By: Dutton (Senate Sponsor - Ellis)	H.B. No. 2138
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2013;
	May 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Intergovernmental Relations; May 17, 2013, reported favorably by
	the following vote:  Yeas 3, Nays 0; May 17, 2013, sent to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the boundaries of the Near Northside Management
	District and to coordination by the district with other entities in
	providing projects and services.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 2, Chapter 358, Acts of the 82nd
	Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 2.  BOUNDARIES. The Near Northside Management District
	initially includes all the territory contained in the following
	area:
	In Harris County, Texas, the territory enclosed by Loop 610 as the
	north boundary, Lockwood Dr. as the east boundary, Buffalo Bayou
	[Interstate 10] as the south boundary, and Jensen Dr. as the west
	boundary.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 3807, Special District
	Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3807.1041 to read as
	follows:
	Sec. 3807.1041.  COORDINATION WITH NEAR NORTHSIDE
	MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. In determining the improvement projects or
	services the district provides in an area that is located also
	within the boundaries of the Near Northside Management District,
	the district shall coordinate its efforts with the efforts of the
	Near Northside Management District to achieve governmental
	efficiency and avoid duplication of improvement projects or
	services. The district may not duplicate an improvement project or
	service that the Near Northside Management District provides in the
	same territory.
	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,
	lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
	within the required time.
	(d)  The general law relating to consent by political
	subdivisions to the creation of districts with conservation,
	reclamation, and road powers and the inclusion of land in those
	districts has been complied with.
	(e)  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 have been
	fulfilled and accomplished.
	SECTION 4.  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, 2013.
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