Bill Text: TX HB2363 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Bearpen Creek Municipal Utility District of Hunt County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2363 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB2363-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 2363
 
 
 
 
  relating to the creation of the Bearpen Creek Municipal Utility
  District of Hunt County; providing authority to impose a tax and
  issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.
         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 8363 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 8363.  BEARPEN CREEK MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
  OF HUNT COUNTY
  SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8363.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
               (1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
               (2)  "City" means a municipality in whose corporate
  limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located.
               (3)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
               (4)  "Director" means a board member.
               (5)  "District" means the Bearpen Creek  Municipal
  Utility District of Hunt County.
         Sec. 8363.002.  NATURE OF DISTRICT.  The district is a
  municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 8363.003.  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. 8363.004.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
  temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8363.003
  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. 8363.005.  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. 8363.006.  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.
  [Sections 8363.007-8363.050 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER B.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS
         Sec. 8363.051.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.  (a)  The district is
  governed by a board of five elected directors.
         (b)  Except as provided by Section 8363.052, directors serve
  staggered four-year terms.
         Sec. 8363.052.  TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.  (a)  The temporary
  board consists of:
               (1)  Jessica Shae Ewy;
               (2)  Jason Michael Farmer;
               (3)  Charles Richard Johns;
               (4)  Warren Jacob Loftis; and
               (5)  Martin Jacob Newman.
         (b)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
               (1)  the date permanent directors are elected under
  Section 8363.003; 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 8363.003 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 8363.003; 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.
  [Sections 8363.053-8363.100 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER C.  POWERS AND DUTIES
         Sec. 8363.101.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.  The district has
  the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
  which the district is created.
         Sec. 8363.102.  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. 8363.103.  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. 8363.104.  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. 8363.105.  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.
         Sec. 8363.106.  ACQUISITION OF PERMIT RIGHTS. (a) Using any
  available district money, including bond proceeds, the district may
  pay all expenses related to the acquisition of a certificate of
  public convenience and necessity from another retail public utility
  and any other permit rights necessary to provide the city authority
  to provide retail water or sewer service in the district.  The
  acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, may be made by the district
  on behalf of and for transfer to the city or by the city directly.
         (b)  In relation to a retail public utility that provides
  water or sewer service to all or part of the area of the district
  under a certificate of public convenience and necessity, the
  district may exercise the powers given to a municipality provided
  by Section 13.255, Water Code, as if the district were a
  municipality that had annexed the area of the district. The
  commission shall grant single certification as to the city as
  provided by Section 13.255(c), Water Code, in the event that the
  district applies for the certification on the city's behalf in the
  manner provided by Section 13.255(b), Water Code.
         (c)  The city may contract with the district to carry out the
  purposes of this section without further authorization.
         Sec. 8363.107.  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 8363.103; or
               (2)  a recreational facility as defined by Section
  49.462, Water Code.
  [Sections 8363.108-8363.150 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER D.  GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8363.151.  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 8363.153.
         (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. 8363.152.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.  (a)  If
  authorized at an election held under Section 8363.151, 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. 8363.153.  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.
  [Sections 8363.154-8363.200 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER E.  BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
         Sec. 8363.201.  AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
  OBLIGATIONS.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), 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.
         (b)  The district may not issue bonds until the governing
  body of the city approves a bond issuance plan authorizing and
  setting forth the limitations on the issuance of the bonds.
         Sec. 8363.202.  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. 8363.203.  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.
  [Sections 8363.204-8363.250 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER F. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT
         Sec. 8363.251.  DISSOLUTION BY CITY ORDINANCE. (a)  The city
  may dissolve the district by ordinance after provision is made for
  all debts incurred by the district if one or more of the following
  does not occur:
               (1)  on or before the 90th day after the effective date
  of the Act enacting this chapter, the city receives one or more
  petitions requesting annexation of all territory in the district
  remaining in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city;
               (2)  on or before the last day of the ninth month after
  the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the city adopts
  one or more ordinances annexing all territory in the district
  remaining in the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction;
               (3)  on or before the last day of the third year after
  the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the commission
  issues an order approving the sale and transfer of a certificate of
  public convenience and necessity authorizing the city to provide
  retail water service to territory in the district; or
               (4)  by the end of the fifth year after the effective
  date of the Act enacting this chapter, the district has completed
  construction of internal streets and water and sanitary sewer
  facilities sufficient to serve at least 100 residential lots in the
  district.
