Bill Text: TX HB2938 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the Sienna Plantation Levee Improvement District of Fort Bend County, Texas.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB2938 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2938-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2938 |
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relating to the Sienna Plantation Levee Improvement District of | ||
Fort Bend County, Texas. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 1 and 8, Chapter 986, Acts of the 78th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, are amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1. AUTHORITY. The Sienna Plantation Levee | ||
Improvement District of Fort Bend County, Texas, is a conservation | ||
and reclamation district created under the authority of Section 59, | ||
Article XVI, and Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution. It is | ||
granted road utility district authority under Section 52(b)(3), | ||
Article III, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 441, Transportation | ||
Code, including the authority to repair and maintain streets and | ||
roadways in the district. In addition, the district has the powers | ||
of a metropolitan rapid transit authority under Section 451.065, | ||
Transportation Code, provided, however, that Section 451.065(d), | ||
Transportation Code, shall not apply to the district. | ||
Sec. 8. BONDS. (a) The district may issue bonds, notes, | ||
and other obligations secured by revenues or contract payments from | ||
any lawful source other than ad valorem taxation without an | ||
election. The district may issue bonds, notes, and other | ||
obligations secured in whole or in part by ad valorem taxation, and | ||
levy ad valorem taxes for the payment thereof, only if the issuance | ||
is approved by a two-thirds majority of the voters of the district | ||
voting at an election called and held for that purpose. | ||
(b) The outstanding principal amount of bonds, notes, and | ||
other obligations issued to finance parks and recreational | ||
facilities supported by ad valorem taxation may not exceed an | ||
amount equal to two percent of the taxable property in the district. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the outstanding | ||
principal balance of bonds, notes, and other obligations to finance | ||
parks and recreational facilities supported by ad valorem taxation | ||
authorized by an election held before January 1, 2017, may not | ||
exceed an amount equal to one percent of the taxable property in the | ||
district unless a majority of the voters voting in an election held | ||
for that purpose after the effective date of the Act enacting this | ||
subsection approve a proposition authorizing the issuance of | ||
additional bonds, notes, or other obligations to finance parks and | ||
recreational facilities supported by ad valorem taxation in a total | ||
outstanding principal balance not to exceed two percent of the | ||
taxable property in the district. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) The legislature validates and confirms all | ||
acts and proceedings of the board of directors of the Sienna | ||
Plantation Levee Improvement District of Fort Bend County, Texas, | ||
that were taken before the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to any | ||
matter that on the effective date of this Act: | ||
(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation | ||
ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final | ||
judgment of a court; or | ||
(2) has been held invalid by a final judgment of a | ||
court. | ||
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. 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. 2938 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2938 on May 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 7, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2938 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays | ||
2. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |