H.B. No. 5418
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the powers, duties, operation, administration, and
  board of directors of the Karis Municipal Management District of
  Tarrant County; providing authority to impose assessments.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8026A to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 8026A.  KARIS MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT OF
  TARRANT COUNTY
         Sec. 8026A.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 Karis Municipal Management
  District of Tarrant County.
         Sec. 8026A.0102.  NATURE OF DISTRICT.  The district is a
  municipal management district created by order of the commission
  under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution and operating
  under Chapter 375, Local Government Code.
         Sec. 8026A.0103.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district
  is governed by a board of five directors.
         (b)  Except as provided by Section 8026A.0104, directors
  serve staggered four-year terms.
         (c)  The initial directors were appointed with terms by the
  commission to serve until their successors are elected or have been
  appointed in accordance with applicable law.
         (d)  Subsequent directors shall be elected in the manner
  provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Water Code.
         (e)  Section 375.064, Local Government Code, does not apply
  to the district.
         Sec. 8026A.0104.  DIRECTORS. (a) The current terms of
  directors initially appointed by the commission to serve two-year
  terms shall expire on the date of the general May election in 2024,
  and the current terms of directors initially appointed by the
  commission to serve four-year terms shall expire on the date of the
  general May election in 2026.
         (b)  If successor directors have not been elected and the
  terms of the initial directors have expired, successor directors
  shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (c) to
  serve terms that expire on the earlier of:
               (1)  the date successor directors are elected; or
               (2)  the fourth anniversary of the date of the
  appointment or reappointment.
         (c)  If Subsection (b) 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 directors the five persons named in
  the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor directors
  the five persons named in the petition.
         Sec. 8026A.0105.  COMPENSATION. A director is entitled to
  receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses as
  provided by Section 49.060, Water Code. Sections 375.069 and
  375.070, Local Government Code, do not apply to the board.
         Sec. 8026A.0106.  ASSESSMENT. The board by resolution may
  impose and collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by law
  in all or any part of the district. Section 375.161, Local
  Government Code, does not apply to an assessment imposed by the
  district.
         SECTION 2.  The Karis Municipal Management District of
  Tarrant County retains all the rights, powers, privileges,
  authority, duties, and functions that it had before the effective
  date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  (a) The legislature validates and confirms the
  creation of the Karis Municipal Management District of Tarrant
  County and all governmental acts and proceedings that were taken by
  the district before the effective date of this Act.
         (b)  This section does not apply to any matter that on the
  effective date of this Act:
               (1)  is involved in litigation if the litigation
  ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court
  judgment; or
               (2)  has been held invalid by a final court judgment.
         SECTION 4.  (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 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, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 5418 was passed by the House on May
  19, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 120, Nays 23, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 5418 was passed by the Senate on May
  24, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 2.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor