Bill Text: TX HB1962 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 69; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2017-05-18 - Effective immediately [HB1962 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1962-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1962 |
relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility | ||
District No. 69; 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 F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 7970 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 7970. BRAZORIA COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 69 | ||
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 7970.001. 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 Brazoria County Municipal | ||
Utility District No. 69. | ||
Sec. 7970.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a | ||
municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, | ||
Texas Constitution. | ||
Sec. 7970.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' 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. 7970.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The | ||
temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7970.003 | ||
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. 7970.005. 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 municipal utility district as provided by | ||
general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; 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. 7970.006. 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. 7970.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is | ||
governed by a board of five elected directors. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Section 7970.052, directors serve | ||
staggered four-year terms. | ||
Sec. 7970.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the | ||
effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, 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 temporary directors the five persons | ||
named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary | ||
directors the five persons named in the petition. | ||
(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of: | ||
(1) the date permanent directors are elected under | ||
Section 7970.003; 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 7970.003 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 7970.003; 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. 7970.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has | ||
the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for | ||
which the district is created. | ||
Sec. 7970.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND | ||
DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the | ||
general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, | ||
applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, | ||
Article XVI, Texas Constitution. | ||
Sec. 7970.103. 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. 7970.104. 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. 7970.105. 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 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the | ||
creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the | ||
district. | ||
SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 7970.151. 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 7970.153. | ||
(b) The district must hold an election in the manner | ||
provided by Chapters 49 and 54, 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. 7970.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If | ||
authorized at an election held under Section 7970.151, 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. 7970.153. 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. 7970.201. 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, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any | ||
combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district | ||
purpose. | ||
Sec. 7970.202. 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 Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code. | ||
Sec. 7970.203. 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. | ||
SECTION 2. The Brazoria County Municipal Utility District | ||
No. 69 initially includes all the territory contained in the | ||
following area: | ||
TRACT ONE | ||
Being a tract of land containing 158.478 acres (6,903,334 | ||
square feet), located within the C.W. Groos Survey, Abstract-525 in | ||
Brazoria County, Texas; Said 158.478 acre tract being a portion of a | ||
called 160 acre tract recorded in the name of Richard Rogers in | ||
