Bill Text: TX HB4595 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Water Control and Improvement District No. 205; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-08 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB4595 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4595-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Toth | H.B. No. 4595 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4595: | |||
By: Paul | C.S.H.B. No. 4595 |
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relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Water Control and | ||
Improvement District No. 205; granting a limited power of eminent | ||
domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to | ||
impose assessments, fees, and taxes. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle I, Title 6, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 9082 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 9082. MONTGOMERY COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT | ||
DISTRICT NO. 205 | ||
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 9082.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. | ||
(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on | ||
Environmental Quality. | ||
(3) "Director" means a board member. | ||
(4) "District" means the Montgomery County Water | ||
Control and Improvement District No. 205. | ||
Sec. 9082.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a water | ||
control and improvement district created under Section 59, Article | ||
XVI, Texas Constitution. | ||
Sec. 9082.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION | ||
REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to | ||
confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent | ||
directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code. | ||
Sec. 9082.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The | ||
temporary directors may not hold an election under Section | ||
9082.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or | ||
extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has | ||
consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the | ||
district and to the inclusion of land in the district. | ||
Sec. 9082.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT. | ||
(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit. | ||
(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of: | ||
(1) a water control and improvement district as | ||
provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas | ||
Constitution, including the collection, transportation, | ||
processing, disposal, and control of domestic, industrial, or | ||
communal waste and the gathering, conducting, diverting, and | ||
control of local storm water or other harmful excesses of water; and | ||
(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that | ||
relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, | ||
or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or | ||
improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads. | ||
Sec. 9082.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The | ||
district is initially composed of the territory described by | ||
Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter. | ||
(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of | ||
the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the | ||
field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process | ||
does not affect the district's: | ||
(1) organization, existence, or validity; | ||
(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes | ||
for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and | ||
interest on a bond; | ||
(3) right to impose a tax; or | ||
(4) legality or operation. | ||
SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS | ||
Sec. 9082.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is | ||
governed by a board of five elected directors. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Section 9082.0202, directors | ||
serve staggered four-year terms. | ||
Sec. 9082.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) The temporary | ||
board consists of: | ||
(1) Harris Allen Reynolds III; | ||
(2) Elliott Brayshaw; | ||
(3) Cindy Fields; | ||
(4) Alene Efaw; and | ||
(5) Robert Wanninger. | ||
(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of: | ||
(1) the date permanent directors are elected under | ||
Section 9082.0103; or | ||
(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of | ||
the Act enacting this chapter. | ||
(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under | ||
Section 9082.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have | ||
expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or | ||
reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that | ||
expire on the earlier of: | ||
(1) the date permanent directors are elected under | ||
Section 9082.0103; or | ||
(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the | ||
appointment or reappointment. | ||
(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a | ||
majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district | ||
may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the | ||
commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five | ||
persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as | ||
successor temporary directors the five persons named in the | ||
petition. | ||
SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES | ||
Sec. 9082.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district | ||
has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for | ||
which the district is created. | ||
Sec. 9082.0302. WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT | ||
POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided | ||
by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 51, | ||
Water Code, applicable to water control and improvement districts | ||
