Bill Text: TX SJR32 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the authority of 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-26 - Filed with the Secretary of State [SJR32 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SJR32-Enrolled.html
| S.J.R. No. 32 | ||
| proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the authority of | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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 7, 2023. | ||
| 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. 32 was adopted by the Senate | ||
| on April 11, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 32 was adopted by the House | ||
| on April 25, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 111, Nays 34, one | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Received: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of State | ||
