Bill Text: TX SB1987 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the notice and procedural requirements for bills proposing the creation of or annexation of land to certain special purpose districts.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective immediately [SB1987 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1987-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the notice and procedural requirements for bills proposing the creation of or annexation of land to certain special purpose districts.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective immediately [SB1987 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1987-Comm_Sub.html
85R31746 SLB-F | ||
By: Lucio | S.B. No. 1987 | |
(Murphy) | ||
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1987: No. |
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relating to the notice requirements for bills proposing the | ||
creation of or annexation of land to certain special purpose | ||
districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 313.006, Government Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 313.006. NOTICE FOR LAWS ESTABLISHING OR ADDING | ||
TERRITORY TO MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 313.006, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a), (b), and (d) and adding Subsections (e) | ||
and (f) to read as follows: | ||
(a) In addition to the other requirements of this chapter, a | ||
person, other than a member of the legislature, who intends to apply | ||
for the passage of a law establishing or adding territory to a | ||
special district that incorporates a power from Chapter 375, Local | ||
Government Code, must provide notice as provided by this section. | ||
(b) The person shall notify by mail each person who owns | ||
real property [ |
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to be added to an existing district, according to the most recent | ||
certified tax appraisal roll for the county in which the real | ||
property is owned. The notice, properly addressed with postage | ||
paid, must be deposited with the United States Postal Service not | ||
later than the 30th day before the date on which the intended law is | ||
introduced in the legislature. | ||
(d) The person is not required to mail notice under | ||
Subsection (b) or (e) to a person who owns real property in the | ||
proposed district or in the area proposed to be added to a district | ||
if the property cannot be subject to an assessment by the district. | ||
(e) After the introduction of a law in the legislature | ||
establishing or adding territory to a special district that | ||
incorporates a power from Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the | ||
person shall mail to each person who owns real property proposed to | ||
be included in a new district or to be added to an existing district | ||
a notice that the legislation has been introduced, including the | ||
applicable bill number. The notice, properly addressed with | ||
postage paid, must be deposited with the United States Postal | ||
Service not later than the 30th day after the date on which the | ||
intended law is introduced in the legislature. If the person has | ||
not mailed the notice required under this subsection on the 31st day | ||
after the date on which the intended law is introduced in the | ||
legislature, the person may cure the deficiency by immediately | ||
mailing the notice, but the person shall in no event mail the notice | ||
later than the date on which the intended law is reported out of | ||
committee in the chamber other than the chamber in which the | ||
intended law was introduced. If similar bills are filed in both | ||
chambers of the legislature, a person is only required to provide a | ||
single notice under this subsection not later than the 30th day | ||
after the date the first of the bills is filed. | ||
(f) A landowner may waive any notice required under this | ||
section at any time. | ||
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, 2017. |