By: Schofield (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 4203
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 24, 2015;
May 24, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Administration; May 26, 2015, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 26, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the substitution of land within the boundaries of the
Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 159 after
the approval or issuance of district bonds payable wholly or partly
from taxes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle I, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 9069 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 9069. HARRIS COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
NO. 159
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 9069.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district"
means the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No.
159.
Sec. 9069.002. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT. (a)
The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of a
water control and improvement district as provided by general law
and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
SUBCHAPTER B. SUBSTITUTION OF LAND
Sec. 9069.051. SUBSTITUTING LAND OF AT LEAST EQUAL VALUE.
After the district is organized and has obtained voter approval for
the issuance of, or has sold, bonds payable wholly or partly from ad
valorem taxes, land within the district boundaries subject to
taxation that does not need or utilize the services of the district
may be excluded and other land not within the boundaries of the
district may be included within the boundaries of the district
without impairment of the security for payment of the bonds or
invalidation of any prior bond election, as provided by this
section and Sections 54.740 through 54.747, Water Code.
Sec. 9069.052. CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter
shall be construed to supplement and not to supplant the provisions
of general law applicable to the exclusion of land from the district
or the inclusion of land within the district.
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 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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