Bill Text: TX HB4282 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the powers, duties, and governance of the Westwood Magnolia Parkway Improvement District; authorizing assessments.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-19 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB4282 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB4282-Comm_Sub.html

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85R18817 JCG-F
By: Bell H.B. No. 4282
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4282:
By: Perez C.S.H.B. No. 4282

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the powers, duties, and governance of the Westwood
Magnolia Parkway Improvement District; authorizing assessments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1(a), Chapter 323, Acts of the 78th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The Westwood Magnolia Parkway [Southwest Montgomery
County] Improvement District is created as a special district in
Montgomery County under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas
Constitution.
SECTION 2. Section 2, Chapter 323, Acts of the 78th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act:
(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the
district.
(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
(3) "County" means Montgomery County, Texas.
(4) "District" means the Westwood Magnolia Parkway
[Southwest Montgomery County] Improvement District.
(5) [(4)] "Planned community" means a planned
community of 15,000 or more acres of land originally established
under the federal Urban Growth and New Community Development Act of
1970 (42 U.S.C. Section 4501 et seq.) that is subject to restrictive
covenants containing ad valorem based assessments.
SECTION 3. Sections 3(a) and (b), Chapter 323, Acts of the
78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, are amended to read as
follows:
(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish
the purposes of Sections [Section] 52 and 52-a, Article III, and
Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public
purposes stated in this Act.
(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote,
develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, economic
development, and the public welfare in a [the southwest] portion of
Montgomery County.
SECTION 4. Chapter 323, Acts of the 78th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2003, is amended by adding Section 4A to read as
follows:
Sec. 4A. DISTRICT TERRITORY. The district's territory
includes the following described territory:
Reserves "A" and "D" and Lots 39-92 of Block 1, Lots 55-79 of
Block 5, Lot 4 of Block 7, and Lots 12-25 of Block 8 of Westwood One,
a subdivision of record in Cabinet B, Sheets 62A-64B, Map Records of
Montgomery County, Texas (M.C.M.R.);
Lots 1-48 and 69-81 of Block 1, Lots 1-3 of Block 3, Lots 1-4
of Block 4, Lots 1-4 of Block 5, Lots 1-5 of Block 6, Lots 1-5,
31-35, 38-39, and 65 of Block 7, Lots 1-6 of Block 8, Lots 1-6 of
Block 9, Lots 30-57 of Block 10, Lots 13-33 of Block 11, and Lots
1-15 of Block 12 of Westwood Two, a subdivision of record in Cabinet
B, Sheets 103A-107A, M.C.M.R.;
Lots 38-85 of Block 1, Lots 38 and 39 of Block 6, Lots 1, 2,
160, and 161 of Block 9, and Lots 1-33 of Block 12 of Westwood Three,
a subdivision of record in Cabinet B, Sheets 157A-159A, M.C.M.R.;
Lots 1-18 of Block 1 and Lots 1-10 of Block 9 of Westwood
Four, a subdivision of record in Cabinet C, Sheets 25A-25B,
M.C.M.R.;
All of Reserves "A", "B", and "C" of Kroger Store No. 389, a
subdivision of record under Cabinet V, Sheets 183 and 184,
M.C.M.R.;
All of Reserves "A" through "I" of West Village, a
subdivision of record in Cabinet Z, Sheets 594-597, M.C.M.R.;
Being all of the following tracts of land described as
follows:
TRACT ONE
BEGINNING at the southwest corner of that certain called
2.971 acre tract described as Tract I, in the deed from Hay S. Wong
to Karen Lee Thornton, by instrument of record under File Number
2003-148372, in the Official Public Records of Real Property of
Montgomery County, Texas (M.C.O.P.R.R.P.), said point being on the
north right-of-way line of FM 1488 (width varies);
Thence, Northerly along the west line of said 2.971 acre
tract, to the northwest corner of said 2.971 acre tract;
Thence, Easterly along the north line of said 2.971 acre
tract, the north line of the 2.926 acre tract described in the deed
from Lillian F. Beaman, Trustee to Steven L. Crews, et ux., by
instrument of record under File Number 2001-045818,
M.C.O.P.R.R.P., the north line of the 0.975 acre tract described in
the deed from Steven L. Crews, et al. to Thai Ocha, Inc., by
instrument of record under File Number 2003-128027,
M.C.O.P.R.R.P., the north line of the 1.72 acre tract described in
the deed from Bow Toy to Daniel P. Morrison, M.D., by instrument of
record under Volume 1163, Page 105, in the Deed Records of
Montgomery County, Texas, the north line of the 2.897 acre tract
described in the deed from Bow Toy, et ux., to Mary Anna Toy, by