Volume 103, Page 371 of the Brazoria County Deed Records (B.C.D.R.) | ||
and all of a called 13.655 acre tract recorded in the name of H.L.& | ||
P. Co. in Volume 1149, Page 240 of the B.C.D.R.; Said 158.478 acre | ||
tract being more particularly described by metes and bounds as | ||
follows (Bearings are based on the Texas Coordinate System of 1983, | ||
South Central Zone per GPS observations): | ||
Beginning at a 5/8-inch iron rod found at the southwest | ||
corner of a called 40.0000 acre tract of land recorded in the name | ||
of Prabhakar Rao Draksharam in Brazoria County Clerk's File Number | ||
(B.C.C.F. No.) 2007030107, same being on the north line of a called | ||
151.44 acre tract recorded in the name of C.W. Way in Volume 272, | ||
Page 103 of the B.C.D.R., for the southeast corner of said 160 acre | ||
tract and the herein described tract, said iron rod being on the | ||
Right-Of-Way (R.O.W.) line of County Road 128 (30 foot easement | ||
reserved along the north line in Volume 124, Page 477 of the | ||
B.C.D.R., no easement reserved along the south line of said 160 acre | ||
tract found); | ||
Thence, with the north line of said 151.44 acre tract and the | ||
south line of said 160 acre tract and said 13.655 acre tract, South | ||
87 degrees 19 minutes 22 seconds West, a distance of 2634.42 feet to | ||
a 5/8-inch iron rod with a Miller Survey Group (MSG) cap set at an | ||
angle point in said 151.44 acre tract, for the southwest corner of | ||
said 160 acre tract and the herein described tract; | ||
Thence, with the upper east line of said 151.44 acre tract, | ||
the east line of a called 138.83 acre tract of land recorded in the | ||
name of Margurite Massey Smith Charitable Remainder Trust, U.A. in | ||
B.C.C.F. No. 2010013347, same being the west line of said 160 acre | ||
tract, North 02 degrees 36 minutes 15 seconds West, at a distance of | ||
1389.29 feet pass a 5/8-inch iron rod found at the southeast corner | ||
of said 138.83 acre tract, same being the upper northeast corner of | ||
said 151.44 acre tract, and continue in all a total distance of | ||
2634.99 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with a MSG cap set for the | ||
northwest corner of said 160 acre tract and the herein described | ||
tract; | ||
Thence, with the north line of said 160 acre tract, said | ||
13.655 acre tract and the south line of a called 80 acre tract | ||
recorded in the name of Georgeanne and William Reeves in B.C.C.F. | ||
No. 99026030, the south line of a called 247.91 acre tract recorded | ||
in the name of RMJ Miller Real Estate Holdings, Ltd. in B.C.C.F. | ||
No. 2002020349, and the south lines of a called 0.8902 acre tract of | ||
land recorded in the name of the City of Pearland in B.C.C.F. | ||
No. 2009045975, the following three (3) courses: | ||
1. North 87 degrees 17 minutes 52 seconds East, at a | ||
distance of 12.2 feet pass a railroad rail in concrete found at the | ||
called southwest corner of said 80 acre tract, from which a found | ||
1-inch iron pipe bears South 76 degrees 10 minutes East, a distance | ||
of 30.8 feet, and at a distance of 1320.06 feet pass a 3/4-inch iron | ||
pipe found at the southeast corner of said 80 acre tract and | ||
continue in all a total distance of 2227.43 feet to a 5/8-inch iron | ||
rod with a MSG cap set at the northwest corner of said 0.8902 acre | ||
tract, for the westerly northeast corner of the herein described | ||
tract; | ||
2. South 51 degrees 39 minutes 45 seconds East, a | ||
distance of 165.85 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with a CL Davis cap | ||
found at the southwest corner of said 0.8902 acre tract, for an | ||
angle point in the north line of the herein described tract; | ||
3. North 87 degrees 18 minutes 49 seconds East, a | ||
distance of 279.87 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with a CL Davis cap | ||
found the southeast corner of said 0.8902 acre tract, same being on | ||
the lower west line of said 247.91 acre tract, and being on the east | ||
line of said 160 acre tract, for the easterly northeast corner of | ||
the herein described tract; | ||
Thence, with the lower west line of said 247.91 acre tract, | ||
the west line of said 40.0000 acre tract and the east line of said | ||
160 acre tract; South 02 degrees 38 minutes 46 seconds East, at a | ||
distance of 1207.41 feet pass a concrete monument found at a | ||
southwest corner of said 247.91 acre tract, same being the | ||
northwest corner of said 40.0000 acre tract, and continue in all a | ||
total distance of 2527.16 feet to the Point of Beginning and | ||
containing 158.478 acres of land. | ||
TRACT TWO | ||
Being a tract of land containing 212.174 acres (9,242,293 | ||
