82R7050 JXC-F
By: Bohac H.B. No. 2772
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Spring Branch Area Community Improvement District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 3830, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 3830. SPRING BRANCH MANAGEMENT [AREA COMMUNITY
IMPROVEMENT] DISTRICT
SECTION 2. Section 3830.001(2), Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(2) "District" means the Spring Branch Management
[Area Community Improvement] District.
SECTION 3. Section 3830.002, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3830.002. SPRING BRANCH MANAGEMENT [AREA COMMUNITY
IMPROVEMENT] DISTRICT. The Spring Branch Management [Area
Community Improvement] District is a special district created under
Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
SECTION 4. Subchapter C, Chapter 3830, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3830.107 to read as
follows:
Sec. 3830.107. TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES. (a) The
district may create tax increment reinvestment zones as provided by
Chapter 311, Tax Code, in the same manner as a municipality.
(b) All or any part of the district may be included in a tax
increment reinvestment zone, regardless of the percentage of total
value the land represents to the district as a whole or whether the
land is used for residential purposes.
(c) Section 311.006, Tax Code, does not apply to a
reinvestment zone that contains land in the district. The total
appraised value of taxable real property in a reinvestment zone
that contains land in the district may not be considered under
Section 311.006, Tax Code, in determining whether the municipality
may create a reinvestment zone that does not include land in the
district.
SECTION 5. (a) The legislature validates and confirms all
governmental acts and proceedings of the Spring Branch Area
Community Improvement District, now known as the Spring Branch
Management District, that were taken before the effective date of
this Act. An act or proceeding may not be held invalid because the
act or proceeding was not in accordance with Chapter 3830, Special
District Local Laws Code, or other law.
(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 6. A reference in law to the Spring Branch Area
Community Improvement District means the Spring Branch Management
District.
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,
lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
within the required time.
(d) The general law relating to consent by political
subdivisions to the creation of districts with conservation,
reclamation, and road powers and the inclusion of land in those
districts has been complied with.
(e) 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 have been
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, 2011.