Bill Text: TX SB2287 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 525.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2017-06-12 - Effective immediately [SB2287 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB2287-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 2287 |
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relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal | ||
Utility District No. 525. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 8326.005(b), Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(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, operation, maintenance, | ||
or improvement of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads [ |
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drainage, in aid of those roads. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 8326.103(a), Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) 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 [ |
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improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 8326, Special District | ||
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8326.1045 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 8326.1045. 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. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 8326.104, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. The Harris County Municipal Utility District | ||
No. 525 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 Harris County Municipal | ||
Utility District No. 525 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 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, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2287 passed the Senate on | ||
May 12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2287 passed the House on | ||
May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 3, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |