Bill Text: TX SB2253 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the LC Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Collin County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-21 - Recommendations filed with the Senate [SB2253 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB2253-Introduced.html

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87R9490 SGM-F
By: Springer S.B. No. 2253

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of the LC Municipal Utility District No. 1
of Collin County; granting a limited power of eminent domain;
providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to 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 7908A to read as follows:
CHAPTER 7908A. LC MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF COLLIN COUNTY
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 7908A.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
(3) "Director" means a board member.
(4) "District" means the LC Municipal Utility District
No. 1 of Collin County.
Sec. 7908A.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
Texas Constitution.
Sec. 7908A.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION
REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to
confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Sec. 7908A.0104. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CONFIRMATION
ELECTION. (a) The temporary directors may not hold an election
under Section 7908A.0103 until:
(1) each municipality in whose corporate limits or
extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has
consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the
district and to the inclusion of land in the district; and
(2) the district has entered into a contract with a
municipality, Collin County, or another entity:
(A) for adequate supplemental police, fire,
emergency, and animal control services for the district; and
(B) that is approved by the Commissioners Court
of Collin County under Subsection (c).
(b) A contract under Subsection (a) may include a provision
that the contract takes effect only on the approval of the
Commissioners Court of Collin County and the voters in the district
voting in an election held for that purpose.
(c) The Commissioners Court of Collin County shall review a
contract under Subsection (a) and evaluate the supplemental police,
fire, emergency, and animal control services provided in the
contract. If the commissioners court determines that the contract
provides adequate services, the commissioners court shall adopt a
resolution stating that the contract has met the requirements of
Subsection (a).
Sec. 7908A.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
(1) a municipal utility 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. 7908A.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
district is initially composed of the territory described by
Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the
field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
does not affect the district's:
(1) organization, existence, or validity;
(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
interest on a bond;
(3) right to impose a tax; or
(4) legality or operation.
SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sec. 7908A.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district
is governed by a board of five elected directors.
(b) Except as provided by Section 7908A.0202, directors
serve staggered four-year terms.
Sec. 7908A.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) The temporary
board consists of:
(1) Shelby Wilson;
(2) Morris Layton;
(3) Roxane Lanclos;
(4) Tim Hunt; and
(5) Doug Hurst.
(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
Section 7908A.0103; or
(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
the Act enacting this chapter.
(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under
Section 7908A.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have
expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that
expire on the earlier of:
(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
Section 7908A.0103; or
(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
appointment or reappointment.
(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the
commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five
persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as
successor temporary directors the five persons named in the
petition.
SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
Sec. 7908A.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
which the district is created.
Sec. 7908A.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the
general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Sec. 7908A.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under
Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may
design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, 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. 7908A.0304. 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. 7908A.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION. The district shall comply with all
applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is
adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that
consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land
in the district.
Sec. 7908A.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (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
division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
duties of the district.
(c) A new district created by the division of the district
may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this
chapter.
(d) 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.
(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district
before or after the date the board holds an election under Section
7908A.0103 to confirm the district's creation.
(f) An order dividing the district shall:
(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 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 commission and record the order in the real property
records of each county in which the district is located.
(h) A new district created by the division of the district
shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by
Section 7908A.0103. If the voters of a new district do not confirm
the creation of the new district, the assets, obligations,
territory, and governance of the new district revert to the
original district.
(i) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the
new district shall provide the election date and results to the
commission.
(j) A 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.
(k) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to
the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section
7908A.0104 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new
district created by the division of the district and to the
inclusion of land in the new district.
SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 7908A.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a)
The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
obligations secured by:
(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
(2) contract payments described by Section
7908A.0403.
(b) The district must hold an election in the manner
provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval
before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds
payable from ad valorem taxes.
(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
election held for that purpose.
Sec. 7908A.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
authorized at an election held under Section 7908A.0401, the
district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable
property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water
Code.
(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not
exceed the rate approved at the election.
Sec. 7908A.0403. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) 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.
(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
the board without further voter approval.
SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
Sec. 7908A.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations
payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,
revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
purpose.
Sec. 7908A.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
direct ad valorem tax, 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.
Sec. 7908A.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
real property in the district.
SECTION 2. The LC Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Collin
County initially includes all the territory contained in the
following area:
BEING 109.980-acres located in the E.M. Woods Survey, Abstract
No. 960, Collin County Texas, being all of that called 110.034 acre
parcel described in General Warranty Deed to Kayasa Family, LTD, as
recorded in Instrument No. 201501140004480, Official Public
Records Collin County Texas, (O.P.R.C.C.T.) and being more
particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a Mag Nail found in the center of County Road 400 (CR
400) (a prescriptive roadway) for the northwest corner of said
Kayasa Family parcel, same being northeast corner of Tract 1 as
described in Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure to George W. Bowen recorded
in Instrument No. 20090330000362370, O.P.R.C.C.T.;
THENCE S 88'38'34" E with the center of said CR 400, a distance of
1,454.42 feet to a found 1/2-inch iron rod for the northeast corner
of the herein described tract, and the northwest corner of that
parcel described in Warranty Deed to Texas-New Mexico Power Company
recorded in Instrument No. 20070105000026530, O.P.R.C.C.T.;
THENCE leaving said roadway and with the east line of the herein
described tract as follows:
S 01'20'43" E, a distance of 871.17 feet to a found iron rod
with cap marked "BGT" for the southwest corner of said
Texas-New Mexico tract, the northwest corner of that parcel
described in Special Warranty Deed to Suncrest Princeton
Partners, Inc. recorded in Instrument No. 20180215000185810,
O.P.R.C.C.T.;
S 02'09'00" W, a distance of 1,053.31 feet to a found 1/2-inch
iron rod with cap marked "JBI" for the southwest corner of
said Suncrest Princeton Partners tract and the northwest
corner of that parcel described in Executrix's Special
Warranty Deed to Testamentary Trust to Dan Dowell Credit
Trust as recorded in Instrument No. 20150105000011710,
O.P.R.C.C.T.;
S 02'05'02" W, a distance of 1,147.48 feet to a found 3/8-inch
iron rod, for the southeast corner of the herein described
tract;
THENCE N 88'47'50" W with a northerly line of said Dowell tract, a
distance of 1,747.94 feet to a found 3/8-inch iron rod for the
northwest corner of said Dowell tract on the east line of that
parcel described in Special Warranty Deed to Shultz-Branch, Ltd.
recorded in instrument No. 20121229001661240, O.P.R.C.C.T.;
THENCE N 01'59'43" E with said east line, 986.49 feet to the
northeast corner of said Shultz-Branch parcel, being on the south
line of Tract 2 as described in Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure to
George W. Brown recorded in Instrument No. 20090330000362370,
O.P.R.C.C.T.;
THENCE S 89'01'19" E with said south line, a distance of 296.61 feet
to a found 1/2-inch iron rod for the southeast corner of said Tract
2;
THENCE N 00'38'32" E with the east line of said Tract 2 and the
aforesaid Tract 1, a distance of 2,087.82 feet to the POINT OF
BEGINNING, and containing 109.980 acres, more or less.
SECTION 3. (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 4. (a) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds
vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter
7908A, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
this Act, is amended by adding Section 7908A.0307 to read as
follows:
Sec. 7908A.0307. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
not exercise the power of eminent domain.
(b) This section is not intended to be an expression of a
legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),
Article I, Texas Constitution.
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.