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1		-	By: Farney (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) H.B. No. 1111
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015;
3		-	May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
4		-	Intergovernmental Relations; May 20, 2015, reported favorably by
5		-	the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 20, 2015, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10		-	AN ACT
11	4		relating to the powers and duties of the Williamson County
12	5		Municipal Utility District No. 23; providing authority to issue
13	6		bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes.
14	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	8		SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
16	9		Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8500 to read as follows:
17	10		CHAPTER 8500. WILLIAMSON COUNTY MUNICIPAL
18	11		UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 23
19	12		SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
20	13		Sec. 8500.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district"
21	14		means the Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 23.
22	15		Sec. 8500.002. NATURE AND PURPOSES OF DISTRICT. (a) The
23	16		district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59,
24	17		Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
25	18		(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
26	19		(1) a municipal utility district as provided by
27	20		general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
28	21		(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
29	22		relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
30	23		or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
31	24		improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
32	25		SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES
33	26		Sec. 8500.051. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has
34	27		the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
35	28		which the district is created.
36	29		Sec. 8500.052. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
37	30		DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the
38	31		general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
39	32		applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
40	33		Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
41	34		Sec. 8500.053. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section
42	35		52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,
43	36		acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,
44	37		maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for
45	38		operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
46	39		improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
47	40		Sec. 8500.054. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A road
48	41		project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and
49	42		subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in
50	43		whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road
51	44		project is located.
52	45		(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
53	46		or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
54	47		project must meet all applicable construction standards,
55	48		subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
56	49		the road project is located.
57	50		(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
58	51		Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
59	52		specifications of the road project.
60	53		SUBCHAPTER C. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
61	54		Sec. 8500.101. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
62	55		OBLIGATIONS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. (a) The district may issue bonds or
63	56		other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes,
64	57		impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district
65	58		money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for a road
66	59		project authorized by Section 8500.053.
67	60		(b) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
68	61		taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
69	62		vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
70	63		election held for that purpose.
71	64		(c) At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of
72	65		bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road
73	66		projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed
74	67		one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the
75	68		district.
76	69		Sec. 8500.102. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
77	70		issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
78	71		board of directors of the district shall provide for the annual
79	72		imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as
80	73		to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as
81	74		required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602,
82	75		Water Code.
83	76		SECTION 2. The Williamson County Municipal Utility District
84	77		No. 23 retains all rights, powers, privileges, authority, duties,
85	78		and functions that it had before the effective date of this Act.
86	79		SECTION 3. (a) The legislature validates and confirms all
87	80		governmental acts and proceedings of the Williamson County
88	81		Municipal Utility District No. 23 that were taken before the
89	82		effective date of this Act.
90	83		(b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the
91	84		effective date of this Act:
92	85		(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation
93	86		ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court
94	87		judgment; or
95	88		(2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment.
96	89		SECTION 4. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
97	90		introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
98	91		Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
99	92		copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
100	93		officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
101	94		under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
102	95		Government Code.
103	96		(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
104	97		submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
105	98		Environmental Quality.
106	99		(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
107	100		its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
108	101		lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
109	102		representatives within the required time.
110	103		(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
111	104		state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
112	105		to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
113	106		and accomplished.
114	107		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
115	108		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
116	109		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
117	110		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
118	111		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	112	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	113	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	114	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1111 was passed by the House on April
	115	+	30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	116	+	voting.
	117	+	______________________________
	118	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	119	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1111 was passed by the Senate on May
	120	+	23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
	121	+	______________________________
	122	+	Secretary of the Senate
	123	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	124	+	Date
	125	+	_____________________
	126	+	Governor