Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4161 Compare Versions

Version 1 (Old)

Version 2 (New)

Old	New	Differences
1	1	84R12246 AAF-D
2	2	By: Schofield H.B. No. 4161
3	3
4	4
5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility
8	8	District No. 538; granting a limited power of eminent domain;
9	9	providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose
10	10	assessments, fees, and taxes.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
13	13	Code, is amended by adding Chapter 7903 to read as follows:
14	14	CHAPTER 7903. HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 538
15	15	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
16	16	Sec. 7903.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
17	17	(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
18	18	(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
19	19	Environmental Quality.
20	20	(3) "Director" means a board member.
21	21	(4) "District" means the Harris County Municipal
22	22	Utility District No. 538.
23	23	Sec. 7903.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
24	24	municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
25	25	Texas Constitution.
26	26	Sec. 7903.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION
27	27	REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to
28	28	confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
29	29	directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
30	30	Sec. 7903.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
31	31	temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7903.003
32	32	until each municipality in whose corporate limits or
33	33	extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has
34	34	consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the
35	35	district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
36	36	Sec. 7903.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
37	37	(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
38	38	(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
39	39	(1) a municipal utility district as provided by
40	40	general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
41	41	(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
42	42	relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
43	43	or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
44	44	improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
45	45	Sec. 7903.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
46	46	district is initially composed of the territory described by
47	47	Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
48	48	(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
49	49	the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the
50	50	field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
51	51	does not affect the district's:
52	52	(1) organization, existence, or validity;
53	53	(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
54	54	for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
55	55	interest on a bond;
56	56	(3) right to impose a tax; or
57	57	(4) legality or operation.
58	58	SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
59	59	Sec. 7903.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
60	60	governed by a board of five elected directors.
61	61	(b) Except as provided by Section 7903.052, directors serve
62	62	staggered four-year terms.
63	63	Sec. 7903.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) The temporary
64	64	board consists of:
65	65	(1) Garner P. Strickland, IV;
66	66	(2) Cameron Franz;
67	67	(3) Jacob Baker;
68	68	(4) Andrew J. Clark, IV; and
69	69	(5) William R. Murphy, Jr.
70	70	(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
71	71	(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
72	72	Section 7903.003; or
73	73	(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
74	74	the Act enacting this chapter.
75	75	(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under
76	76	Section 7903.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have
77	77	expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
78	78	reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that
79	79	expire on the earlier of:
80	80	(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
81	81	Section 7903.003; or
82	82	(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
83	83	appointment or reappointment.
84	84	(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
85	85	majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
86	86	may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the
87	87	commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five
88	88	persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as
89	89	successor temporary directors the five persons named in the
90	90	petition.
91	91	SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
92	92	Sec. 7903.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has
93	93	the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
94	94	which the district is created.
95	95	Sec. 7903.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
96	96	DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the
97	97	general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
98	98	applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
99	99	Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
100	100	Sec. 7903.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section
101	101	52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,
102	102	acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,
103	103	maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for
104	104	operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
105	105	improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
106	106	Sec. 7903.104. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A
107	107	road project must meet all applicable construction standards,
108	108	zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each
109	109	municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial
110	110	jurisdiction the road project is located.
111	111	(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
112	112	or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
113	113	project must meet all applicable construction standards,
114	114	subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
115	115	the road project is located.
116	116	(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
117	117	Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
118	118	specifications of the road project.
119	119	Sec. 7903.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE
120	120	OR RESOLUTION. The district shall comply with all applicable
121	121	requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under
122	122	Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the
123	123	creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the
124	124	district.
125	125	SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
126	126	Sec. 7903.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a)
127	127	The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
128	128	obligations secured by:
129	129	(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
130	130	(2) contract payments described by Section 7903.153.
131	131	(b) The district must hold an election in the manner
132	132	provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval
133	133	before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds
134	134	payable from ad valorem taxes.
135	135	(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
136	136	taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
137	137	vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
138	138	election held for that purpose.
