Bill Text: TX HB5397 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the name, powers, and duties of the 3 B&J Municipal Utility District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-24 - Removed from local & uncontested calendar [HB5397 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5397-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the name, powers, and duties of the 3 B&J Municipal Utility District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-24 - Removed from local & uncontested calendar [HB5397 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5397-Introduced.html
By: Wilson | H.B. No. 5397 |
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relating to the name of the 3 B&J Municipal Utility District, the | ||
powers, duties, operation, administration, and authorizing an ad | ||
valorem tax. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The name of 3 B&J Municipal Utility District is | ||
changed to Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 51. | ||
SECTION 2. The heading to Chapter 8221, Special District | ||
Local Laws Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 8221. WILLIAMSON COUNTY [ |
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No. 51 | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 8221.001, 8221.202 Special District | ||
Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 8221.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. | ||
(2) "Director" means a board member. | ||
(3) "District" means the Williamson County [ |
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Municipal Utility District No. 51. | ||
Sec. 8221.202 TAXES FOR BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. At the | ||
time bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad | ||
valorem taxes are issued[ |
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without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds | ||
are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections | ||
54.601 and 54.602, Water Code [ |
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SECTION 4. Sections 8221.003(b), 8221.105, 8221.106, | ||
8221.107, and 8221.108, Special District Local Laws Code, are | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. The District retains all the rights, powers, | ||
privileges, authority, duties, and functions that it had before the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 6. (a) The legislature validates and confirms all | ||
governmental acts and proceedings of the District that were taken | ||
before the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) The legislature validates and confirms all governmental | ||
acts and proceedings relating to the creation and the consent to the | ||
creation of the District. | ||
(c) 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 court | ||
judgment; or | ||
(2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment. | ||
SECTION 7. (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 8. 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, 2023. |