By: Uresti S.B. No. 2491
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the powers and duties of certain public improvement
districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 372, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 372.1245 to read as follows:
Sec. 372.1245. ANNEXATION OR EXCLUSION OF LAND. (a) A
district may annex or exclude land from the district as provided by
Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code.
(b) Before a district may adopt an order adding or excluding
land, the district must obtain the consent of:
(1) the county that created the district by a
resolution of the county commissioners court; and
(2) if Section 372.113(c) applies to the district, a
municipality in which the district is located by a resolution
adopted by the municipality's governing body.
SECTION 2. Section 372.127(c), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) A county must adopt an order providing whether a
district has the authority to impose a hotel occupancy tax, sales
and use tax, or ad valorem tax, and must provide the maximum rate at
which the district may impose the tax. [A tax rate approved by the
commissioners court and pledged to secure bonds, notes, grant
agreements, or development agreements may not be reduced until the
obligations of those instruments have been satisfied.]
SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 382.113 to read as follows:
Sec. 382.113. ANNEXATION OR EXCLUSION OF LAND. (a) A
district may annex or exclude land from the district as provided by
Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code.
(b) Before a district may adopt an order adding or excluding
land, the district must obtain the consent of:
(1) the county that created the district by a
resolution of the county commissioners court; and
(2) if Section 382.101(c) applies to the district, a
municipality in which the district is located by a resolution
adopted by the municipality's governing body.
SECTION 4. Section 382.153(c), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) A county must adopt an order providing whether a
district has the authority to impose a hotel occupancy tax, sales
and use tax, or ad valorem tax, and must provide the maximum rate at
which the district may impose the tax. [A tax rate approved by the
commissioners court and pledged to secure bonds, notes, grant
agreements, or development agreements may not be reduced until the
obligations of those instruments have been satisfied.]
SECTION 5. (a) The legislature validates and confirms all
governmental acts and proceedings before the effective date of this
Act of a district created under Subchapter C, Chapter 372, Local
Government Code, as that chapter existed before the effective date
of this Act, including acts of the district's board of directors.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a 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 6. (a) Sections 1 and 2 of this Act take effect
only if the Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009,
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
codes does not become law. If the Act of the 81st Legislature,
Regular Session, 2009, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and
corrections in enacted codes becomes law, Sections 1 and 2 of this
Act have no effect.
(b) Sections 3 and 4 of this Act take effect only if the Act
of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, relating to
nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes
becomes law. If the Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session,
2009, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in
enacted codes does not become law, Sections 3 and 4 of this Act have
no effect.
SECTION 7. 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, 2009.