instrument of record under File Number 9110997, M.C.O.P.R.R.P., the
north line of the 1.433 acre tract described as Tract I in the deed
from Theresa C. Queng to See Yeut Ming, by instrument of record
under File Number 2005-037291, M.C.O.P.R.R.P., the north line of
the 0.5730 acre tract described in the deed from David Lee to 1488
Del Sul Investments, by instrument of record under File Number
2005-023510, M.C.O.P.R.R.P., the north line of the 0.5730 acre
tract described in the deed from Mary Susan Botkin to 1488 Del Sul
Investments, L.P., by instrument of record under File Number
2004-123177, M.C.O.P.R.R.P., the north line of the 0.8626 acre
tract described in the deed from Karen Lee Thornton, et al. to 1488
Del Sul Investments, L.P., by instrument of record under File
Number 2004-129630, M.C.O.P.R.R.P., the north line of Lot C-3
described in the deed from The Estate of Richard Lee to Karen Lee
Thornton, by instrument of record under File Number 99012443,
M.C.O.P.R.R.P., the north line of the 1.0 acre tract described in
the deed from Michael R. Pugh, et al. to CHBC Inc., by instrument of
record under File Number 2001-104753, M.C.O.P.R.R.P., the north
line of the 1.00 acre tract described in the deed from Michael R.
Pugh, et al. to George D. Cowger, et ux., by instrument of record
under File Number 9755259, M.C.O.P.R.R.P., and the north line of
the 0.816 acre tract described in the deed from Michael R. Pugh, et
al. to Dewaine Collom, by instrument of record under File Number
9803155, M.C.O.P.R.R.P., to the northeast corner of said 0.816 acre
tract, common to the northwest corner of Reserve "C" of Forest West,
Section One, a subdivision of record under Cabinet P, Sheets
156-158, Map Records of Montgomery County, Texas (M.C.M.R.);
Thence, Southerly along the west line of said Reserve "C", to
the southwest corner of said Reserve "C", to a point on the north
right-of-way line of said F.M. 1488;
Thence, Westerly along the north right-of-way line of FM 1488
to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
TRACT TWO
All of the following described lands, BEGINNING at the
southeast corner of Reserve "B", of Forest West, Section One, a
subdivision of record under Cabinet P, Sheets 156-158, Map Records
of Montgomery County, Texas (M.C.M.R.);
Thence, Northerly along the most southerly east line of said
Reserve "B" to the most southerly southwest corner of Windcrest
Estates, Section One, a subdivision of record under Cabinet H,
Sheets 195A-1958, M.C.M.R.;
Thence, Easterly along the south line of said Windcrest
Estates, Section One, to the southeast corner of said Windcrest
Estates, Section One, said point being on the west right-of-way
line of Honea-Egypt Road (width varies) (FM 2978);
Thence, along said west right-of-way line of said Honea-Egypt
Road to the intersection of the west right-of-way line of said
Honea-Egypt Road and the north right-of-way line of FM 1488 (width
varies);
Thence, Westerly along the north right-of-way line of FM 1488
to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
TRACT THREE
Being a 1.961 acre tract (calculated) being all of that
certain called 0.254 acre Restricted Commercial Reserve "A" of
Powell Plaza 111, a subdivision of record in Cabinet Z, Sheets 805,
Map Records of Montgomery County, Texas (M.C.M.R.), and being a
portion of that certain 1.168 (tract 1) and 0.9880 (tract 2)
described in the deed dated July 17, 2003, conveyed from Toby Powell
and wife, Vanessa Powell to Powell Plaza, L.L.C. by an instrument of
record under File Number 2003-088540, M.C.O.P.R.R.P., more
particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at the southeast corner of said 0.9880 acre tract,
said point being the southwest corner of the residue of that certain
called 0.4848 acre tract conveyed to First Bank of Conroe, N.A. by
an instrument of record under File Number 2000-034432,
M.C.O.P.R.R.P.;
Thence, along the south line of said 0.9880 acre tract to the
southwest corner of said 0.9880 acre tract, said point being on the
east line of said 1.168 acre tract;
Thence, along the east line of said 1.168 acre tract to the
southeast corner of said 1.168 acre tract;
Thence, along the south line of said 1.168 acre tract to the
southwest corner of said 1. i 68 acre tract, said point being on the
east line of Reserve "A" of West Village, a subdivision of record in
Cabinet Z, Sheet 594, M.C.M.R.;
Thence, along the west line of said 1.168 acre tract and the
east line of said Reserve "A" of said West Village subdivision to
the southerly right-of-way line of FM 1488 as described in File
Numbers 2005-088763 and 2006-120899, M.C.O.P.R.R.P.;
Thence, along the south right-of-way line of said FM 1488 as
described in File Number 2006-120899, M.C.O.P.R.R.P. to a point for
corner on the east line of said 0.9880 acre tract and the west line
of the aforementioned 0.4848 acre tract;
Thence, along the east line of said 0.9880 acre tract and the
west line of said 0.4848 acre tract to the POINT OF BEGINNING of the
herein described tract of land.
