H.B. No. 2938

	AN ACT
	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