139	139	Sec. 7903.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
140	140	authorized at an election held under Section 7903.151, the district
141	141	may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in
142	142	the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.
143	143	(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not
144	144	exceed the rate approved at the election.
145	145	Sec. 7903.153. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with
146	146	Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than
147	147	an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from
148	148	the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of
149	149	the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
150	150	voting at an election held for that purpose.
151	151	(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
152	152	provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
153	153	the board without further voter approval.
154	154	SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
155	155	Sec. 7903.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
156	156	OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations
157	157	payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,
158	158	revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
159	159	combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
160	160	purpose.
161	161	Sec. 7903.202. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
162	162	issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
163	163	board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
164	164	direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
165	165	or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner
166	166	provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
167	167	Sec. 7903.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
168	168	issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
169	169	issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
170	170	valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
171	171	real property in the district.
172	172	SECTION 2. The Harris County Municipal Utility District
173	173	No. 538 initially includes all the territory contained in the
174	174	following area:
175	175	A METES & BOUNDS description of a 395.96 acre tract of land in
176	176	the William Salyars Survey, Abstract 1532, and the H. & T. C.
177	177	Railroad Company Survey Section 59, Abstract 444, Harris County,
178	178	Texas, being comprised of that certain called 80.031 acre tract and
179	179	the residue of that certain called 159.912 acre tract and recorded
180	180	under County Clerk's File Number Z418073, Official Public Records
181	181	of Real Property, Harris County, Texas, and that certain called
182	182	157.727 acre tract recorded under County Clerk's File Number
183	183	20140061554, Official Public Records of Real Property, Harris
184	184	County, Texas with all bearings based upon the south line of said
185	185	called 157.727 acre tract as being South 87 degrees 53 minutes 07
186	186	seconds West (called South 87 degrees 53 minutes 07 seconds West).
187	187	Beginning at the southwest corner of said H. & T. C. Railroad
188	188	Company Survey Section 59, Abstract 444, being the northwest corner
189	189	of the Lafayette Shirar Survey, Abstract 1489, the northeast corner
190	190	of the H. & T. C. Railroad Company Survey Section 67, Abstract 453,
191	191	and the southeast corner of the Chancey Lowery Survey, Abstract
192	192	1551, said point also being the southwest corner of said called
193	193	80.031 acre tract, same being the northwest corner of an adjoining
194	194	called 14 acre tract described in deed recorded in Volume 2936, Page
195	195	109, Deed Records, Harris County, Texas, the northeast corner of an
196	196	adjoining called 125 acre tract described in deed recorded under
197	197	County Clerk's File Number H729514, Official Public Records of Real
198	198	Property, Harris County, Texas, and the southeast corner of an
199	199	adjoining residue of a called 80.2830 acre tract described in deed
200	200	recorded under County Clerk's File Number P705419, Official Public
201	201	Records of Real Property, Harris County, Texas, for the upper
202	202	southwest corner and Place of Beginning of the herein described
203	203	395.96 acre tract of land, said point also being at the intersection
204	204	of Katy Hockley Cut-Off Road (60-feet wide) with Beckendorff Road
205	205	(60-feet wide);
206	206	Thence North 02 degrees 06 minutes 27 seconds West along a
207	207	west line of the herein described tract, the west line of said
208	208	called 80.031 acre tract, and the west line of said H. & T. C.