TRACT FOUR
Being a 11.79 acre tract of land, located in the Dickinson
Garrett Survey, A-225, Montgomery County, Texas, being all of
Tracts 1 and 2 of FOREST WEST (an unrecorded subdivision), more
particularly being and all of that certain called 7.998 acre tract
(described as all of Tract 2 and a portion of Tract 1 of said FOREST
WEST) conveyed from Magnolia Circle properties, LTD. to HEB Grocery
Company, LP by an instrument of record under Document Number
2015009422, of the Official Public Records of Real Property of
Montgomery County, Texas (M.C.O.P.R.) and a portion of that certain
called 6.164 acre tract (described as a portion of Tract 1 of said
FOREST WEST) conveyed from First American Residential, L.L.C to HEB
Grocery Company, LP by an instrument of record under Document
Number 2015000626, M.C.O.P.R., more particularly described by
metes and bounds as follows (Bearings based on Texas Coordinate
System, Central Zone, NAD83, 1993 Adjustment):
COMMENCING at the north end of the northwest right-of-way
cutback corner at the intersection of Farm To Market 1488 (FM 1488)
(150' wide), as described under Volume 381, Page 489-491, of the
Deed Records of Montgomery County, Texas and File Number
2007-090725, of the Official Public Records of Real Property of
Montgomery County, Texas, and Magnolia Circle (60' wide), said
point being the northerly southeast corner of said 6.164 acre
tract;
Thence, North 03° 19' 15" West, along the east line of said
6.164 acre tract, common to the west line of said Magnolia Circle
Drive, 179.89 feet to the southeast corner and POINT OF BEGINNING of
the herein described tract, said point being the common east corner
of said Tract 1 and Tract "A" of the aforesaid FOREST WEST;
Thence, South 89° 48' 46" West, departing the east line of
said 6.164 acre tract and along the common line of said Tract "A"
and Tract 1, 519.00 feet to an angle point on the west line of said
6.164 acre tract, said point being the common west corner of said
Tract "A" and Tract 1, said point being the southwest corner of the
herein described tract;
Thence, North 03° 19' 15" West, along the west line of said
6.164 acre tract, common to the west line of aforesaid Tract 1, at
304.51 feet pass the common west corner of said 6.164 acre tract and
the aforesaid 7.998 acre tract, continuing along the west line of
said 7.998 acre tract, at 556.51 feet pass the common west corner of
said Tract 1 and the aforesaid Tract 2, continuing along the west
line of said 7.998 acre tract, common to the west line of said Tract
2 in all a total distance of 976.81 feet to the northwest corner of
the herein described tract, the northwest corner of said 7.998 acre
tract, and the common west corner of said Tract 2 and Tract 3 of
aforesaid FOREST WEST, said Tract 3 being all of that certain called
15.000 acre tract (described as Tract Two) conveyed from Issa S.
