By: Wu (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 4131
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2015;
May 4, 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 competitive bidding procedures and election
requirements for the Westchase District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 3802.159(a) and (c), Special District
Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) In addition to the elections required under Subchapter
L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the district must hold an
election in the manner provided by that subchapter to obtain voter
approval before the district may:
(1) impose a maintenance tax; or
(2) issue a bond payable from ad valorem taxes [or
assessments].
(c) The board may not call a bond [an] election under this
chapter unless a written petition requesting the [an] election has
been filed with the board. The petition must be signed by:
(1) the owners of a majority of the assessed value of
real property in the district according to the most recent
certified tax appraisal roll for Harris County; or
(2) at least 50 persons who own property in the
district, if there are more than 50 persons who own property in the
district according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll
for Harris County.
SECTION 2. Section 3802.104, Special District Local Laws
Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. 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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