Bill Text: TX SB2478 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 378; providing authority to issue bonds.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-19 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB2478 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2478-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 378; providing authority to issue bonds.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-19 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB2478 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2478-Engrossed.html
By: Kolkhorst | S.B. No. 2478 |
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relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal | ||
Utility District No. 378; providing authority to issue bonds. | ||
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 8032 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 8032. HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 378 | ||
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 8032.0001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district" | ||
means the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 378. | ||
Sec. 8032.0002. 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. | ||
SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES | ||
Sec. 8032.0051. 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. 8032.0052. 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. | ||
SUBCHAPTER C. BONDS | ||
Sec. 8032.0101. 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. (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 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, 2019. |