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1	1		85R17597 SMT-F
2	2		By: Oliverson H.B. No. 1800
3		-	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1800:
4		-	By: Cortez C.S.H.B. No. 1800
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7	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	6		AN ACT
9	7		relating to the powers of the Harris County Improvement District
10	8		No. 17.
11	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	10		SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 3891, Special District
13	11		Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3891.109 to read as
14	12		follows:
15	13		Sec. 3891.109. ENFORCEMENT OF REAL PROPERTY RESTRICTIONS.
16	14		The district may enforce a real property restriction in the manner
17	15		provided by Section 54.237, Water Code, if, in the reasonable
18	16		judgment of the board, the enforcement of the restriction is
19	17		necessary.
20	18		SECTION 2. Section 3891.153, Special District Local Laws
21	19		Code, is amended to read as follows:
22	20		Sec. 3891.153. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
23	21		OBLIGATIONS. (a) The district may issue bonds, notes, or other
24	22		obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, sales
25	23		and use taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract
26	24		payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of
27	25		those sources of money, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
28	26		(b) The limitation on the outstanding principal amount of
29	27		bonds, notes, and other obligations provided by Section 49.4645,
30	28		Water Code, does not apply to the district.
31	29		SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 3891, Special District
32	30		Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3891.159 to read as
33	31		follows:
34	32		Sec. 3891.159. POWERS OF MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT TO
35	33		ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS AND DESIGNATED PROPERTY; TAXES; BONDS. (a)
36	34		The district has the powers of a municipal utility district under
37	35		Subchapter J, Chapter 54, Water Code, including the power to:
38	36		(1) implement a plan;
39	37		(2) issue bonds; and
40	38		(3) impose a tax in a defined area established under
41	39		that subchapter.
42	40		(b) The district may exercise the powers described by
43	41		Subsection (a) regardless of whether the district is composed of
44	42		the minimum number of acres provided by Section 54.801, Water Code.
45	43		SECTION 4. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
46	44		introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
47	45		Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
48	46		copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
49	47		officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
50	48		under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
51	49		Government Code.
52	50		(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
53	51		submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
54	52		Environmental Quality.
55	53		(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
56	54		its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor,
57	55		lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
58	56		within the required time.
59	57		(d) The general law relating to consent by political
60	58		subdivisions to the creation of districts with conservation,
61	59		reclamation, and road powers and the inclusion of land in those
62	60		districts has been complied with.
63	61		(e) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
64	62		state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
65	63		to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act have been
66	64		fulfilled and accomplished.
67	65		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
68	66		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
69	67		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
70	68		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
71	69		Act takes effect September 1, 2017.