         (b)  If the city dissolves the district under Subsection (a):
               (1)  any district assets that remain after the payment
  of debts shall be transferred to the city; and
               (2)  the organization of the district shall be
  maintained until all the debts are paid or assumed and remaining
  assets are transferred.
         (c)  This section does not limit the authority of the city to
  dissolve the district under Chapter 43, Local Government Code, or
  other general law.
         SECTION 2.  The Bearpen Creek Municipal Utility District of
  Hunt County initially includes all the territory contained in the
  following area:
         A metes and bounds description of a 960.90 acre tract of land
  situated in the James May Survey, Abstract No. 1297, the James Roads
  Survey, Abstract No. 872, the G.W. McCafferty Survey, Abstract No.
  1298, the Shelby County School Land Survey, Abstract No. 946, and
  the John Stone Survey, Abstract No. 198, Hunt County, Texas, and
  being that land described by deeds to Bearpen Creek, L.P, as
  recorded in Volume 1184, Page 63, Volume 1184, Page 68, Volume 1184,
  Page 54, Volume 1184, Page 73, Volume 1184, Page 59, Volume 1184,
  Page 59, Volume 1184, Page 36, Volume 1184, Page 50, Volume 1184,
  Page 41, Volume 1184, Page 45, and Volume 1184, Page 32, Deed
  Records, Hunt County, Texas.
         BEGINNING at a point for the south right-of-way line of U.S.
  Interstate 30, being the northwest corner of said deed recorded in
  Volume 1184, Page, 63 and being the northeast corner of a tract of
  land described by deed to Sharon McCall, as recorded in Volume 897,
  Page 372, Deed Records, Hunt County, Texas;
         THENCE North 88°51'12" East along the said south right-of-way
  line, a distance of 1284.70 feet to a point for corner being the
  northwest corner of a tract of land described by deed to Crawford,
  as recorded in Volume 178, Page 743, Deed Records, Hunt County,
  Texas;
         THENCE South 01°06'57" East leaving said right-of-way and
  along the west line of said Crawford tract, a distance of 943.75
  feet to a point for corner, being an el corner of this tract and the
  southwest corner of said Crawford tract and being near the center of
  County Road 2515;
         THENCE North 88°53'22" East along the south line of said
  Crawford tract being in said County Road, a distance of 723.00 feet
  to a point for corner, being the southeast corner of said Crawford
  tract and being the southwest corner of a tract of land described by
  deed to Action Inc., as recorded in Volume 453, Page 845, Deed
  Records, Hunt County, Texas;
         THENCE North 76°06'29" East along the south line of said
  Action Inc., a distance of 135.68 feet to a point for corner, being
  the northwest corner of a remainder of a tract of land described by
  deed to Leonard H. Daniel, as recorded in Volume 99, Page 548, Deed
  Records, Hunt County, Texas;
         THENCE South 00°06'22" East leaving said County Road and the
  south line of said Action Inc, and along the west line of said
  Daniel remainder tract, a distance of 748.00 feet to a point for
  corner;
         THENCE North 89°08'43" East along the south line of said
  Daniel remainder tract, a distance of 395.42 feet to a point for
  corner being in the west line of a tract of land described by deed to
  Leonard H. Daniel, as recorded in Volume 859, Page 497, Deed
  Records, Hunt County, Texas;
         THENCE South 00°18'34" East along the west line of said Daniel
  tract, a distance of 740.51 feet to a point for corner, being an el
  corner of this tract and the southwest corner of said Daniel tract
  and the northwest corner of a tract of land described by said deed
  in Volume 1184, Page 54;
         THENCE North 89°40'05" East along the south line of said
  Daniel tract, a distance of 1230.31 feet to a point for corner,
  being the southeast corner of said Daniel tract and southwest
  corner of a tract of land described by deed to Sam Holmes in Volume
  267, Page 631, Deed Records, Hunt County, Texas;
         THENCE North 89°02'16" East along the south line of said
  Holmes tract, a distance of 1610.64 feet to a point for corner,
  being the southwest corner of a tract of land known as Magnolia
  Place as recorded by Plat in Cabinet E, Slide 169, Plat Records,
  Hunt County, Texas;
         THENCE North 89°01'45" East along the south line of said
  Magnolia Place, a distance of 402.32 feet to a point for corner,
  being the northeast corner of said tract of land recorded in Volume
  1184, Page 73 and being an el corner of said Magnolia Place;
         THENCE South 01°21'12" East along the east line of said tract
  of land recorded in Volume 1184, Page 73 and the west line of said
  Magnolia Place, a distance of 1247.77 feet to a point for corner,