created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, | ||
specifically including the powers and duties authorized under | ||
Subchapter H, Chapter 51, Water Code. | ||
Sec. 9082.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section | ||
52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, | ||
acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, | ||
maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for | ||
operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or | ||
improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads. | ||
Sec. 9082.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A | ||
road project must meet all applicable construction standards, | ||
zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each | ||
municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial | ||
jurisdiction the road project is located. | ||
(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits | ||
or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road | ||
project must meet all applicable construction standards, | ||
subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which | ||
the road project is located. | ||
(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the | ||
Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and | ||
specifications of the road project. | ||
Sec. 9082.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT | ||
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION. The district shall comply with all | ||
applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is | ||
adopted under Section 42.042 or 42.0425, Local Government Code, and | ||
that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of | ||
land in the district. | ||
Sec. 9082.0306. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN. The | ||
district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the | ||
district boundaries to acquire a site or easement for: | ||
(1) a recreational facility, as defined by Section | ||
49.462, Water Code; or | ||
(2) a road project authorized by Section 9082.0303. | ||
SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 9082.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a) | ||
The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other | ||
obligations secured by: | ||
(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or | ||
(2) contract payments described by Section 9082.0403. | ||
(b) The district must hold an election in the manner | ||
provided by Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code, to obtain voter approval | ||
before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds | ||
payable from ad valorem taxes. | ||
(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem | ||
taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a | ||
vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an | ||
election held for that purpose. | ||
Sec. 9082.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If | ||
authorized at an election held under Section 9082.0401, the | ||
district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable | ||
property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water | ||
Code. | ||
(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not | ||
exceed the rate approved at the election. | ||
Sec. 9082.0403. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with | ||
Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than | ||
an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from | ||
the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of | ||
the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters | ||
voting at an election held for that purpose. | ||
(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a | ||
provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by | ||
the board without further voter approval. | ||
SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS | ||
Sec. 9082.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER | ||
OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations | ||
payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, | ||
revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any | ||
combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district | ||
purpose. | ||
Sec. 9082.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district | ||
issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the | ||
board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing | ||
direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all | ||
or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner | ||
provided by Chapter 51, Water Code. | ||
Sec. 9082.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of | ||
issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations | ||
issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad | ||
valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the | ||
real property in the district. | ||
Sec. 9082.0504. BONDS FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. (a) | ||
The district may develop recreational facilities and issue bonds | ||
for recreational facilities as provided by Chapter 49, Water Code, | ||
regardless of whether the district's territory overlaps with the | ||
territory of a political subdivision that is authorized to develop | ||
recreational facilities and issue bonds for recreational | ||
facilities under Chapter 49, Water Code. | ||
(b) The authority of the district to develop recreational | ||
facilities and issue bonds for recreational facilities under this | ||
section does not limit the authority of another political | ||
subdivision whose territory the territory of the district may | ||
overlap, wholly or partly, to develop recreational facilities and | ||
issue bonds for recreational facilities under Chapter 49, Water | ||
Code. | ||
SECTION 2. The Montgomery County Water Control and | ||