Fallaha to Rima Fallaha by an instrument of record under File Number
99097061, M.C.O.P.R.R.P.;
Thence, North 86° 40' 45" East, along the north line of said
7.998 acre tract, the south line of said 15.000 acre tract, and
along the common line of said Tract 2 and said Tract 3, 518.20 feet
to the northeast corner of the herein described tract, the
northeast corner of said 7.998 acre tract, the southeast corner of
said 15.000 acre tract, and the common east corner of said Tract 2
and Tract 3, said point being on the west right-of-way line of
aforesaid Magnolia Circle;
Thence, South 03° 19' 15" East, along the east line of said
7.998 acre tract, common to the east line of said Tract 2, and said
west right-of-way line, at 420.41 feet pass the common east corner
of said Tract 1 and Tract 2, continuing along the east line of said
7.998 acre tract, common to said west right-of-way line and the east
line of said Tract 1, in all a total distance of 672.30 feet to the
common east corner of said 7.998 acre tract and the aforesaid 6.164
acre tract;
Thence, South 03° 19' 29" East, along the east line of said
6.164 acre tract, common to the east line of said Tract 1 and the
west right-of-way line of said Magnolia Circle, 332.88 feet to the
POINT OF BEGINNING of the herein described tract and containing
11.79 acres of land, more or less.
SECTION 5. Section 5, Chapter 323, Acts of the 78th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 5. FINDINGS RELATING TO BOUNDARIES. The boundaries and
field notes of the district as described by Section 4A of this Act
form a closure. A mistake in the field notes or in copying the field
notes in the legislative process does not in any way affect the
district's:
(1) organization, existence, or validity;
(2) right to enter any type of contract for a purpose
for which the district is created;
(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or
(4) legality or operation.
SECTION 6. Section 6(b), Chapter 323, Acts of the 78th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
(b) All land and other property in the district will benefit
from the improvements and services to be provided by the district
under powers conferred by Sections [Section] 52 and 52-a, Article
III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other
powers granted under this Act.
SECTION 7. Section 9, Chapter 323, Acts of the 78th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 9. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) Except as provided by this
section [Section 14 of this Act], the district is governed by a
board of five [11] directors who serve staggered terms of four years
with two or three directors' terms expiring on June 1 of each
odd-numbered year.
(b) [Except as provided by Section 14 of this Act, six
directors are elected by the voters of the district at large.] Five
directors are appointed as follows from persons recommended by the
board:
(1) two directors appointed by the county commissioner
of County Commissioners Precinct No. 2 [one director appointed by
the governing body of the City of Magnolia];
(2) [one director appointed by the governing body of
the City of Stagecoach;
[(3)] one director appointed by the governing body of
the City of Conroe;
(3) [(4)] one director appointed by the governing body
of the Magnolia Independent School District; and
(4) [(5)] one director appointed by the county
commissioners court [Montgomery County Commissioners Court].
(c) The board by resolution may change the number of
directors on the board if:
(1) the county commissioners court consents to the
change in the number of directors;
(2) the board determines that the change is in the best
interest of the district; and
(3) the board designates in the resolution a governing
body of a political subdivision of this state to appoint from
persons recommended by the board the director for a new director
position established under this subsection.
(d) The board may not consist of fewer than five or more than
nine directors.
(e) To be eligible to serve as a director, a person must be
at least 18 years old[, a resident of the district,] and:
(1) an owner of real property in the district;
(2) an owner, whether beneficial or otherwise, of at
least 10 percent of the outstanding stock of a corporate owner of
real property in the district or of a corporate lessee of real
property in the district with a lease term of five years or more
measured from the date of appointment or election, excluding
options;
(3) an owner of at least 10 percent of the beneficial
interest in a trust that:
(A) owns real property in the district; or
(B) leases real property in the district under an
original lease term of five years or more measured from the date of
appointment or election, excluding options;
(4) a lessee of real property in the district under an
original lease term of five years or more, excluding options;
(5) an owner of at least 10 percent of the outstanding
interest in a general or limited partnership that:
(A) owns real property in the district; or
(B) leases real property in the district under an
original lease term of five years or more measured from the date of
appointment or election, excluding options; or
(6) an agent, employee, officer, or director of any
individual, corporation, trust, or partnership that owns or leases
real property described by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of
this subsection who is designated by the owner or lessee to serve as
a director.
(f) [(d)] A person may not be appointed as a director under
Subsection (b) of this section if:
(1) the appointment would cause more than two [three]
members of the board to be an agent, employee, officer, or director
of the same individual, corporation, trust, or partnership that
owns or leases property in the district; or
(2) the proposed director serves on the board of
directors of a nonprofit organization, such as a homeowners
association or chamber of commerce, that serves any purpose similar
to those of the district, including economic development, and
serves a geographic territory that encompasses any part of the
district.
