Bill Text: TX HB4624 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the territory of the Horizon Regional Municipal Utility District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-17 - Referred to Local Government [HB4624 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4624-Engrossed.html
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| By: González of El Paso | H.B. No. 4624 | |
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| relating to the territory of the Horizon Regional Municipal Utility | ||
| District. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 32, Acts of the 57th Legislature, 1st | ||
| Called Session, 1961, is amended by adding Section 2A to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 2A. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Area" means the area described by Subsection (c) | ||
| of this section. | ||
| (2) "District" means the Horizon Regional Municipal | ||
| Utility District. | ||
| (b) The inclusion of the area into the territory of the | ||
| district is contingent on an election being held within the area and | ||
| the successful passage of a proposition on the question of: | ||
| (1) inclusion of the area in the district; | ||
| (2) authorizing the assumption by the area of a | ||
| proportional part of the bonds, notes, obligations, and taxes of | ||
| the district outstanding at the time of the election; and | ||
| (3) authorizing the assumption by the area of a | ||
| proportional part of the bonds payable wholly or partly by taxes | ||
| that have been previously approved but not yet issued or sold by | ||
| the district and the imposition of a tax on all taxable property | ||
| within the area along with a tax on the rest of the district for | ||
| payment of those bonds. | ||
| (c) The following area may be included in the district as | ||
| described by Subsection (b) of this section: | ||
| "TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING" being a found 1" iron rod held for the | ||
| common corner of Sections 39, 38,46, and 47, Block 78, Township 3, | ||
| Texas and Pacific Railway Company Surveys and having Texas State | ||
| Plane Coordinates N=10,617,593.31, E=493,881.12. | ||
| Thence, South 02'25°56" West a distance of 1,318.09 feet to a | ||
| point; | ||
| Thence, North 87'00°52" West a distance of 1,315.55 feet to a | ||
| found 5/8"" rebar; | ||
| Thence, North 02'25°56" East a distance of 1,318.04 feet to a | ||
| found 1/2" rebar with cap "2998"; | ||
| Thence, South 87'00°59" East a distance of 1315.55 feet to | ||
| "TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING" and containing in all 1,733,899 square | ||
| feet or 39.8048 acres of land more or less. | ||
| 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, 2021. | ||