Improvement District No. 205 initially includes all the territory | ||
contained in the following area: | ||
A METES & BOUNDS description of a certain 964.58 acre tract of | ||
land situated in the Montgomery County School Land Survey, Abstract | ||
No. 350 & 351, the T. F. Johnson Survey, Abstract No. 299 and the | ||
Timothy O'Neil Survey, Abstract No. 406 in Montgomery County, | ||
Texas, being comprised of a called 364.70 acre tract of land (Tract | ||
1) and a called 336.60 acre tract of land (Tract 2), SAVE AND EXCEPT | ||
a called 45.98 acre tract of land (Tract 3); PLUS a called 315.26 | ||
acre tract of land (Tract 4). | ||
TRACT 1: 364.70 Acres | ||
364.70 acres, more or less, of land, of which 286.5 acres, | ||
more or less, lies in the Montgomery County School Land Survey, | ||
Abstract No. 350, 69.2 acres, more or less, lies in the Montgomery | ||
County School Land Survey, Abstract No. 350, 6.5 acres, more or | ||
less, lies in the T. F. Johnson Survey, Abstract No. 299, and 2.5 | ||
acres, more or less, lies in the Timothy O'Neil Survey, Abstract | ||
No. 406, and being the same land as conveyed to Winnie Helen | ||
Hilliard by partition deed dated July 20, 1957, recorded in Volume | ||
434, Page 441 of the Deed Records of Montgomery County, Texas; said | ||
364.70 acres, more or less, of land being more particularly | ||
described as follows: | ||
BEGINNING at the Southwest corner of the S. Richardson | ||
Survey, Abstract No. 460 and the Northwest corner of the T. F. | ||
Johnson Survey, the Eastern Southeast corner of the Montgomery | ||
County School Land Survey, Abstract No. 350, a Northeast intra | ||
corner of the Montgomery County School Land Survey, Abstract | ||
No. 351, and being Corner No. 1 hereof; | ||
THENCE, S 00°30' W, 199.3 feet to Corner No. 2 hereof at the | ||
Southwest corner of the Bahr Capital Interests, Ltd land; | ||
THENCE, East, 746.4 feet to Corner No. 3 hereof and the | ||
Second Corner of Tract 2 hereof; | ||
THENCE, S 51°30' W, 2738 feet to Corner No. 4 hereof and | ||
Corner No. 1 of said Tract Two hereof, also being in the Northern | ||
boundary line of a 660 acre tract as conveyed to Winnifred Bender | ||
Beaman by said partition deed recorded in Volume 434, Page 441 of | ||
said Deed Records, and also being the Southeast corner of the Doris | ||
Eugenia Vaughan tract as described in said partition deed; | ||
THENCE, N 38°35' W, 6268.4 feet to Corner No. 5 hereof and the | ||
Northeast corner of said Doris Eugenia Vaughan tract in the center | ||
of the Scott-Herrin Road; | ||
THENCE, N 47°30' E, 800.4 feet with said Road [Deed (Volume | ||
434, Page 441) call of N 46°40' E, 759.2 feet] to Corner No. 6 | ||
hereof; | ||
THENCE, N 70°06' E, 1110.0 feet continuing with said road | ||
[Deed (Volume 434, Page 441) call of N 68°55' E, 1110 feet] to its | ||
intersection with the old Bender Tram Line for Corner No. 7 hereof; | ||
THENCE, S 57°27' E, with said old Tram, 4397 feet [Deed | ||
(Volume 434, Page 441) call of S 57°12' E, 4397 feet] to Corner No. 8 | ||
hereof in the West boundary line of the S. Richardson Survey; | ||
THENCE, S 01°12'39" W, 1549.45 feet [Deed (Clerk's File | ||
No. 2004-021196) call South 01°13' W, 1549.6 feet] along the West | ||
line of the S. Richardson Survey to the PLACE OF BEGINNING AND | ||
CONTAINING within these bounds 364.70 acres, more or less, of land. | ||
TRACT 2: 336.60 Acres | ||
336.60 acres, more or less, of land, of which 110.5 acres, | ||
more or less, lies in the Montgomery County School Land Survey, | ||
Abstract No. 351, and 220.1 acres, more or less, lies in the T. F. | ||
Johnson Survey, Abstract No. 299, and being the same land as | ||
conveyed to Winnie Helen Hilliard by deed dated August 3, 1967, | ||
recorded in Volume 646, Page 935 of the Montgomery County Deed | ||
Records; said 336.60 acres, more or less, of land being more | ||
particularly described as follows: | ||
BEGINNING at Corner No. 4 of the Tract 1 herein, and Corner | ||
No. 1 hereof; | ||
THENCE, N 51°30' E, 2738.0 feet to a point for corner in the | ||
Southern boundary line of said Blanche Bender tract for Corner | ||
No. 2; | ||
THENCE, East, 1009.6 feet with the Southern boundary line of | ||
said Blanche Bender tract to Corner No. 3 hereof on the Western edge | ||
of the Old Bender Tram Line; | ||
THENCE, S 28°02' E, with said old Tram and/or road, 4024 feet | ||
[Deed (Volume 434, Page 441) call of S 28°50' E, 3966.4 feet] to | ||
Corner No. 4 hereof, on the Western side of said road, and being a | ||
most Eastern corner of the Doris E. Vaughan 330 acres as described | ||
in a deed recorded in Volume 646, Page 933 of said Deed Records; | ||
THENCE, S 52°43' W, 2797.2 feet, [Deed (Volume 434, Page 441) | ||
call of S 53° W, 2797.2 feet] to Corner No. 5 hereof and being a | ||
re-entrant corner of the Doris E. Vaughan 330 acre tract; | ||
THENCE, S 38°30'25" W, 4526.14 feet [Deed (Clerk's File | ||
No. 2004-021196) call N 38°30' W, 4525.7 feet] to the PLACE OF | ||
BEGINNING AND CONTAINING within these bounds 336.60 acres, more or | ||
less, of land. | ||
TRACT 3: 45.98 Acres | ||
45.98 acres, more or less, of land situated in the Montgomery | ||
County School Land Survey, Abstract Number 350, Montgomery County, | ||
Texas; being the same 45.98 acre tract conveyed to Conroe | ||
Independent School District by Agreed Final Judgement (Cause | ||
No. 15-06-06177) dated January 19, 2017 and filed for record under | ||
Clerk's File No. 2017011000 of the Montgomery County Official | ||
Public Records of Real Property; said 45.98 acres being more | ||
particularly described as follows with all bearings based on the | ||
Texas Coordinate System of 1983, Central Zone: | ||
BEGINNING, at a found 5/8-inch iron rod (with cap stamped | ||
"Costello Inc") in the southwest line of said 364.70 acres, for the | ||
north corner of a called 1.5371 acre tract conveyed to Montgomery | ||
