S.B. No. 2287
AN ACT
relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal
Utility District No. 525.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 8326.005(b), Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
(1) a municipal utility district as provided by
general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
relate to the construction, acquisition, operation, maintenance,
or improvement of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads [described
by Section 54.234, Water Code,] or improvements, including storm
drainage, in aid of those roads.
SECTION 2. Section 8326.103(a), Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the
district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for,
improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a
municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled,
or paved roads [described by Section 54.234, Water Code,] or
improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 8326, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8326.1045 to read as
follows:
Sec. 8326.1045. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A
road project must meet all applicable construction standards,
zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each
municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial
jurisdiction the road project is located.
(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
project must meet all applicable construction standards,
subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
the road project is located.
(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
specifications of the road project.
SECTION 4. Section 8326.104, Special District Local Laws
Code, is repealed.
SECTION 5. The Harris County Municipal Utility District
No. 525 retains all the rights, powers, privileges, authority,
duties, and functions that it had before the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 6. (a) The legislature validates and confirms all
governmental acts and proceedings of the Harris County Municipal
Utility District No. 525 that were taken before the effective date
of this Act.
(b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the
effective date of this Act:
(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation
ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court
judgment; or
(2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment.
SECTION 7. (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 8. 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, 2017.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2287 passed the Senate on
May 12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2287 passed the House on
May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 3, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor