Bill Text: TX HB4671 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Ranch at Cypress Creek Municipal Utility District No. 1.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-07 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB4671 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB4671-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 4671

AN ACT
relating to the powers and duties of the Ranch at Cypress Creek
Municipal Utility District No. 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 21, Acts of the 71st Legislature, 6th
Called Session, 1990, is amended by amending Section 5 and adding
Sections 6B, 6C, and 6D to read as follows:
Sec. 5. FINDING OF BENEFIT. (a) All of the land and other
property included within the boundaries of the district will be
benefited by the works and projects that are to be accomplished by
the district under powers conferred by Article XVI, Section 59, of
the Texas Constitution. The district is created to serve a public
use and benefit.
(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
(1) a municipal utility district and a water control
and improvement district as provided by general law and Section 59,
Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Sec. 6B. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section 52,
Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire,
construct, finance, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this
state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance
macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including
storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Sec. 6C. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A road
project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and
subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in
whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road
project is located.
(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
project must meet all applicable construction standards,
subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
the road project is located.
(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
specifications of the road project.
Sec. 6D. APPOINTMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE. (a) In
order to carry out the provisions of Section 54.237, Water Code,
except as provided by Subsection (b), the district may appoint an
architectural committee for a subdivision located wholly inside the
district that does not have an architectural committee or an area of
the district not located in a subdivision.
(b) The district may not appoint an architectural committee
for a subdivision for which the governing provisions prohibit the
appointment of an architectural committee by the district or
otherwise.
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 September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4671 was passed by the House on May 2,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 118, Nays 23, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4671 was passed by the Senate on May
21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor