| 1 | | - | By: Wu (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 4131 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2015; |
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| 3 | | - | May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | | - | Intergovernmental Relations; May 20, 2015, reported favorably by |
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| 5 | | - | the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 20, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 4131 |
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| 19 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 20 | 5 | | relating to competitive bidding procedures and election |
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| 21 | 6 | | requirements for the Westchase District. |
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| 22 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 23 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Sections 3802.159(a) and (c), Special District |
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| 24 | 9 | | Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 25 | 10 | | (a) In addition to the elections required under Subchapter |
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| 26 | 11 | | L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the district must hold an |
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| 27 | 12 | | election in the manner provided by that subchapter to obtain voter |
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| 28 | 13 | | approval before the district may: |
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| 29 | 14 | | (1) impose a maintenance tax; or |
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| 30 | 15 | | (2) issue a bond payable from ad valorem taxes [or |
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| 31 | 16 | | assessments]. |
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| 32 | 17 | | (c) The board may not call a bond [an] election under this |
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| 33 | 18 | | chapter unless a written petition requesting the [an] election has |
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| 34 | 19 | | been filed with the board. The petition must be signed by: |
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| 35 | 20 | | (1) the owners of a majority of the assessed value of |
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| 36 | 21 | | real property in the district according to the most recent |
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| 37 | 22 | | certified tax appraisal roll for Harris County; or |
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| 38 | 23 | | (2) at least 50 persons who own property in the |
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| 39 | 24 | | district, if there are more than 50 persons who own property in the |
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| 40 | 25 | | district according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll |
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| 41 | 26 | | for Harris County. |
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| 42 | 27 | | SECTION 2. Section 3802.104, Special District Local Laws |
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| 43 | 28 | | Code, is repealed. |
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| 44 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 45 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 46 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 47 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 48 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 49 | | - | * * * * * |
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| 34 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 35 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 36 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 4131 was passed by the House on April |
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| 37 | + | 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 38 | + | voting. |
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| 39 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 40 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 41 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 4131 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 42 | + | 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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| 43 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 44 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 45 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 46 | + | Date |
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| 47 | + | _____________________ |
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| 48 | + | Governor |
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