SECTION 8. Section 10(a), Chapter 323, Acts of the 78th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
(a) A vacancy in an appointed position is filled for the
remainder of the unexpired term by the appointment of a person
recommended by the board made by the entity that made the original
appointment. [A vacancy in an elected position is filled by the
remaining members of the board for the unexpired term.]
SECTION 9. Chapter 323, Acts of the 78th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2003, is amended by adding Sections 11A and 11B to
read as follows:
Sec. 11A. QUORUM. For purposes of determining a quorum of
the board, the following are not counted:
(1) a board position vacant for any reason, including
death, resignation, or disqualification; or
(2) a director who is abstaining from participation in
a vote because of a conflict of interest.
Sec. 11B. COMPENSATION. A director is entitled to receive
fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses as provided by
Section 49.060, Water Code. Sections 375.069 and 375.070, Local
Government Code, do not apply to the board.
SECTION 10. Section 13, Chapter 323, Acts of the 78th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 13. REMOVAL OF DIRECTOR. On petition of at least
two-thirds of the remaining directors, a governing body or person
that appointed a director to the [The] board, after notice and
hearing, may remove the [a] director for:
(1) misconduct;
(2) [or] failure to carry out the director's duties;
or
(3) failure to attend three consecutive meetings [by
vote of not less than 75 percent of the remaining directors].
SECTION 11. Section 18(b), Chapter 323, Acts of the 78th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
(b) A project authorized under this section may include:
(1) landscaping, lighting, banners, signs, streets or
sidewalks, hike and bike paths and trails, pedestrian walkways,
skywalks, crosswalks or tunnels, and highway right-of-way or
transit corridor beautification and improvements;
(2) drainage or storm water detention improvements and
solid waste, water, sewer, telecommunications infrastructure, or
power facilities and services, including electrical, gas, steam,
and chilled water facilities;
(3) parks, lakes, gardens, recreational facilities,
open space, scenic areas, and related exhibits and preserves,
fountains, plazas, and pedestrian malls, public art and sculpture
and related exhibits and facilities, and educational and cultural
exhibits and facilities;
(4) conferences, conventions, or exhibitions,
manufacturer, consumer, or trade shows, civic, community, or
institutional events, exhibits, displays, attractions and
facilities for special events, holidays, and seasonal or cultural
celebrations;
(5) off-street parking facilities, bus terminals,
heliports, mass-transit, and roadway-borne or water-borne
transportation and people-mover systems; and
(6) any other public improvements, facilities, or
services authorized under this Act or Chapter 375, Local Government
Code [similar to the projects described in this subsection].
SECTION 12. Chapter 323, Acts of the 78th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2003, is amended by adding Sections 19A, 19B, 19C,
19D, and 19E to read as follows:
Sec. 19A. TAX AND ASSESSMENT ABATEMENTS. The district may
designate reinvestment zones and may grant abatements of district
taxes or assessments on property within such zones.
Sec. 19B. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY. The board
by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures
and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of
district money.
Sec. 19C. MONEY USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS OR SERVICES. The
district may acquire, construct, finance, operate, or maintain any
improvement or service authorized under this Act or Chapter 375,
Local Government Code, using any money available to the district.
Sec. 19D. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND
IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS. (a) The board may not finance a
service or improvement project with assessments under this Act
unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement
has been filed with the board.
(b) A petition filed under Subsection (a) of this section
must be signed by the owners of a majority of the assessed value of
real property in the district subject to assessment according to
the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for the county.
Sec. 19E. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS. (a) The board
by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any purpose
authorized by this Act in all or any part of the district.
(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment
resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll
by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or
reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's
fees incurred by the district:
(1) are a first and prior lien against the property
assessed;
(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than
a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem
taxes; and
(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against
the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the
assessment proceedings.
(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's
resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is
paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the
board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.
(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the
assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of
any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in
the manner required for additional assessments.
SECTION 13. Chapter 323, Acts of the 78th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2003, is amended by adding Sections 23A, 23B, 23C,
23D, and 23E to read as follows:
Sec. 23A. DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION POWERS. The district,
using money available to the district, may exercise the powers
given to a development corporation under Chapter 505, Local
Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire,
construct, lease, improve, or maintain a project that may be
undertaken in accordance with that chapter.
