Bill Text: TX SJR28 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the provision of parks and recreational facilities by conservation and reclamation districts in El Paso County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2011-05-16 - Filed with the Secretary of State [SJR28 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SJR28-Enrolled.html
| S.J.R. No. 28 | ||
| proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the provision of | ||
| parks and recreational facilities by conservation and reclamation | ||
| districts in El Paso County. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subsection (c-1), Section 59, Article XVI, Texas | ||
| Constitution, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (c-1) In addition and only as provided by this subsection, | ||
| the Legislature may authorize conservation and reclamation | ||
| districts to develop and finance with taxes those types and | ||
| categories of parks and recreational facilities that were not | ||
| authorized by this section to be developed and financed with taxes | ||
| before September 13, 2003. For development of such parks and | ||
| recreational facilities, the Legislature may authorize | ||
| indebtedness payable from taxes as may be necessary to provide for | ||
| improvements and maintenance only for a conservation and | ||
| reclamation district all or part of which is located in Bexar | ||
| County, Bastrop County, Waller County, Travis County, Williamson | ||
| County, Harris County, Galveston County, Brazoria County, Fort Bend | ||
| County, [ |
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| Tarrant Regional Water District, a water control and improvement | ||
| district located in whole or in part in Tarrant County. All the | ||
| indebtedness may be evidenced by bonds of the conservation and | ||
| reclamation district, to be issued under regulations as may be | ||
| prescribed by law. The Legislature may also authorize the levy and | ||
| collection within such district of all taxes, equitably | ||
| distributed, as may be necessary for the payment of the interest and | ||
| the creation of a sinking fund for the payment of the bonds and for | ||
| maintenance of and improvements to such parks and recreational | ||
| facilities. The indebtedness shall be a lien on the property | ||
| assessed for the payment of the bonds. The Legislature may not | ||
| authorize the issuance of bonds or provide for indebtedness under | ||
| this subsection against a conservation and reclamation district | ||
| unless a proposition is first submitted to the qualified voters of | ||
| the district and the proposition is adopted. This subsection | ||
| expands the authority of the Legislature with respect to certain | ||
| conservation and reclamation districts and is not a limitation on | ||
| the authority of the Legislature with respect to conservation and | ||
| reclamation districts and parks and recreational facilities | ||
| pursuant to this section as that authority existed before September | ||
| 13, 2003. | ||
| SECTION 2. The legislature intends by the amendment | ||
| proposed by Section 1 of this resolution to expand the authority of | ||
| the legislature with regard to conservation and reclamation | ||
| districts in El Paso County. The proposed amendment should not be | ||
| construed as a limitation on the powers of the legislature or of a | ||
| district with respect to parks and recreational facilities as those | ||
| powers exist immediately before the amendment takes effect. | ||
| SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the | ||
| legislature to permit conservation and reclamation districts in El | ||
| Paso County to issue bonds supported by ad valorem taxes to fund the | ||
| development and maintenance of parks and recreational facilities." | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 28 was adopted by the Senate | ||
| on March 31, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 28 was adopted by the House | ||
| on May 11, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 13, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
