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1-H.B. No. 3211
1+By: Bell of Montgomery (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 3211
2+ (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
3+ May 6, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
4+ Intergovernmental Relations; May 15, 2019, reported favorably by
5+ the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 15, 2019, sent to printer.)
6+Click here to see the committee vote
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9+ A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
410 AN ACT
511 relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility
612 District No. 34; granting a limited power of eminent domain;
713 providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose
814 assessments, fees, and taxes.
915 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1016 SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
1117 Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8046 to read as follows:
1218 CHAPTER 8046. WALLER COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 34
1319 SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1420 Sec. 8046.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
1521 (1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
1622 (2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
1723 Environmental Quality.
1824 (3) "Director" means a board member.
1925 (4) "District" means the Waller County Municipal
2026 Utility District No. 34.
2127 Sec. 8046.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
2228 municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
2329 Texas Constitution.
2430 Sec. 8046.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION
2531 REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to
2632 confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
2733 directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
2834 Sec. 8046.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
2935 temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
3036 8046.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or
3137 extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has
3238 consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the
3339 district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
3440 Sec. 8046.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
3541 (a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
3642 (b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
3743 (1) a municipal utility district as provided by
3844 general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
3945 (2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
4046 relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
4147 or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
4248 improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
4349 Sec. 8046.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
4450 district is initially composed of the territory described by
4551 Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
4652 (b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
4753 the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the
4854 field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
4955 does not affect the district's:
5056 (1) organization, existence, or validity;
5157 (2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
5258 for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
5359 interest on a bond;
5460 (3) right to impose a tax; or
5561 (4) legality or operation.
5662 SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
5763 Sec. 8046.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
5864 governed by a board of five elected directors.
5965 (b) Except as provided by Section 8046.0202, directors
6066 serve staggered four-year terms.
6167 Sec. 8046.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the
6268 effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners
6369 of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the
6470 district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that
6571 the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons
6672 named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary
6773 directors the five persons named in the petition.
6874 (b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
6975 (1) the date permanent directors are elected under
7076 Section 8046.0103; or
7177 (2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
7278 the Act enacting this chapter.
7379 (c) If permanent directors have not been elected under
7480 Section 8046.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have
7581 expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
7682 reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that
7783 expire on the earlier of:
7884 (1) the date permanent directors are elected under
7985 Section 8046.0103; or
8086 (2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
8187 appointment or reappointment.
8288 (d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
8389 majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
8490 may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the
8591 commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five
8692 persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as
8793 successor temporary directors the five persons named in the
8894 petition.
8995 SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
9096 Sec. 8046.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
9197 has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
9298 which the district is created.
9399 Sec. 8046.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
94100 DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the
95101 general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
96102 applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
97103 Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
98104 Sec. 8046.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section
99105 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,
100106 acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,
101107 maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for
102108 operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
103109 improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
104110 Sec. 8046.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A
105111 road project must meet all applicable construction standards,
106112 zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each
107113 municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial
108114 jurisdiction the road project is located.
109115 (b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
110116 or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
111117 project must meet all applicable construction standards,
112118 subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
113119 the road project is located.
114120 (c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
115121 Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
116122 specifications of the road project.
117123 Sec. 8046.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT
118124 ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION. The district shall comply with all
119125 applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is
120126 adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that
121127 consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land
122128 in the district.
123129 Sec. 8046.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district may
124130 be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:
125131 (1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and
126132 (2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
127133 (b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the
128134 division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
129135 duties of the district.
130136 (c) Any new district created by the division of the district
131137 may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
132138 outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act creating this
133139 chapter.
134140 (d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition
135141 signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of
136142 the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the
137143 district.
138144 (e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district
139145 before or after the date the board holds an election under Section
140146 8046.0103 to confirm the district's creation.
141147 (f) An order dividing the district shall:
142148 (1) name each new district;
143149 (2) include the metes and bounds description of the
144150 territory of each new district;
145151 (3) appoint temporary directors for each new district;
146152 and
147153 (4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities
148154 between or among the new districts.
