Bill Text: TX HB3927 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain project powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District No. 7; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees or taxes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-02 - Recommendations filed with the Speaker [HB3927 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3927-Introduced.html
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By: Miller of Fort Bend | H.B. No. 3927 |
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relating to certain project powers and duties of the Fort Bend | ||
County Levee Improvement District No. 7; providing authority to | ||
issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees or taxes. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle E, Title 6, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 7808 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 7808. FORT BEND COUNTY LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 7 | ||
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 7808.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the | ||
district. | ||
(2) "District" means the Fort Bend County Levee | ||
Improvement District No. 7. | ||
(3) "Project" means a facility, improvement, | ||
appliance, appurtenance, land, interest in property, participation | ||
right, contract right, practice, technique, or technology that: | ||
(A) facilitates the recycling and reuse of water, | ||
wastewater effluent, or other water or wastewater by-product; and | ||
(B) results in additional water supplies for | ||
future or alternative uses. | ||
SUBCHAPTER B. PROJECT POWERS AND DUTIES | ||
Sec. 7808.151. ACQUISITION OF PROJECT. The district may | ||
acquire a project, including by purchase or lease. | ||
Sec. 7808.152. CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION OF | ||
PROJECT. The district may construct, rehabilitate, repair, | ||
improve, enlarge, operate, and maintain a project. | ||
Sec. 7808.153. DELIVERY METHOD. The district may use | ||
alternative delivery methods under Chapter 2267, Government Code, | ||
as added by Chapter 1129 (H.B. 628), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2011, for a project, in addition to any method | ||
provided by Chapters 49 and 57, Water Code. | ||
Sec. 7808.154. CONVEYANCE OF PROJECT. If the board | ||
considers the terms appropriate and favorable to the district, the | ||
district may convey a project to a: | ||
(1) municipality in whose extraterritorial | ||
jurisdiction all or part of the district is located; or | ||
(2) political subdivision located wholly or partly in | ||
the district. | ||
Sec. 7808.155. USE OF PROJECT WATER. If the board considers | ||
the terms appropriate and favorable to the district, the district | ||
may: | ||
(1) use the water from a project; or | ||
(2) sell or otherwise provide the water to: | ||
(A) a homeowners' or property owners' association | ||
located in the district; or | ||
(B) with the prior consent of a municipality | ||
described by Section 7808.154(1), any person located in the | ||
extraterritorial jurisdiction of that municipality, including a | ||
political subdivision, private entity, and individual. | ||
Sec. 7808.156. PROJECT FINANCING. The district may finance | ||
a project with property taxes, mandatory fees, or voluntary | ||
contributions. | ||
Sec. 7808.157. PROJECT BONDS. The district may issue bonds | ||
or other obligations for a project in the manner provided by | ||
Subchapter G, Chapter 57, Water Code. | ||
Sec. 7808.158. JOINT PROJECT. The district may act jointly | ||
in regard to a project under an agreement or contract with any | ||
person, including a political subdivision, private entity, or | ||
individual. | ||
Sec. 7808.159. MUNICIPAL APPROVAL. (a) The plans and | ||
specifications for the construction or modification of a project | ||
are subject to: | ||
(1) the review and approval of any municipality in | ||
whose extraterritorial jurisdiction all or part of the district is | ||
located; and | ||
(2) any ordinance, regulation, or standard criteria a | ||
municipality described by Subdivision (1) may adopt relating to the | ||
construction or operation of similar projects in its corporate | ||
limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction. | ||
(b) The approval required by Subsection (a) must be in the | ||
form of an ordinance or resolution adopted by the governing body of | ||
the municipality. Approval for subsequent modifications, | ||
extensions, or repairs of a project may be given in the manner the | ||
municipality customarily uses for other water supply improvements | ||
in its corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2013. |