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1	1	By: Rose H.J.R. No. 83
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4	4	A JOINT RESOLUTION
5	5	proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
6	6	to permit conservation and reclamation districts in Hays and
7	7	Chambers Counties to issue bonds supported by ad valorem taxes to
8	8	fund the development and maintenance of parks and recreational
9	9	facilities.
10	10	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 59(c-1), Article XVI, Texas
12	12	Constitution, is amended to read as follows:
13	13	(c-1) In addition and only as provided by this subsection,
14	14	the Legislature may authorize conservation and reclamation
15	15	districts to develop and finance with taxes those types and
16	16	categories of parks and recreational facilities that were not
17	17	authorized by this section to be developed and financed with taxes
18	18	before September 13, 2003. For development of such parks and
19	19	recreational facilities, the Legislature may authorize
20	20	indebtedness payable from taxes as may be necessary to provide for
21	21	improvements and maintenance only for a conservation and
22	22	reclamation district all or part of which is located in Bexar
23	23	County, Bastrop County, Waller County, Hays County, Travis County,
24	24	Williamson County, Harris County, Galveston County, Chambers
25	25	County, Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, or Montgomery County, or
26	26	for the Tarrant Regional Water District, a water control and
27	27	improvement district located in whole or in part in Tarrant County.
28	28	All the indebtedness may be evidenced by bonds of the conservation
29	29	and reclamation district, to be issued under regulations as may be
30	30	prescribed by law. The Legislature may also authorize the levy and
31	31	collection within such district of all taxes, equitably
32	32	distributed, as may be necessary for the payment of the interest and
33	33	the creation of a sinking fund for the payment of the bonds and for
34	34	maintenance of and improvements to such parks and recreational
35	35	facilities. The indebtedness shall be a lien on the property
36	36	assessed for the payment of the bonds. The Legislature may not
37	37	authorize the issuance of bonds or provide for indebtedness under
38	38	this subsection against a conservation and reclamation district
39	39	unless a proposition is first submitted to the qualified voters of
40	40	the district and the proposition is adopted. This subsection
41	41	expands the authority of the Legislature with respect to certain
42	42	conservation and reclamation districts and is not a limitation on
43	43	the authority of the Legislature with respect to conservation and
44	44	reclamation districts and parks and recreational facilities
45	45	pursuant to this section as that authority existed before September
46	46	13, 2003.
47	47	SECTION 2. The legislature intends by the amendment
48	48	proposed by Section 1 of this resolution to expand the authority of
49	49	the legislature with regard to conservation and reclamation
50	50	districts in Hays and Chambers Counties. The proposed amendment
51	51	should not be construed as a limitation on the powers of the
52	52	legislature or of a district with respect to parks and recreational
53	53	facilities as those powers exist immediately before the amendment
54	54	takes effect.
55	55	SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
56	56	submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2009.
57	57	The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
58	58	proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
59	59	legislature to permit conservation and reclamation districts in
60	60	Hays and Chambers Counties to issue bonds supported by ad valorem
61	61	taxes to fund the development and maintenance of parks and
62	62	recreational facilities."