County Municipal Utility District No. 105 by Special Warranty Deed | ||
dated December 18, 2013 and filed for record under Clerk's File | ||
No. 2014010067 of the Montgomery County Official Public Records of | ||
Real Property and an east corner of the remainder of a called | ||
692.342 acre tract conveyed to Toll Houston TX, LLC by Special | ||
Warranty Deed dated October 19, 2012 and filed for record under | ||
Clerk's File No. 2012103106 of the Montgomery County Official | ||
Public Records of Real Property; | ||
THENCE, North 41°42'31" West, 1865.72 feet along the | ||
northeast line of said 692.342 acres and the southwest line of said | ||
364.70 acres to a set 3/4-inch iron rod (with cap stamped "Cotton | ||
Surveying") from which a found 5/8-inch iron rod (with cap stamped | ||
"VTSM 4070") in the southeast right-of-way of Riley Fuzzel Road | ||
(width varies) bears North 41°42' 31" West, 667.13 feet; | ||
THENCE, North 54°48'40" East, 1157.39 feet, departing the | ||
northeast line of said 692.342 acres and the southwest line of said | ||
364.70 acres to a set 3/4-inch iron rod (with cap stamped "Cotton | ||
Surveying"); | ||
THENCE, North 35°11'20" West, 300.00 feet to a set 3/4-inch | ||
iron rod (with cap stamped "Cotton Surveying") in the southeast | ||
right-of-way of State Highway 99 (width varies) as recorded under | ||
Clerk's File No. 2014081107 of the Montgomery County Official | ||
Public Records of Real Property; | ||
THENCE, North 54°48'40" East, 150.00 feet along the southeast | ||
right-of-way of said State Highway 99 to a set 3/4-inch iron rod | ||
(with cap stamped "Cotton Surveying"); | ||
THENCE, South 35°11'20" East, 1513.02 feet, departing the | ||
southeast right-of-way of said State Highway 99 to a set 3/4-inch | ||
iron rod (with cap stamped "Cotton Surveying"); | ||
THENCE, South 54°48'44" West, 14.30 feet to a set 3/4-inch | ||
iron rod (with cap stamped "Cotton Surveying"); | ||
THENCE, South 38°13'15" West, 273.54 to a set 3/4-inch iron | ||
rod (with cap stamped "Cotton Surveying"); | ||
THENCE, South 01°17'04" East, 500.95 feet to a set 3/4-inch | ||
iron rod (with cap stamped "Cotton Surveying"); | ||
THENCE, South 17°49'25" East, 153.77 feet to a set 3/4-inch | ||
iron rod (with cap stamped "Cotton Surveying"); | ||
THENCE, South 54°48'40" West, 493.76 feet to the PLACE OF | ||
BEGINNING AND CONTAINING within these bounds 45.98 acres, more or | ||
less, of land. | ||
TRACT 4: 315.26 Acres | ||
315.26 acres of land, more or less of land situated in the | ||
Thomas F. Johnson Survey, Abstract Number 299 and the Stephen | ||
Richardson Survey, Abstract Number 460, Montgomery County, Texas; | ||
being all of a called 320.833 acre tract conveyed to Bahr Capital | ||
Interests, LTD., Jack K. Leeka and Jack Keith Leeka, Jr. and | ||
Elizabeth Leeka Albert, Co-Trustees of the Leeka Revocable Trust | ||
Agreement by Warranty Deed(s) and filed for record under Clerk's | ||
File No.(s) 2006-003150, 2006-003151, and 2016042187 of the | ||
Montgomery County Official Public Records of Real Property; said | ||
315.26 acres being more particularly described as follows with all | ||
bearings based on the Texas Coordinate System of 1983, Central | ||
Zone: | ||
BEGINNING at a point in the west line of said 320.833 acres | ||
and the east line of a called 364.7 acre tract conveyed to Winnie | ||
Helen Hilliard, et al (undivided 75% interest) by General Warranty | ||
Deed dated August 14, 1987 and filed for record under Clerk's File | ||
No. 8737411 of the Montgomery County Official Public Records of | ||
Real Property and Bell Endeavors, LTD (undivided 25% interest) by | ||
Special Warranty Deed dated February 20, 2004 and filed for record | ||
under Clerk's File No. 2004-021196 of the Montgomery County | ||
Official Public Records of Real Property; | ||
THENCE, North 01°53'31" West, 3711.28 feet along the west line | ||
of said 320.833 acres and the east line of said 364.7 acres to a | ||
point for the northwest corner of said 320.833 acres and the | ||
northwest corner of the herein described tract; | ||
THENCE, North 87°56'56" East, 3444.04 feet along the north | ||
line of said 320.833 acres to point for the northeast corner of said | ||
320.833 acres and the herein described tract; | ||
THENCE, South 04°21'02" East, 3894.25 feet along the east line | ||
of said 320.833 acres point for the southeast corner of said 320.833 | ||
acres and the herein described tract; | ||
THENCE, South 87°53'33" West, 3611.10 feet along the south | ||
line of said 320.833 acres point for the southwest corner of said | ||
320.833 acres, same being the southwest corner of the herein | ||
described tract; | ||
THENCE, North 01°53'31" West, 183.41 feet to the PLACE OF | ||
BEGINNING, CONTAINING within these bounds 315.26 acres, more or | ||
less, or land. | ||
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, the | ||
lieutenant governor, and the 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 are fulfilled | ||
and accomplished. | ||
SECTION 4. (a) Section 9082.0306, Special District Local | ||
Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of this Act, takes effect only if | ||
this Act receives a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to | ||
each house. | ||
(b) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds vote of all the | ||
members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter 9082, Special | ||
District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of this Act, is | ||
amended by adding Section 9082.0306 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 9082.0306. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may | ||
not exercise the power of eminent domain. | ||
(c) This section is not intended to be an expression of a | ||
legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c), | ||
Article I, Texas Constitution. | ||
SECTION 5. 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. |