82R3905 MXM-F By: Laubenberg H.B. No. 707 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.