209	209	Railroad Company Survey Section 59, Abstract 444, same being the
210	210	east line of said adjoining residue of a called 80.2830 acre tract,
211	211	the east line of said Chancey Lowery Survey, Abstract 1551, and
212	212	along the east line of an adjoining called 1.2638 acre tract
213	213	recorded under County Clerk's File Number V036128, Official Public
214	214	Records of Real Property, Harris County, Texas, as located in Katy
215	215	Hockley Cut-Off Road, 1,321.69 feet to the lower northwest corner
216	216	of the herein described tract and the northwest corner of said
217	217	called 80.031 acre tract;
218	218	Thence North 87 degrees 54 minutes 05 seconds East along a
219	219	north line of the herein described tract and the north line of said
220	220	called 80.031 acre tract, same being the south line of the adjoining
221	221	Hidden Forest Estates Subdivision according to map or plat thereof
222	222	recorded in Volume 410, Page 35, Map Records, Harris County, Texas,
223	223	2,639.09 feet to a reentry corner to the herein described tract,
224	224	being the northeast corner of said called 80.031 acre tract, same
225	225	being the southeast corner of said adjoining Hidden Forest Estates
226	226	Subdivision, and being in the west line of said called 157.727 acre
227	227	tract;
228	228	Thence North 02 degrees 04 minutes 34 seconds West along the
229	229	upper west line of the herein described tract and the west line of
230	230	said called 157.727 acre tract, same being the east line of said
231	231	adjoining Hidden Forest Estates Subdivision, 1,314.42 feet to the
232	232	northeast corner of said adjoining Hidden Forest Estates
233	233	Subdivision for angle point, being the southeast corner of an
234	234	adjoining called 54.245 acre tract recorded under County Clerk's
235	235	File Number J047965, Official Public Records of Real Property,
236	236	Harris County, Texas;
237	237	Thence North 02 degrees 22 minutes 20 seconds West continuing
238	238	along the upper west line of the herein described tract and the west
239	239	line of said called 157.727 acre tract, 2,590.05 feet to the upper
240	240	northwest corner of the herein described tract and the northwest
241	241	corner of said called 157.727 acre tract, same being the northeast
242	242	corner of an adjoining called 100.000 acre tract recorded under
243	243	County Clerk's File Number H541658, Official Public Records of Real
244	244	Property, Harris County, Texas, said point being in the south
245	245	right-of-way line of F. M. Highway 529 (120-feet wide);
246	246	Thence North 87 degrees 54 minutes 43 seconds East along the
247	247	upper north line of the herein described tract and the north line of
248	248	said called 157.727 acre tract, same being the south right-of-way
249	249	line of F. M. Highway 529, 678.60 feet to an angle point;
250	250	Thence North 88 degrees 19 minutes 43 seconds East continuing
251	251	along said line, 645.41 feet to the upper northeast corner of the
252	252	herein described tract and the northeast corner of said called
253	253	157.727 acre tract, same being the northwest corner of an adjoining
254	254	called 158.039 acre tract recorded under County Clerk's File Number
255	255	W268492, Official Public Records of Real Property, Harris County,
256	256	Texas;
257	257	Thence South 02 degrees 06 minutes 31 seconds East along the
258	258	upper east line of the herein described tract and the east line of
259	259	said called 157.727 acre tract, same being the west line of said
260	260	adjoining called 158.039 acre tract, 5,219.35 feet to a reentry
261	261	corner to the herein described tract, being the southeast corner of
262	262	said called 157.727 acre tract, same being the southwest corner of
263	263	said adjoining called 158.039 acre tract, and being in the south
264	264	line of said H. & T. C. Railroad Company Survey Section 59, Abstract
265	265	444, same being the north line of the aforementioned William
266	266	Salyars Survey, Abstract 1532, and the north line of the
267	267	aforementioned called 159.912 acre tract;
268	268	Thence North 87 degrees 53 minutes 06 seconds East along the
269	269	lower north line of the herein described tract, the north line of
270	270	said called 159.912 acre tract, and the north line of said William
271	271	Salyars Survey, Abstract 1532, same being the south line of said H. &
272	272	T. C. Railroad Company Survey Section 59, Abstract 444, and the
273	273	south line of said adjoining called 158.039 acre tract, 1,326.98
274	274	feet to the lower northeast corner of the herein described tract,
275	275	the northeast corner of said called 159.912 acre tract, and the
276	276	northeast corner of said William Salyars Survey, Abstract 1532,
277	277	being the southeast corner of said H. & T. C. Railroad Company
