By: Dutton (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 2138
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2013;
May 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 17, 2013, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 3, Nays 0; May 17, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the boundaries of the Near Northside Management
District and to coordination by the district with other entities in
providing projects and services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2, Chapter 358, Acts of the 82nd
Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2. BOUNDARIES. The Near Northside Management District
initially includes all the territory contained in the following
area:
In Harris County, Texas, the territory enclosed by Loop 610 as the
north boundary, Lockwood Dr. as the east boundary, Buffalo Bayou
[Interstate 10] as the south boundary, and Jensen Dr. as the west
boundary.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 3807, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3807.1041 to read as
follows:
Sec. 3807.1041. COORDINATION WITH NEAR NORTHSIDE
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. In determining the improvement projects or
services the district provides in an area that is located also
within the boundaries of the Near Northside Management District,
the district shall coordinate its efforts with the efforts of the
Near Northside Management District to achieve governmental
efficiency and avoid duplication of improvement projects or
services. The district may not duplicate an improvement project or
service that the Near Northside Management District provides in the
same territory.
SECTION 3. (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 4. 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, 2013.
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