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1	1	By: Alonzo (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 1651
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011;
3	3	April 29, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
4	4	Intergovernmental Relations; May 19, 2011, reported favorably by
5	5	the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 19, 2011, sent to
6	6	printer.)
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8	8
9	9	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	10	AN ACT
11	11	relating to the North Oak Cliff Municipal Management District.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 3884.157(c), Special District Local Laws
14	14	Code, is amended to read as follows:
15	15	(c) In addition to the sources of money described by
16	16	Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Local Government Code, and Subchapter J,
17	17	Chapter 375, Local Government Code, district bonds may be secured
18	18	and made payable wholly or partly by a pledge of any part of the
19	19	money the district receives from system or improvement project
20	20	revenue or from any other source, including revenue received by the
21	21	district under Chapter 311, Tax Code.
22	22	SECTION 2. Chapter 3884, Special District Local Laws Code,
23	23	is amended by adding Subchapter F to read as follows:
24	24	SUBCHAPTER F. DEFINED AREAS
25	25	Sec. 3884.301. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS OR
26	26	DESIGNATED PROPERTY. As provided by this subchapter, the district
27	27	may define areas or designate certain property of the district to
28	28	pay for improvements, facilities, or services that primarily
29	29	benefit that area or property and do not generally and directly
30	30	benefit the district as a whole.
31	31	Sec. 3884.302. PROCEDURE TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS OR
32	32	DESIGNATED PROPERTY. The board may adopt an order establishing one
33	33	or more defined areas or designating property under Section
34	34	3884.301. The order must describe each defined area by metes and
35	35	bounds or designate the specific property.
36	36	Sec. 3884.303. TAX OR BOND ELECTION. Before the district
37	37	may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem
38	38	taxes of the area defined or property designated under Section
39	39	3884.302, the board shall hold an election in the defined area or in
40	40	the boundaries of the designated property.
41	41	Sec. 3884.304. DECLARING RESULT. If a majority of the
42	42	voters voting at the election approve the imposition of the tax or
43	43	the issuance of the bonds, the board shall declare the results.
44	44	Sec. 3884.305. TAXES FOR SERVICES, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
45	45	FACILITIES IN DEFINED AREAS OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY. On adoption of
46	46	the order described by Section 3884.302 and voter approval under
47	47	Section 3884.303, the district may apply separately, differently,
48	48	equitably, and specifically its taxing power and lien authority to
49	49	the defined area or designated property to provide money to
50	50	construct, administer, maintain, and operate services,
51	51	improvements, and facilities that primarily benefit the defined
52	52	area or designated property.
53	53	Sec. 3884.306. ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND IMPOSITION OF TAXES
54	54	FOR DEFINED AREA OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY. After adoption of the
55	55	order described by Section 3884.302 and voter approval under
56	56	Section 3884.303, the district may issue bonds to provide for any
57	57	land, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, and appliances
58	58	for the defined area or designated property.
59	59	SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
60	60	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
61	61	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
62	62	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
63	63	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
64	64	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
65	65	Government Code.
66	66	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
67	67	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
68	68	Environmental Quality.
69	69	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
70	70	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
71	71	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
72	72	representatives within the required time.
73	73	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
74	74	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
75	75	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
76	76	and accomplished.
77	77	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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