 3854.202, the [ |
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| Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 3854.202, Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection | ||
| (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [ |
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| shall hold an election in the manner provided by Subchapter L, | ||
| Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval for | ||
| the district to impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable from | ||
| ad valorem taxes or assessments. | ||
| (c) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply | ||
| to the district. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 3854.205(b), Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) A petition under Section 375.114 or 375.243, Local | ||
| Government Code, is not required for the board to levy a tax, | ||
| assessment, or impact fee to finance improvement projects and | ||
| services under this chapter. | ||
| SECTION 4. Sections 3854.209(b), (c), and (d), Special | ||
| District Local Laws Code, are repealed. | ||
| SECTION 5. (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 6. 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, 2021. | ||
