Texas 2017 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1709 Comm Sub / Bill

Filed 03/23/2017

                    85R3156 AAF-D
 By: Gooden, Burkett H.B. No. 1709


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to procedures for the dissolution of the Bois D'Arc Island
 Levee Improvement District of Dallas and Kaufman Counties.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 7801, Special District
 Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 7801.003 to read as
 follows:
 Sec. 7801.003.  DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT. (a)  Not later than
 18 months after the next regularly scheduled election of directors
 under Section 7801.051, the Commissioners Courts of Dallas and
 Kaufman Counties may dissolve the district if:
 (1)  at that election, the appropriate number of
 directors under Section 7801.051(c) are not elected; or
 (2)  the directors elected at that election fail to
 attend 50 percent of the board meetings scheduled during the 12
 months following that election.
 (b)  To dissolve the district under Subsection (a), the
 Commissioners Courts of Dallas County and Kaufman County each must
 issue an order dissolving the district. The orders must provide for
 the:
 (1)  sale or transfer of the district's assets and
 liabilities;
 (2)  administration of property, assets, and debts of
 the district until all money has been disposed of and all district
 debts have been paid or settled; and
 (3)  continued provision of the district's services
 without interruption to the extent the district has been providing
 services.
 (c)  The dissolution of the district and the sale or transfer
 of the district's assets and liabilities may not:
 (1)  violate a trust indenture or bond resolution
 relating to the outstanding bonds of the district; or
 (2)  diminish or impair the rights of the holders of
 outstanding bonds, warrants, or other obligations of the district.
 (d)  This section expires January 1, 2020.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.