Bill Text: TX HB4642 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Rolling V Ranch Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 of Wise County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB4642 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4642-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 4642 | ||
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| relating to the powers and duties of the Rolling V Ranch Water | ||
| Control and Improvement District No. 1 of Wise County. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 9021.104, Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding | ||
| Subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j) to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The district may be divided into two or more new | ||
| districts only if the district: | ||
| (1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and | ||
| (2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes. | ||
| (b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the | ||
| division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and | ||
| duties of the district. [ |
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| (e) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition | ||
| signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of | ||
| the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the | ||
| district. | ||
| (f) An order dividing the district must: | ||
| (1) name each new district; | ||
| (2) include the metes and bounds description of the | ||
| territory of each new district; | ||
| (3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; | ||
| and | ||
| (4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities | ||
| between or among the new districts. | ||
| (g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of | ||
| an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order | ||
| with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the | ||
| order in the real property records of each county in which the | ||
| district is located. | ||
| (h) Any new district created by the division of the district | ||
| shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by | ||
| Section 49.102, Water Code. | ||
| (i) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the | ||
| new district shall provide the election date and results to the | ||
| Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. | ||
| (j) Any new district created by the division of the district | ||
| must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter | ||
| approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue | ||
| bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 9021, Special District | ||
| Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 9021.105 to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 9021.105. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. To protect the | ||
| public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, | ||
| including a county or a municipality, to provide law enforcement | ||
| services in the district for a fee. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 9021, Special District | ||
| Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 9021.152 to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 9021.152. CONTRACT TAXES. In accordance with Section | ||
| 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an | ||
| operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the | ||
| tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the | ||
| contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters | ||
| voting at an election held for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 9021.104(c), Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, is repealed. | ||
| SECTION 5. (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, | ||
| lieutenant governor, and 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 have been | ||
| fulfilled and accomplished. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 4642 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
| 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 11, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 4642 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
