Bill Text: TX HB1932 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Williamson-Liberty Hill Municipal Utility District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB1932 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1932-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Williamson-Liberty Hill Municipal Utility District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB1932 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1932-Comm_Sub.html
By: Schwertner (Senate Sponsor - Ogden) | H.B. No. 1932 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2011; | ||
April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Intergovernmental Relations; May 19, 2011, reported favorably by | ||
the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 19, 2011, sent to | ||
printer.) |
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relating to the powers and duties of the Williamson-Liberty Hill | ||
Municipal Utility District. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 8199, Special District | ||
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Sections 8199.109, 8199.110, | ||
and 8199.111 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 8199.109. 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. 8199.110. 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. 8199.111. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN. The | ||
district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the | ||
district to acquire a site or easement for: | ||
(1) a road project authorized by Section 8199.109; or | ||
(2) a recreational facility as defined by Section | ||
49.462, Water Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 8199.201, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 8199.201. 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, grants, or other district money, or any combination of | ||
those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose, | ||
including a purpose described by Section 8199.109. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter E, Chapter 8199, Special District | ||
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8199.203 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 8199.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. (a) 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. | ||
(b) 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. | ||
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, 2011. | ||
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