By: Isaac (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2401
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015;
May 12, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 20, 2015, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 20, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the powers of the Crosswinds Municipal Utility
District; providing authority to issue bonds for road projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 8468.005(b), Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
(1) a municipal utility district as provided by
general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 8468, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Sections 8468.104 and
8468.105 to read as follows:
Sec. 8468.104. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section
52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,
acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,
maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for
operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Sec. 8468.105. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A road
project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and
subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in
whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road
project is located.
(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
project must meet all applicable construction standards,
subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
the road project is located.
(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
specifications of the road project.
SECTION 3. Section 8468.151, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
election held for that purpose.
SECTION 4. Subchapter E, Chapter 8468, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8468.203 to read as
follows:
Sec. 8468.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
real property in the district.
SECTION 5. 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, 2015.
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