Bill Text: TX HB3469 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the disposition of certain property by the former Bois D'Arc Island Levee Improvement District of Dallas and Kaufman Counties and the record of dissolution of that district.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-13 - See remarks for effective date [HB3469 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3469-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the disposition of certain property by the former Bois D'Arc Island Levee Improvement District of Dallas and Kaufman Counties and the record of dissolution of that district.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-13 - See remarks for effective date [HB3469 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3469-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Sherman, Sr., Bell of Kaufman | H.B. No. 3469 | |
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| relating to the disposition of certain property by the former Bois | ||
| D'Arc Island Levee Improvement District of Dallas and Kaufman | ||
| Counties and the record of dissolution of that district. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "After-discovered property" means property or | ||
| assets of the district that were not sold, transferred, or disposed | ||
| of under Section 7801.003, Special District Local Laws Code, or | ||
| were assigned to the district after the dissolution of the district | ||
| under that section. | ||
| (2) "District" means the former Bois D'Arc Island | ||
| Levee Improvement District of Dallas and Kaufman Counties. | ||
| (b) The commissioners courts of Dallas County and Kaufman | ||
| County shall issue a joint order appointing a trustee or receiver to | ||
| dispose of after-discovered property. The commissioners courts may | ||
| appoint the trustee or receiver with or without a bond or payment. | ||
| (c) The trustee or receiver appointed under Subsection (b) | ||
| of this section must: | ||
| (1) dispose of any after-discovered property in | ||
| accordance with state law that provides for the disposition or | ||
| disposal of property by a county; and | ||
| (2) receive approval from the commissioners courts of | ||
| Dallas County and Kaufman County before disposing of any property. | ||
| (d) Money made from the sale or disposition of | ||
| after-discovered property under this section must be used to pay | ||
| any liability, debt, contract, or other obligation of the district, | ||
| including any liability, debt, contract, or other obligation | ||
| incurred in the appointment of the trustee or receiver or the | ||
| execution of the duties of the trustee or receiver. Any remaining | ||
| money must be distributed equally between Dallas County and Kaufman | ||
| County. | ||
| (e) The assets of Dallas County and Kaufman County, | ||
| including tax revenue funds: | ||
| (1) may not be used by the district to pay any | ||
| liability, debt, contract, or other obligation of the district; and | ||
| (2) are not subject to any liability, debt, contract, | ||
| or other obligation of the district. | ||
| (f) Nothing in this section may be construed to constitute a | ||
| waiver of the immunity or defenses of Dallas County, Kaufman | ||
| County, or the officials, officers, employees, and agents of the | ||
| counties regarding a suit or liability concerning the | ||
| after-discovered property. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality | ||
| shall note in its records that the district has been dissolved. | ||
| SECTION 3. Effective January 1, 2026, Chapter 7801, Special | ||
| District Local Laws Code, is repealed. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
