By: Fallon H.B. No. 3099
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the powers and duties and annexation of the Venable
Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Denton County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Chapter 8469 Special
District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER F. ANNEXATION BY CITY
Sec. 8469.251. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, if all
of the territory of the district is annexed by the city into the
corporate limits of the city before the date of the election held to
confirm the creation of the district and the district is confirmed
at that election pursuant to Section 8469.106(h),the district may
not be dissolved and continues in existence following annexation
until:
(1) water, sanitary sewer, and drainage improvements
and roads have been constructed to serve at least 90 percent of the
territory of the district capable of development; or
(2) the board adopts a resolution consenting to the
dissolution of the district.
(b) After annexation by the city:
(1) the district may not impose an ad valorem tax;
(21) the district may impose a special assessment in
the manner provided by Subchapter F, Chapter 375, Local Government
Code; and
(32)
Section 375.161, Local Government Code, does not
apply to the district.
(bc) Notwithstanding Section 54.016(f)(2), Water Code, an
allocation agreement between the city and the district that
provides for the allocation of the taxes or revenues of the district
and the city following the date of inclusion of the district's
territory in the corporate limits of the city may provide that the
total annual ad valorem taxes collected by the city and the district
from taxable property within the city's corporate limits may exceed
the city's ad valorem tax on that property.
SECTION 2. (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, the
lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
representatives within the required time.
(d) 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 are fulfilled
and accomplished.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.