  being in County Road 2596;
         THENCE North 89°34'22" East with the said County Road, along
  the south line of said Magnolia Place, along the south line of a
  tract of land known as South Gentry as recorded by plat in Cabinet
  E, Slide 169, Plat Records, Hunt County, Texas, and along the south
  line of a tract of land described by deed to Bobby Crowell in Volume
  858, Page 332, Deed Records, Hunt County, Texas, a distance of
  2343.14 feet to a point for corner, being the northwest corner of
  Hoffman Estates as recorded in Volume B, Page 52, Deed Records, Hunt
  County, Texas;
         THENCE South 00°05'44" West along the west line of Hoffman
  Estates, a distance of 1135.75 feet to a point for corner;
         THENCE South 16°57'40" East continuing along said west line a
  distance of 83.02 feet to a point for corner;
         THENCE South 00°47'53" East continuing along said west line a
  distance of 613.79 feet to a point for corner;
         THENCE North 89°59'40" West continuing along said west line a
  distance of 36.33 feet to a point for corner;
         THENCE South 00°23'15" East continuing along said west line a
  distance of 1083.06 feet to a point for corner, being in County Road
  2595 and being the southeast corner of said tract recorded in Volume
  1184, Page 73;
         THENCE South 89°53'25" West along the south line of said tract
  recorded in Volume 1184, Page 73 and the north line of a tract
  described by deed to Brandy Kent Maynard in Volume 956, Page 460,
  Deed Records, Hunt County, Texas, a distance of 1480.58 feet to a
  point for corner, being the northwest corner of said Maynard tract
  and the northeast corner of said tract of land recorded by deed in
  Volume 1184, Page 59;
         THENCE South 00°38'57" East along the west line of said
  Maynard tract and a tract of land described by deed to John
  Carpenter in Volume 956, Page 452, Deed Records, Hunt County,
  Texas, a distance of 962.74 feet to a point for corner;
         THENCE South 00°38'44" East continuing along said properties,
  a distance of 1768.37 feet to a point for corner, being the
  southeast corner of said tract of land recorded by deed in Volume
  1184, Page 59 and being in County Road 2526;
         THENCE South 89°46'54" West along the south line of said tract
  of land recorded by deed in Volume 1184, Page 59 and said County
  Road, a distance of 860.80 feet to a point for corner, being the
  southwest of said tract and being the southeast corner of said tract
  of land recorded by deed in Volume 1184, Page 36;
         THENCE in a westerly direction along the south line of said
  tract of land recorded by deed in Volume 1184, Page 36 and with said
  County Road: South 87°54'36" West a distance of 297.64 feet to a
  point for corner; North 84°13'06" West a distance of 213.00 feet to a
  point for corner; South 87°46'54" West a distance of 358.00 feet to a
  point for corner, being the southwest corner of said tract of land
  recorded by deed in Volume 1184, Page 36 and the being in the east
  line of said tract of land recorded in Volume 1184 Page 50;
         THENCE South 00°22'13" East along the east line of said tract
  of land recorded in Volume 1184 Page 50, a distance of 19.89 feet to
  a point for corner, being the southeast corner of said tract;
         THENCE South 89°27'03" West along the south line of said
  tract, a distance of 821.50 feet to a point for corner, being the
  southwest corner of said tract of land recorded in Volume 1184, Page
  50 and being the southeast corner of said tract of land recorded in
  Volume 1184, Page 41;
         THENCE South 89°27'03" West continuing along said south line,
  a distance of 1336.90 feet to a point for corner, being the
  southwest corner of said tract and the southeast corner of a tract
  of land known as Hill Estate as recorded by plat in Volume A, Page
  52, Plat Records, Hunt County, Texas and being the southwest corner
  of said tract of land recorded in Volume 1184, Page 41;
         THENCE North 01°28'22" West along the east line of said Hill
  Estate, the west line of said tract of land recorded in Volume 1184,
  Page 41, and leaving said County Road, a distance of 1899.51 feet to
  a point for corner, being the northeast corner of said Hill Estate
  and in the south line of said tract of land recorded in Volume 1184,
  Page 45;
         THENCE South 89°37'28" West along the south line of said tract
  of land recorded in Volume 1184, Page 45 and the north line of said
  Hill Estate, a distance of 2195.58 feet to a point for corner, being
  the southwest corner line of said tract of land recorded in Volume
  1184, Page 45 and being in the east line of a tract of land described
  by deed to Clark Baldwin as recorded in Volume 772, Page 209, Deed
