Bill Text: TX HB4202 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the substitution of land within the boundaries of the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 157 after the approval or issuance of district bonds payable wholly or partly from taxes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2015-06-18 - Effective immediately [HB4202 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB4202-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 4202 | ||
| relating to the substitution of land within the boundaries of the | ||
| Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 157 after | ||
| the approval or issuance of district bonds payable wholly or partly | ||
| from taxes. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle I, Title 6, Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Chapter 9068 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 9068. HARRIS COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT | ||
| NO. 157 | ||
| SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
| Sec. 9068.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district" | ||
| means the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. | ||
| 157. | ||
| Sec. 9068.002. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT. (a) | ||
| The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit. | ||
| (b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of a | ||
| water control and improvement district as provided by general law | ||
| and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. | ||
| SUBCHAPTER B. SUBSTITUTION OF LAND | ||
| Sec. 9068.051. SUBSTITUTING LAND OF AT LEAST EQUAL VALUE. | ||
| After the district is organized and has obtained voter approval for | ||
| the issuance of, or has sold, bonds payable wholly or partly from ad | ||
| valorem taxes, land within the district boundaries subject to | ||
| taxation that does not need or utilize the services of the district | ||
| may be excluded and other land not within the boundaries of the | ||
| district may be included within the boundaries of the district | ||
| without impairment of the security for payment of the bonds or | ||
| invalidation of any prior bond election, as provided by this | ||
| section and Sections 54.740 through 54.747, Water Code. | ||
| Sec. 9068.052. CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter | ||
| shall be construed to supplement and not to supplant the provisions | ||
| of general law applicable to the exclusion of land from the district | ||
| or the inclusion of land within the district. | ||
| SECTION 2. (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 3. 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, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 4202 was passed by the House on May | ||
| 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 4202 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