square feet), located within the H. Stevens Survey, Abstract-593 in | ||
Brazoria County, Texas; Said 212.174 acre tract being a portion of a | ||
called 138.83 acre tract recorded in the name of Margurite Massey | ||
Smith Charitable Remainder Trust U.A. in Brazoria County Clerk's | ||
File Number (B.C.C.F. No.) 2010013347, all of a called 5.00 acre | ||
tract of land recorded in the name of William Stephen Summers and | ||
wife, Lois Winifrede Smith Summers in Volume (V.) 1318, Page 9 (P.) | ||
700 of the Brazoria County Deed Records (B.C.D.R.), all of a called | ||
5.00 acre tract of land recorded in the name of Lois Winifrede | ||
Summers in V. 1775, P. 250 of the B.C.D.R., a portion of a called | ||
5.00 acre tract of land recorded in the name of Lois Winifrede | ||
Summers in V. 1775, P. 248 of the B.C.D.R., all of a called 10.55 | ||
acre tract of land recorded in the name of Lois Smith Summers in | ||
B.C.C.F. No. 2013052681, a portion of a called 4.45 acre tract of | ||
land recorded in the name of Lois Smith Summers in B.C.C.F. | ||
No. 2013052682, and all of a called 45.00 acre tract of land | ||
recorded in the name of Lois Smith Summers in B.C.C.F. | ||
No. 2013052682; Said 212.174 acre tract being more particularly | ||
described by metes and bounds as follows (Bearings are based on the | ||
Texas Coordinate System of 1983, South Central Zone per GPS | ||
observations): | ||
Beginning at a 1-inch ion pipe found at the northwest corner | ||
of a called 151.44 acre tract recorded in the name of C.W. Way in | ||
Volume 272, Page 103 of the Brazoria County Deed Records, same being | ||
on the east line of a Lot 44 of the Allison-Richey Gulf Coast Home | ||
Co. Part of Suburban Gardens, a subdivision plat of record in Volume | ||
2, Page 89 of the Brazoria County Plat Records (B.C.P.R.), said Lot | ||
44, recorded in the name of Plains Exploration & Production | ||
Company, L.P. in B.C.C.F. No. 02-033007, for the southwest corner | ||
of said 138.83 acre tract and the herein described tract; | ||
Thence, with the east line of Lots 44 thru 42 all recorded in | ||
said B.C.C.F. No. 02-03307, the east line of Lots 41 and 40 being | ||
recorded in the name of Jimmy Brown in B.C.C.F. No. 1998020191, the | ||
east line of Lot 39 recorded in said B.C.C.F. No. 02-033007, the | ||
east line of Lot 38 recorded in the name of Danny O. Waldon in | ||
B.C.C.F. No. 96-0254867, the east line of Lot 37 recorded in the | ||
name of International Victory Christian Church in B.C.C.F. | ||
No. 2015007219, same being the west line of said 138.83 acre tract, | ||
North 02 degrees 36 minutes 15 seconds West, at a distance of | ||
2905.73 feet pass a found railroad spike at the northeast corner of | ||
said Lot 39, and at a distance of 3862.37 feet pass a 5/8-inch iron | ||
rod with a Miller Survey Group (MSG) cap set on the occupied south | ||
Right-Of-Way (R.O.W.) line of McKeever Road (County Road 100 width | ||
varies, monumented at 62.7 feet, north 20 feet per Volume 2, Page | ||
89, B.C.P.R.), and continue in all a total distance of 3897.23 feet | ||
to a "P-K" nail set in asphalt pavement for the northwest corner of | ||
said 138.83 acre tract and the herein described tract; | ||
Thence, with the north line of said 138.83 acre tract, said | ||
10.55 acre tract, said 5.00 acre tract (V. 1775, P. 248) and said | ||
4.45 acre tract, North 87 degrees 21 minutes 45 seconds East, a | ||
distance of 2384.30 feet to a "P-K" nail set in asphalt pavement at | ||
the northeast corner of said 4.45 acre tract, for the northeast | ||
corner of the herein described tract; | ||
Thence, with the east line of said 4.45 acre tract, South 02 | ||
degrees 36 minutes 15 seconds East, at a distance of 32.55 feet pass | ||
a 5/8-inch iron rod with a Miller Survey Group (MSG) cap set on the | ||
occupied south R.O.W. line of said McKeever Road, at a distance of | ||
41.87 feet pass a 5/8-inch iron rod found, and continue in all a | ||
total distance of 246.27 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with a cap | ||
found on the northeast line of a called 1.1852 acre tract of land | ||
recorded in the name of the City of Pearland, Texas in B.C.C.F. | ||
No. 2011044376, from which a 5/8-inch iron rod with a CL Davis cap | ||
found bears South 51 degrees 41 minutes 48 seconds East, a distance | ||
of 12.55 feet; | ||
Thence, with the lines of said 1.1852 acre tract, the | ||
following four (4) courses: | ||
1. North 51 degrees 41 minutes 48 seconds West, a | ||
distance of 262.16 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with a cap found at an | ||
angle point; | ||
2. South 87 degrees 18 minutes 40 seconds West, a | ||