278	278	Survey Section 59, Abstract 444, and the southeast corner of said
279	279	adjoining called 158.039 acre tract, same being the southwest
280	280	corner of the A. R. Connell Survey, Abstract 1387, and the southwest
281	281	corner of an adjoining called 640 acre tract (Tract Three) recorded
282	282	under County Clerk's File Number J796831, Official Public Records
283	283	of Real Property, Harris County, Texas, and being the northwest
284	284	corner of the H. & T. C. Railroad Company Survey Section 47,
285	285	Abstract 440, and the northwest corner of an adjoining called
286	286	73.8972 acre tract described in deed recorded under County Clerk's
287	287	File Number R710831, Official Public Records of Real Property,
288	288	Harris County, Texas;
289	289	Thence South 02 degrees 10 minutes 48 seconds East along the
290	290	lower east line of the herein described tract, the east line of said
291	291	called 159.912 acre tract, and the east line of said William Salyars
292	292	Survey, Abstract 1532, same being the west line of said adjoining H. &
293	293	T. C. Railroad Company Survey Section 47, Abstract 440, 2,640.00
294	294	feet to the southeast corner of the herein described tract and the
295	295	southeast corner of said called 159.912 acre tract, same being the
296	296	northeast corner of an adjoining called 320.1964 acre tract
297	297	recorded under County Clerk's File Number 20060134384, Official
298	298	Public Records of Real Property, Harris County, Texas, and being in
299	299	the west line of an adjoining called 4.8079 acre tract recorded
300	300	under County Clerk's File Number 20070428121, Official Public
301	301	Records of Real Property, Harris County, Texas;
302	302	Thence South 87 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West along the
303	303	lower south line of the herein described tract and the south line of
304	304	said called 159.912 acre tract, same being the north line of said
305	305	adjoining called 320.1964 acre tract, 16.01 feet to a point for
306	306	corner, said point being the southeast corner of an adjoining
307	307	called 1.700 acre tract recorded under County Clerk's File Number
308	308	20140251357, Official Public Records of Real Property, Harris
309	309	County, Texas, said point in a non-tangent curve to the left;
310	310	Thence along the common line of the herein described tract
311	311	and said adjoining called 1.700 acre tract with the following
312	312	courses and distances:
313	313	Thence along said non-tangent curve to the left, having
314	314	a radius of 150.00 feet, a central angle of 22 degrees 26 minutes 42
315	315	seconds, an arc length of 58.76 feet, and a chord bearing North 31
316	316	degrees 49 minutes 43 seconds West, 58.39 feet to a point in a
317	317	non-tangent curve to the left;
318	318	Thence along said non-tangent curve to the left, having
319	319	a radius of 150.00 feet, a central angle of 50 degrees 43 minutes 56
320	320	seconds, an arc length of 132.82 feet, and a chord bearing North 57
321	321	degrees 44 minutes 32 seconds West, 128.52 feet;
322	322	Thence North 42 degrees 33 minutes 53 seconds East,
323	323	88.87 feet;
324	324	Thence North 47 degrees 26 minutes 07 seconds West,
325	325	66.25 feet;
326	326	Thence South 20 degrees 37 minutes 06 seconds West,
327	327	51.23 feet to the beginning point of a curve to the right;
328	328	Thence along said curve to the right, having a radius of
329	329	95.00 feet, a central angle of 80 degrees 09 minutes 28 seconds, an
330	330	arc length of 132.91 feet, and a chord bearing South 60 degrees 41
331	331	minutes 44 seconds West, 122.33 feet;
332	332	Thence North 79 degrees 13 minutes 39 seconds West,
333	333	81.88 feet;
334	334	Thence South 60 degrees 56 minutes 12 seconds West,
335	335	161.46 feet;
336	336	Thence South 87 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West,
337	337	212.00 feet;
338	338	Thence South 02 degrees 07 minutes 00 seconds East,
339	339	75.00 feet to a point for corner, said point being in the south line
340	340	of the aforementioned called 159.912 acre tract, same being the
341	341	north line of the aforementioned adjoining called 320.1964 acre
342	342	tract;
343	343	Thence South 87 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West along the
344	344	lower south line of the herein described tract and the south line of
345	345	said called 159.912 acre tract, same being the north line of said
346	346	adjoining called 320.1964 acre tract, 1,940.00 feet to the lower
347	347	southwest corner of the herein described tract and the southwest
348	348	corner of said called 159.912 acre tract, being an angle point in
349	349	the north line of said adjoining called 320.1964 acre tract, said
350	350	point also being the northeast corner of the S. Post Survey,
