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1		-	By: Bell (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 1448
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2017;
3		-	May 2, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
4		-	Administration; May 2, 2017, reported favorably by the following
5		-	vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 2, 2017, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
	1	+	H.B. No. 1448
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to providing road district powers to the Montgomery County
12	6		Municipal Utility District No. 131; providing authority to issue
13	7		bonds.
14	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	9		SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
16	10		Code, is amended by adding Chapter 7967 to read as follows:
17	11		CHAPTER 7967. MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
18	12		NO. 131
19	13		SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
20	14		Sec. 7967.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district"
21	15		means the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 131.
22	16		Sec. 7967.002. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT. (a)
23	17		The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
24	18		(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
25	19		(1) a municipal utility district as provided by
26	20		general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
27	21		(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
28	22		relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
29	23		or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
30	24		improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
31	25		SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES
32	26		Sec. 7967.101. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section
33	27		52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,
34	28		acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,
35	29		maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for
36	30		operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
37	31		improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
38	32		Sec. 7967.102. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A road
39	33		project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and
40	34		subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in
41	35		whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road
42	36		project is located.
43	37		(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
44	38		or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
45	39		project must meet all applicable construction standards,
46	40		subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
47	41		the road project is located.
48	42		(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
49	43		Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
50	44		specifications of the road project.
51	45		SUBCHAPTER C. BONDS
52	46		Sec. 7967.201. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
53	47		issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
54	48		issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
55	49		valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
56	50		real property in the district.
57	51		SECTION 2. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
58	52		introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
59	53		Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
60	54		copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
61	55		officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
62	56		under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
63	57		Government Code.
64	58		(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
65	59		submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
66	60		Environmental Quality.
67	61		(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
68	62		its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
69	63		lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
70	64		representatives within the required time.
71	65		(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
72	66		state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
73	67		to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
74	68		and accomplished.
75	69		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
76	70		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
77	71		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
78	72		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
79	73		Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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	74	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	75	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	76	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1448 was passed by the House on April
	77	+	27, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 2, 3 present, not
	78	+	voting.
	79	+	______________________________
	80	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	81	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1448 was passed by the Senate on May
	82	+	4, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
	83	+	______________________________
	84	+	Secretary of the Senate
	85	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	86	+	Date
	87	+	_____________________
	88	+	Governor