84R11312 SGA-F
	By: Miller of Fort Bend	H.B. No. 2389

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the use of sales tax revenue collected under certain
	contracts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended
	by adding Section 54.605 to read as follows:
	Sec. 54.605.  USE OF SALES TAX REVENUE UNDER CERTAIN
	CONTRACTS. (a)  This section applies only to:
	(1)  a district located in a county with a population of
	550,000 or more and included in:
	(A)  the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District; or
	(B)  the Fort Bend Subsidence District;
	(2)  a municipality with a population of 1,000,000 or
	more that is included in the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District;
	and
	(3)  money received by a municipality under Chapter
	321, Tax Code, from sales or uses consummated within the district, a
	percentage of which is distributed to the district by the
	municipality under the terms of a contract with the municipality,
	including a strategic partnership agreement authorized by Section
	43.0751, Local Government Code.
	(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the municipality
	and the district must each use at least 50 percent of the money
	described by Subsection (a)(3) for drainage or road projects that:
	(1)  are located or conducted within the district or
	within five miles of the district's boundary;
	(2)  benefit residents of the district;
	(3)  are consistent with the major thoroughfare plan of
	the county in which the project is located; and
	(4)  are not required to be undertaken by the
	municipality, the district, or another person under applicable
	platting regulations of the county in which the project is located.
	(c)  This section applies to a contract or strategic
	partnership agreement entered into before September 1, 2015, only
	to the extent that the provisions of Subsection (b) do not impair
	obligations under the provisions of the contract or agreement.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.