351	351	Abstract 1422, same being the southeast corner of an adjoining
352	352	called 17.00 acre tract described in deed recorded under County
353	353	Clerk's File Number S147734, Official Public Records of Real
354	354	Property, Harris County, Texas, and the southeast corner of the
355	355	aforementioned Lafayette Shirar Survey, Abstract 1489;
356	356	Thence North 02 degrees 02 minutes 01 seconds West along the
357	357	lower west line of the herein described tract, the west line of said
358	358	called 159.912 acre tract, and the west line of said William Salyars
359	359	Survey, Abstract 1532, same being the east line of said adjoining
360	360	called 17.00 acre tract and the east line of said Lafayette Shirar
361	361	Survey, Abstract 1489, 1,121.79 feet to an angle point, being the
362	362	northeast corner of an adjoining 17.00 acre tract described in deed
363	363	recorded under County Clerk's File Number X776653, Official Public
364	364	Records of Real Property, Harris County, Texas, same being the
365	365	southeast corner of an adjoining called 78 acre tract recorded
366	366	under County Clerk's File Number P955853, Official Public Records
367	367	of Real Property, Harris County, Texas;
368	368	Thence North 02 degrees 16 minutes 50 seconds West continuing
369	369	along the lower west line of the herein described tract, the west
370	370	line of said called 159.912 acre tract, and the west line of said
371	371	William Salyars Survey, Abstract 1532, same being the east line of
372	372	said adjoining called 78 acre tract and the east line of said
373	373	Lafayette Shirar Survey, Abstract 1489, 1,518.30 feet to a reentry
374	374	corner to the herein described tract, being the northwest corner of
375	375	said called 159.912 acre tract, the northeast corner of said
376	376	adjoining called 78 acre tract, the southeast corner of the
377	377	aforementioned called 80.031 acre tract, and the southwest corner
378	378	of the aforementioned called 157.727 acre tract, said point also
379	379	being the northwest corner of the William Salyars Survey, Abstract
380	380	1532, same being the northeast corner of the said Lafayette Shirar
381	381	Survey, Abstract 1489, and being in the south line of the
382	382	aforementioned H. & T. C. Railroad Company Survey Section 59,
383	383	Abstract 444;
384	384	Thence South 87 degrees 52 minutes 10 seconds West along the
385	385	upper south line of the herein described tract, the south line of
386	386	said called 80.031 acre tract, and the south line of said H. & T. C.
387	387	Railroad Company Survey Section 59, Abstract 444, same being the
388	388	north line of said adjoining called 78 acre tract and the north line
389	389	of said Lafayette Shirar Survey, Abstract 1489, and along the north
390	390	line of the aforementioned adjoining called 14 acre tract, 2,639.13
391	391	feet to the Place of Beginning and containing 395.96 acres of land,
392	392	more or less.
393	393	SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
394	394	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
395	395	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
396	396	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
397	397	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
398	398	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
399	399	Government Code.
400	400	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
401	401	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
402	402	Environmental Quality.
403	403	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
404	404	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
405	405	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
406	406	representatives within the required time.
407	407	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
408	408	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
409	409	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
410	410	and accomplished.
411	411	SECTION 4. (a) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds
412	412	vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter
413	413	7903, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
414	414	this Act, is amended by adding Section 7903.106 to read as follows:
415	415	Sec. 7903.106. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
416	416	not exercise the power of eminent domain.
417	417	(b) This section is not intended to be an expression of a
418	418	legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),
419	419	Article I, Texas Constitution.
420	420	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
421	421	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
422	422	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
423	423	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
424	424	Act takes effect September 1, 2015.