By: Laubenberg (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 707
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011;
May 2, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 19, 2011, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 19, 2011, sent to
printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the validation of certain governmental acts and
proceedings of certain municipalities relating to certain public
improvement districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. This Act applies only to a municipality with a
population of 500 or less according to the 2000 federal census.
SECTION 2. (a) All governmental acts and proceedings of a
governing body of a municipality under Subchapter A, Chapter 372,
Local Government Code, taken or occurring before the effective date
of this Act, to establish a public improvement district, designate
improvements, levy assessments, or finance costs of improvements,
are validated.
(b) This section does not apply to:
(1) an act or proceeding the validity of which is the
subject of litigation that is pending on the effective date of this
Act; or
(2) a governmental act or proceeding that, under the
law of this state at the time the act or proceeding occurred, was a
misdemeanor or a felony.
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, 2011.
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