Bill Text: TX SB2192 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 2192 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Lancaster Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Dallas County, Texas; providing authority to issue bonds and impose fees and taxes.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-30 - Recommendations filed with the Senate [SB2192 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB2192-Introduced.html

	87R10239 MP-D

	By: West	S.B. No. 2192



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the powers and duties of the Lancaster Municipal
	Utility District No. 1 of Dallas County, Texas; providing authority
	to issue bonds and impose fees and taxes.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
	Code, is amended by adding Chapter 7934A to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 7934A. LANCASTER MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF
	DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS
	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 7934A.0101. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district"
	means the Lancaster Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Dallas
	County, Texas.
	Sec. 7934A.0102. NATURE AND PURPOSES OF DISTRICT. The
	district is a municipal utility district in Dallas County created
	under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 52,
	Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
	SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES
	Sec. 7934A.0201. DEFINED AREAS. (a) Notwithstanding the
	limitation on authorization based on acreage under Section
	54.801(a), Water Code, the district may establish and administer
	defined areas as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 54, Water Code.
	(b) Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the
	district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate in a
	defined area established under this section:
	(1) macadamized, graveled, or paved roads; or
	(2) improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of
	those roads.
	(c) The district may issue bonds or other obligations as
	provided by Chapters 49 and 53, Water Code, to finance the
	construction, acquisition, improvement, maintenance, or operation
	of projects under Subsection (b).
	(d) The district may impose an ad valorem tax on real
	property in a defined area to pay the principal of or interest on
	bonds issued under Subsection (c) to finance projects benefiting
	the defined area.
	(e) The district may not issue bonds or other obligations
	secured wholly or partly by ad valorem taxes to finance a project
	authorized by Subsection (b) unless the issuance is approved by a
	vote of a two-thirds majority of the voters of the defined area to
	be benefited by the project as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 54,
	Water Code, voting at an election called for that purpose.
	(f) At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of
	bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance projects
	authorized by Subsection (b) benefiting a defined area may not
	exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the
	defined area.
	Sec. 7934A.0202. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN. The
	district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the
	district to acquire a site or easement for a road project authorized
	by Section 7934A.0201.
	SECTION 2. The Lancaster Municipal Utility District No. 1
	of Dallas County, Texas, retains all the rights, powers,
	privileges, authority, duties, and functions that it had before the
	effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3. (a) The legislature validates and confirms all
	governmental acts and proceedings of the Lancaster Municipal
	Utility District No. 1 of Dallas County, Texas, that were taken
	before the effective date of this Act.
	(b) 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 4. (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 5. 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.