distance of 49.92 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with a cap found at an | ||
angle point; | ||
3. South 38 degrees 18 minutes 12 seconds West, a | ||
distance of 107.26 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with a cap found at an | ||
angle point; | ||
4. South 51 degrees 41 minutes 48 seconds East, a | ||
distance of 421.14 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with a cap found on | ||
the east line of said 4.45 acre tract, from which a 5/8-inch iron | ||
rod with a CL Davis cap found bears South 51 degrees 41 minutes 48 | ||
seconds East, a distance of 12.84 feet; | ||
Thence, with the east line of said 4.45 acre tract and the | ||
east line of said 138.83 acre tract, South 02 degrees 36 minutes 15 | ||
seconds East, a distance of 3465.72 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod | ||
found at the northeast corner of said 151.44 acre tract, for the | ||
southeast corner of said 138.83 acre tract and the herein described | ||
tract; | ||
Thence, with the line north line of said 151.44 acre tract and | ||
the south line of said 138.83 acre tract and said 45.00 acre tract, | ||
South 87 degrees 21 minutes 45 seconds West, a distance of 2384.30 | ||
feet to the Point of Beginning and containing 212.174 acre of land. | ||
Save and except the following 0.1697 acre tract: | ||
Being a tract of land containing 0.1697 acres (7,394 square | ||
feet), located in the H. Stevens Survey, Abstract-593 in Brazoria | ||
County, Texas; Said 0.1697 acre tract being all of a called 0.1319 | ||
acre tract of land recorded in the name of the City of Pearland, | ||
Texas in B.C.C.F. No. 2011044376 and all of a called 0.0378 acre | ||
tract of land recorded in the name of the City of Pearland, Texas in | ||
B.C.C.F. No. 2011044379; Said 0.1697 acre tract being more | ||
particularly described by metes and bounds as follows (Bearings are | ||
based on the Texas Coordinate System of 1983, South Central Zone per | ||
GPS observations): | ||
Commencing at a 5/8-inch iron rod found at the northeasterly | ||
corner of a called 1.1852 acre tract recorded in the name of the | ||
City of Pearland, Texas in B.C.C.F. No. 2011044376; | ||
Thence, through and across a called 4.45 acre tract recorded | ||
in the name of Lois Smith Summers in B.C.C.F. No. 2013052682, North | ||
51 degrees 41 minutes 48 seconds West, a distance of 18.29 feet to a | ||
5/8-inch iron rod with a MSG cap set at the southeast corner of said | ||
0.1319 acre tract for the southeast corner of and Point of Beginning | ||
of the herein described tract; | ||
Thence, with the south line of said 0.1319 acre tract and | ||
0.0378 acre tract, South 87 degrees 18 minutes 47 seconds West, a | ||
distance of 263.76 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod found at the | ||
southwest corner of said 0.0378 acre tract, for the southwest | ||
corner of the herein described tract; | ||
Thence, with the west line of said 0.0378 acre tract, North 02 | ||
degrees 41 minutes 13 seconds West, a distance of 30.00 feet to a | ||
5/8-inch iron rod with a MSG cap set at the northwest corner of said | ||
0.0378 acre tract, for the northwest corner of the herein described | ||
tract; | ||
Thence, with the north line of said 0.0378 acre tract and | ||
0.1319 acre tract, North 87 degrees 18 minutes 47 seconds East, a | ||
distance of 229.23 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with a MSG cap set at | ||
the northeast corner of said 0.1319 acre tract, for the northeast | ||
corner of the herein described tract; | ||
Thence, with the easterly line of said 0.1319 acre tract, | ||
South 51 degrees 41 minutes 48 seconds East, a distance of 45.74 | ||
feet to the Point of Beginning and containing 0.1697 acres of 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) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds | ||
vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter | ||
7970, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of | ||
this Act, is amended by adding Section 7970.106 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 7970.106. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may | ||
not exercise the power of eminent domain. | ||
(b) 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, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1962 was passed by the House on April | ||
27, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 3, 3 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1962 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
4, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
_____________________ | ||
Governor |