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1		-	By: Farney (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) H.B. No. 3186
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2015;
3		-	May 14, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
4		-	Intergovernmental Relations; May 25, 2015, reported favorably by
5		-	the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 25, 2015, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
	1	+	H.B. No. 3186
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to the qualifications of directors and the use of project
12	6		funds of certain municipal development districts.
13	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	8		SECTION 1. Section 377.051, Local Government Code, is
15	9		amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
16	10		(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), a person may qualify to
17	11		serve as a director of a district that is located in a municipality
18	12		with a population of more than 5,000 and less than 6,000 and that is
19	13		located wholly in a county with a population of more than 20,000 and
20	14		less than 25,000 and that borders the Brazos River if the person
21	15		resides in the independent school district that serves the majority
22	16		of the district.
23	17		SECTION 2. Section 377.072, Local Government Code, is
24	18		amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (e) to
25	19		read as follows:
26	20		(c) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (d) and
27	21		(e), the district may use money in the development project fund only
28	22		to:
29	23		(1) pay the costs of planning, acquiring,
30	24		establishing, developing, constructing, or renovating one or more
31	25		development projects in the district;
32	26		(2) pay the principal of, interest on, and other costs
33	27		relating to bonds or other obligations issued by the district or to
34	28		refund bonds or other obligations; or
35	29		(3) pay the costs of operating or maintaining one or
36	30		more development projects during the planning, acquisition,
37	31		establishment, development, construction, or renovation or while
38	32		bonds or other obligations for the planning, acquisition,
39	33		establishment, development, construction, or renovation are
40	34		outstanding.
41	35		(e) A district that is located in a municipality with a
42	36		population of more than 5,000 and less than 6,000 and that is
43	37		located wholly in a county with a population of more than 20,000 and
44	38		less than 25,000 and that borders the Brazos River may use money in
45	39		the development project fund only to:
46	40		(1) pay the costs of planning, acquiring,
47	41		establishing, developing, constructing, or renovating one or more
48	42		development projects inside the county in which the district is
49	43		located, if the project:
50	44		(A) accomplishes a public purpose of the
51	45		district;
52	46		(B) allows the district to retain control over
53	47		the money to ensure that the district's public purpose is
54	48		accomplished and to protect the district's investment; and
55	49		(C) benefits the district;
56	50		(2) pay the principal of, interest on, and other costs
57	51		relating to bonds or other obligations issued by the district or to
58	52		refund bonds or other obligations; or
59	53		(3) pay the costs of operating or maintaining one or
60	54		more development projects during the planning, acquisition,
61	55		establishment, development, construction, or renovation or while
62	56		bonds or other obligations for the planning, acquisition,
63	57		establishment, development, construction, or renovation are
64	58		outstanding.
65	59		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
66	60		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
67	61		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
68	62		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
69	63		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	64	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	65	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	66	+	I certify that H.B. No. 3186 was passed by the House on May
	67	+	12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 2 present, not
	68	+	voting.
	69	+	______________________________
	70	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	71	+	I certify that H.B. No. 3186 was passed by the Senate on May
	72	+	27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	73	+	______________________________
	74	+	Secretary of the Senate
	75	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	76	+	Date
	77	+	_____________________
	78	+	Governor