Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

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1	1	By: Rodriguez S.J.R. No. 28
2	2	(Marquez)
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5	5	proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the provision of
6	6	parks and recreational facilities by conservation and reclamation
7	7	districts in El Paso County.
8	8	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Subsection (c-1), Section 59, Article XVI, Texas
10	10	Constitution, is amended to read as follows:
11	11	(c-1) In addition and only as provided by this subsection,
12	12	the Legislature may authorize conservation and reclamation
13	13	districts to develop and finance with taxes those types and
14	14	categories of parks and recreational facilities that were not
15	15	authorized by this section to be developed and financed with taxes
16	16	before September 13, 2003. For development of such parks and
17	17	recreational facilities, the Legislature may authorize
18	18	indebtedness payable from taxes as may be necessary to provide for
19	19	improvements and maintenance only for a conservation and
20	20	reclamation district all or part of which is located in Bexar
21	21	County, Bastrop County, Waller County, Travis County, Williamson
22	22	County, Harris County, Galveston County, Brazoria County, Fort Bend
23	23	County, [or] Montgomery County, or El Paso County, or for the
24	24	Tarrant Regional Water District, a water control and improvement
25	25	district located in whole or in part in Tarrant County. All the
26	26	indebtedness may be evidenced by bonds of the conservation and
27	27	reclamation district, to be issued under regulations as may be
28	28	prescribed by law. The Legislature may also authorize the levy and
29	29	collection within such district of all taxes, equitably
30	30	distributed, as may be necessary for the payment of the interest and
31	31	the creation of a sinking fund for the payment of the bonds and for
32	32	maintenance of and improvements to such parks and recreational
33	33	facilities. The indebtedness shall be a lien on the property
34	34	assessed for the payment of the bonds. The Legislature may not
35	35	authorize the issuance of bonds or provide for indebtedness under
36	36	this subsection against a conservation and reclamation district
37	37	unless a proposition is first submitted to the qualified voters of
38	38	the district and the proposition is adopted. This subsection
39	39	expands the authority of the Legislature with respect to certain
40	40	conservation and reclamation districts and is not a limitation on
41	41	the authority of the Legislature with respect to conservation and
42	42	reclamation districts and parks and recreational facilities
43	43	pursuant to this section as that authority existed before September
44	44	13, 2003.
45	45	SECTION 2. The legislature intends by the amendment
46	46	proposed by Section 1 of this resolution to expand the authority of
47	47	the legislature with regard to conservation and reclamation
48	48	districts in El Paso County. The proposed amendment should not be
49	49	construed as a limitation on the powers of the legislature or of a
50	50	district with respect to parks and recreational facilities as those
51	51	powers exist immediately before the amendment takes effect.
52	52	SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
53	53	submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011.
54	54	The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
55	55	proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
56	56	legislature to permit conservation and reclamation districts in El
57	57	Paso County to issue bonds supported by ad valorem taxes to fund the
58	58	development and maintenance of parks and recreational facilities."