  Records Hunt County, Texas;
         THENCE North 00°15'40" West long the east line of the Clark
  Baldwin tract, a tract of land described by deed to A. B. Fenton
  recorded in Volume 634, Page 219, Deed Records, Hunt County, Texas,
  and a tract of land described by deed to Mariana G. Daffron as
  recorded in Volume 771, Page 515, Hunt County, Texas, a distance of
  1902.70 feet to a point for corner, being the northwest corner of
  said tract of land recorded in Volume 1184, Page 45 and being in
  County Road 2595;
         THENCE North 89°57'07" East with said County Road and along
  the south line of the tract of land described by deed to Jimmy Joe
  Herndon as recorded Volume 515, Page 292, Deed Records, Hunt
  County, Texas, a distance of 1988.16 feet to a point for corner,
  being in the north line of said tract of land recorded in Volume
  1184, Page 36, being the southeast corner of said Herndon tract, and
  being the southwest corner of said tract of land recorded in Volume,
  1184 Page 54;
         THENCE North 00°17'49" West leaving said County Road and along
  the west line of said tract of land recorded in Volume 1184 Page 54
  and the east line of the said Herndon tract, a distance of 1807.59
  feet to a point for corner, being the southeast corner of said tract
  of land recorded in Volume 1184, Page 68 and the northeast corner of
  said Herndon tract;
         THENCE South 89°37'15" West leaving the west line of said
  tract of land recorded in Volume 1184, Page 54 and along the said
  Herndon tract and along the north line of the tracts of land
  described by deed to Jimmy Joe Herndon as recorded in Volume 390,
  Page 584, and Volume 57, Page 513, Deed Records, Hunt County, Texas
  and along the south line of said tract of land recorded in Volume
  1184, Page 68 and south line of said tract of land recorded in
  Volume 1184, Page 32, a distance of 3880.16 feet to a point for
  corner, being the southwest corner of said tract of land recorded in
  Volume 1184, Page 32 and being in the east right-of-way line of Farm
  to Market Road 35;
         THENCE North 25°20'14" West along east line of said F.M. Road
  and along the west line of said tract of land recorded in Volume
  1184, Page 32, a distance of 547.80 feet to a point for corner;
         THENCE North 00°37'50" West continuing along said lines, a
  distance of 197.10 feet to a point for corner, being the northwest
  corner of said tract of land recorded in Volume 1184, Page 32, the
  southwest corner of a tract of land described to Carlton C. White,
  Inc. as recorded in Volume 269, Page 489, Deed Records, Hunt County,
  Texas;
         THENCE North 89°13'10" East along the south line of said White
  tract and the north line of said tract of land recorded in Volume
  1184, Page 32, a distance of 2550.67 feet to a point for corner,
  being the southeast corner of the White tract, the northeast corner
  of said tract of land recorded in Volume 1184, Page 32 and in the
  east line of said tract of land recorded in Volume 1184, Page 68;
         THENCE North 00°16'55" East along the east line of the White
  tract and the west line of said tract of land recorded in Volume
  1184, Page 68, a distance of 2014.42 feet to a point for corner,
  being in the south line of said tract of land recorded in Volume
  1184, Page 63;
         THENCE South 88°53'22" West continuing along north line of
  said White tract and the south line of said tract of land recorded
  in Volume 1184 Page 63, a distance of 991.00 feet to a point for
  corner, being the southwest corner of said tract of land recorded in
  Volume 1184, Page 63 and the southeast corner of said McCall tract;
         THENCE North 01°06'57" West along west line of said tract of
  land recorded in Volume 1184, Page 63 and the east line of said
  McCall tract, a distance of 942.94 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING
  and containing 960.90 acres of land, more or less.
         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 8363.107, 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 8363, Special
  District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of this Act, is
  amended by adding Section 8363.107 to read as follows:
         Sec. 8363.107.  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.  Except as provided by Section 4 of this Act:
               (1)  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; and
               (2)  if this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
  immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2363 was passed by the House on May
  11, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2363 was passed by the Senate on May
  25, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor       
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