149155 (g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of
150156 an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order
151157 with the commission and record the order in the real property
152158 records of each county in which the district is located.
153159 (h) Any new district created by the division of the district
154160 shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by
155161 Section 8046.0103.
156162 (i) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to
157163 the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section
158164 8046.0104 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new
159165 district created by the division of the district and to the
160166 inclusion of land in the new district.
161167 (j) Any new district created by the division of the district
162168 must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter
163169 approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue
164170 bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
165171 (k) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the
166172 new district shall provide the election date and results to the
167173 commission.
168174 SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
169175 Sec. 8046.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a)
170176 The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
171177 obligations secured by:
172178 (1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
173179 (2) contract payments described by Section 8046.0403.
174180 (b) The district must hold an election in the manner
175181 provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval
176182 before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds
177183 payable from ad valorem taxes.
178184 (c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
179185 taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
180186 vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
181187 election held for that purpose.
182188 Sec. 8046.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
183189 authorized at an election held under Section 8046.0401, the
184190 district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable
185191 property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water
186192 Code.
187193 (b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not
188194 exceed the rate approved at the election.
189195 Sec. 8046.0403. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with
190196 Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than
191197 an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from
192198 the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of
193199 the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
194200 voting at an election held for that purpose.
195201 (b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
196202 provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
197203 the board without further voter approval.
198204 SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
199205 Sec. 8046.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
200206 OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations
201207 payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,
202208 revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
203209 combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
204210 purpose.
205211 Sec. 8046.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
206212 issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
207213 board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
208214 direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
209215 or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner
210216 provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
211217 Sec. 8046.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
212218 issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
213219 issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
214220 valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
215221 real property in the district.
216222 SECTION 2. The Waller County Municipal Utility District No.
217223 34 initially includes all the territory contained in the following
218224 area:
219225 A METES & BOUNDS description of a certain 3,791 acre
220226 (165,143,925 square feet) tract of land situated in the W.
221227 McCutchen (H. & T.C. R.R. Co.) Survey, Abstract No. 312, H. & T.C.
222228 R.R. Co. Survey, Abstract No. 145, W. McCutchen (H. & T.C. R.R. Co.)
223229 Survey, Abstract No. 315, H. & T.C. R.R. Co. Survey, Abstract
224230 No. 193, W. McCutchen (H. & T.C. R.R. Co.) Survey, Abstract