Sec. 23B. NONPROFIT CORPORATION. (a) The board by
resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to
assist and act for the district in implementing a project or
providing a service authorized by this Act.
(b) The nonprofit corporation:
(1) has each power of and is considered to be a local
government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431,
Transportation Code; and
(2) may implement any project and provide any service
authorized by this Act.
(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the
nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit
corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors
of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D,
Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not
required to reside in the district.
Sec. 23C. AGREEMENTS; GRANTS. (a) As provided in Chapter
375, Local Government Code, the district may make an agreement with
or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any person.
(b) The implementation of a project is a governmental
function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government
Code.
Sec. 23D. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. The
district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit
organization that performs a service or provides an activity
consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Sec. 23E. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. (a) The district
may engage in activities that accomplish the economic development
purposes of the district.
(b) The district may establish and provide for the
administration of one or more programs to promote state or local
economic development and to stimulate business and commercial
activity in the district, including programs to:
(1) make loans and grants of public money; and
(2) provide district personnel and services.
(c) The district may create economic development programs
and exercise the economic development powers provided to
municipalities by:
(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and
(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
SECTION 14. Chapter 323, Acts of the 78th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2003, is amended by adding Section 25A to read as
follows:
Sec. 25A. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES. All
or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included
in:
(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under
Chapter 311, Tax Code;
(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under
Chapter 312, Tax Code;
(3) an enterprise zone created under Chapter 2303,
Government Code; or
(4) an industrial district created under Chapter 42,
Local Government Code.
SECTION 15. Section 26(c), Chapter 323, Acts of the 78th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
(c) The district may adopt, reduce, or repeal the limited
sales and use tax authorized by this section at an election in which
a majority of the voters of the district voting in the election
approve the adoption or the abolition of the tax, as applicable. The
board may set the tax at any rate of up to two percent in increments
of one-eighth of one percent except that the tax may not be imposed
at a rate that would cause the combined tax rate of all local sales
and use taxes in any location in the district to exceed two percent.
If as a result of the imposition or increase in a sales and use tax
by the district in an area in which there is located all or part of a
political subdivision that has adopted a sales and use tax or as a
result of the annexation by the district of all or part of the
territory in a political subdivision that has adopted a sales and
use tax the overlapping local sales and use taxes in the area will
exceed a total of two percent, the district's sales and use tax is
automatically reduced in that area to a rate that when added to the
combined rate of local sales and use taxes will equal two percent.
SECTION 16. Chapter 323, Acts of the 78th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2003, is amended by adding Section 27A to read as
follows:
Sec. 27A. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY. The district may
borrow money on terms as determined by the board. Section 375.205,
Local Government Code, does not apply to a loan, line of credit, or
other borrowing from a bank or financial institution secured by
revenue other than ad valorem taxes.
SECTION 17. Section 28(c), Chapter 323, Acts of the 78th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
(c) To pay for any district purpose authorized by law, and
in [In] addition to the sources of money described by Subchapter J,
Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the bonds of the district may be
secured and made payable, wholly or partly, by a pledge of any part
of any source of money for the district, including:
(1) sales and use taxes;
(2) assessments;
(3) impact fees;
(4) revenue;
(5) contract payments; or
(6) grants [the net proceeds the district receives
from a specified portion of the sales and use tax authorized by this
Act].
SECTION 18. REPEAL. The following provisions of Chapter
323, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, are
repealed:
(1) Section 4;
(2) Section 10(b);
(3) Section 11;
(4) Section 15;
(5) Section 16;
(6) Section 19; and
(7) Section 23.
SECTION 19. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
date of this Act, each officer or governing body authorized to
appoint a director of the Westwood Magnolia Parkway Improvement
District's board of directors under Section 9(b), Chapter 323, Acts
of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, as amended by this
Act, shall appoint one or more directors to the board as provided by
that section.
(b) The term of each elected or appointed director of the
Westwood Magnolia Parkway Improvement District's board of
directors who is serving on September 1, 2017, expires on the date
all of the five directors appointed under Subsection (a) of this
section have qualified.
(c) The directors appointed under Subsection (a) of this
section shall draw lots to determine which two shall serve two-year
terms and which three shall serve four-year terms.
(d) This section expires January 2, 2025.
SECTION 20. (a) The legislature validates and confirms all
acts and proceedings of the board of directors of the Westwood
Magnolia Parkway Improvement District 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 21. (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 22. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.