225231 No. 309, H. & T.C. R.R. Co. Survey, Abstract No. 192, H. & T.C. R.R.
226232 Co. Survey, Abstract No. 188, J. McCutchen (H. & T.C. R.R. Co.)
227233 Survey, Abstract No. 307, and the E. Wright (H. & T. R.R. Co.)
228234 Survey, Abstract No. 381 in Waller County, Texas, being all of a
229235 called 640 acre tract conveyed to Margaret Sager Pfeffer Estate
230236 Trust by Deed recorded in Volume 271, Page 308, Waller County Deed
231237 Records, being all of a called 640 acre tract conveyed to Adolph and
232238 Noelie Pfeffer Family Partnership One, Ltd. and Adolph and Noelie
233239 Pfeffer Family Partnership Two, Ltd. by Special Warranty Deed
234240 recorded in Volume 1284, Page 133, Waller Official Public Records
235241 of Real Property, being all of a called 823.996 acre tract conveyed
236242 to Adolph A . Pfeffer Sr., Trustee, of the Margaret Sager Pfeffer
237243 Estate Trust by Warranty Deed recorded in Volume 297, Page 825,
238244 Waller County Deed Records, being all of a called 320 acre tract
239245 conveyed to Cochran Road Partners, LLC by Special Warranty Deed
240246 recorded in Volume 1212, Page 399, Waller County Deed Records,
241247 being all of a called 640 acre tract conveyed to Cochran Road
242248 Partners, LLC by Special Warranty Deed recorded in Volume 1212,
243249 Page 399, Waller County Deed Records, being all of a called 152 acre
244250 tract conveyed to Cochran Road Partners, LLC by Special Warranty
245251 Deed recorded in Volume 1212, Page 399, Waller County Official
246252 Public Records of Real Property, being all of a called 80.741 acre
247253 tract conveyed to Adolph A Pfeffer, Jr., Trustee, of the Margaret
248254 Sager Pfeffer Estate Trust by Warranty Deed recorded in Volume 570,
249255 Page 822, Waller County Deed Records, being all of a called 40 acre
250256 (Tract 6) tract conveyed to Adolph Pfeffer by Deed recorded in
251257 Volume 350, Page 5, Waller County Deed Records, being all of a
252258 called 40 acre (Tract 7) tract conveyed to Adolph Pfeffer by Deed
253259 recorded in Volume 350, Page 5, Waller County Deed Records, being
254260 all of a called 119.5 acre (being 159.5 acres less 40 acres) tract
255261 conveyed to Adolph Pfeffer by Deed recorded in Volume 350, Page 5,
256262 Waller County Deed Records, being all of Lot 6 (called Tract 1)
257263 conveyed to Adolph Pfeffer by Partition Deed recorded in Volume
258264 350, Page 5, Waller County Deed Records, being all of Lot 7 (called
259265 Tract 2) conveyed to Adolph Pfeffer by Partition Deed recorded in
260266 Volume 350, Page 5, Waller County Deed Records, being all of Lot 8
261267 (called Tract 3) conveyed to Adolph Pfeffer by Partition Deed
262268 recorded in Volume 350, Page 5, Waller County Deed Records, being
263269 all of Lot 9 (called Tract 4) conveyed to Adolph Pfeffer by
264270 Partition Deed recorded in Volume 350, Page 5, Waller County Deed
265271 Records, being the residue of a called 20.00 acre tract conveyed to
266272 Adolph A. Pfeffer by Special Warranty Deed recorded in Volume 1109,
267273 Page 001, Waller County Official Public Records of Real Property,
268274 and being a portion of tracts conveyed to Adolph A. Pfeffer by deed
269275 recorded in Volume 119, Page 113 Waller County Deed Records; said
270276 3,791-acre (165,143,925 square feet) tract of land being more
271277 particularly described as follows with all bearings being based on
272278 the Texas Coordinate System, South Central Zone, NAD 83:
273279 BEGINNING at a point being the southeast corner of said
274280 called 640 acre tract conveyed to Margaret Sager Pfeffer Estate
275281 Trust;
276282 THENCE, North 90°00'00" West, 5,280.00 feet to a point for a
277283 corner being the southwest corner of said called 640 acre tract
278284 conveyed to Margaret Sager Pfeffer Estate Trust;
279285 THENCE, North 00°00'00" West, 2,640.00 feet to a point for
280286 corner being in the west line of said called 640 acre tract conveyed
281287 to Margaret Sager Pfeffer Estate Trust and being the southeast
282288 corner of said called 320 acre tract;
283289 THENCE, North 90°00'00" West, 5,280.00 feet to a point for
284290 corner being the southwest corner of said called 320 acre tract;
285291 THENCE, North 00°00'00" East, 2,728.33 feet to a point for
286292 corner being the northwest corner of said called 320 acre tract,
287293 being the southwest corner of said called 640 acre tract conveyed to
288294 Cochran Road Partners, LLC, and being the southeast corner of said
289295 called Volume 119, Page 113;
290296 THENCE, North 90°00'00" West, 761.11 feet to a point for
291297 corner being in the south line of said called Volume 119, Page 113;
292298 THENCE, South 89°36'31" West, 1,319.30 feet to a point for
293299 corner being the southwest corner of said called Volume 119, Page
294300 113 and being the southeast corner of said called 80.741 acre tract;
295301 THENCE, North 89°37'42" West, 1,843.37 feet to a point for
296302 corner being the southwest corner of said called residue of a called
297303 20.00 acre tract;
298304 THENCE, North 00°22'16" East, 1,105.28 feet to a point for
299305 corner being in the west line of said called residue of a called 20
300306 acre tract;
301307 THENCE, South 89°37'43" East, 500.54 feet to a point for
302308 corner being in the west line of said called 80.741 acre tract and
303309 being in the east line of said called residue of a called 20.00 acre
304310 tract;
305311 THENCE, North 01°24'32" West, 391.93 feet to a point for
306312 corner being in the west line of said called 80.741 acre tract and
307313 being in the east line of said called residue of a called 20.00 acre
308314 tract;
309315 THENCE, North 01°16'47" East, 33.21 feet to a point for corner
310316 being in the west line of said called 80.741 acre tract and being in
311317 the east line of said called residue of a called 20.00 acre tract;
312318 THENCE, North 89°37'43" West, 488.89 feet to a point for
313319 corner being in the west line of said called residue of a called
314320 20.00 acre tract;
315321 THENCE, North 00°22'21" East, 189.43 feet to a point for
316322 corner being the northwest corner of said called residue of a called
317323 20.00 acre tract;
318324 THENCE, South 89°37'43" East, 491.89 feet to a point for
319325 corner being in the west line of said called 80.741 acre tract and
320326 being the northeast corner of said called residue of a called 20.00
321327 acre tract;
322328 THENCE, North 01°16'47" East, 926.49 feet to a point for
323329 corner being the northwest corner of said called 80.741 acre tract
324330 and being the most northerly southwest corner of said called Volume
325331 119, Page 113;
326332 THENCE, North 00°00'00" West, 1,223.80 feet to a point for
327333 corner being the southeast corner of said called Tract 6 and being
328334 in the west line of said called Volume 119, Page 113;
329335 THENCE, North 90°00'00" West, 2,638.89 feet to a point for
330336 corner being the southwest corner of said called Tract 7;
331337 THENCE, North 00°00'00" West, 1,322.22 feet to a point for
332338 corner being the northwest corner of said called Tract 7;
333339 THENCE, North 90°00'00" East, 530.56 feet to a point for
334340 corner being in the north line of said called Tract 7 and being the
335341 southwest corner of said called 119.5 acre tract;
336342 THENCE, North 00°00'00" West, 2,516.67 feet to a point for
337343 corner being the northwest corner of said called 119.5 acre tract;
338344 THENCE, North 89°54'50" East, 2,773.34 feet to a point for
339345 corner being the northeast corner of said called 119.5 acre tract,
340346 being the southwest corner of said called Lot 6, and being the
341347 northwest corner of said called Lot 7;
342348 THENCE, North 00°00'00" West, 840.28 feet to a point for
343349 corner being the northwest corner of said called Lot 6;
344350 THENCE, North 90°00'00" East, 2,735.00 feet to a point for
345351 corner being the northeast corner of said called Lot 6;
346352 THENCE, South 00°00'00" West, 869.44 feet to a point for
347353 corner being the southeast corner of said called Lot 6, being the
348354 northeast corner of said called Lot 7, and being the northwest
349355 corner of said called 152 acre tract;
350356 THENCE, North 90°00'00" East, 2,657.30 feet to a point for
351357 corner being the northeast corner of said called 152 acre tract;
352358 THENCE, South 00°00'00" East, 2,491.67 feet to a point for
353359 corner being the southeast corner of said called 152 acre tract and
354360 being in the north line of said called 640 acre tract conveyed to
355361 Cochran Road Partners, LLC;
356362 THENCE, North 90°00'00" East, 2,622.70 feet to a point for
357363 corner being the northeast corner of said called 640 acre tract
358364 conveyed to Cochran Road Partners, LLC, being the northwest corner
359365 of said called 640 acre tract conveyed to Adolph and Noelie Pfeffer
360366 Family Partnership One, Ltd. and Adolph and Noelie Pfeffer Family
361367 Partnership Two, Ltd., and being the southwest corner of said
362368 called 823.996 acre tract;
363369 THENCE, North 00°04'31" East, 4,548.22 feet to a point for
364370 corner being in the west line of said called 823.996 acre tract;
365371 THENCE, North 11°22'24" West, 128.93 feet to a point for
366372 corner being in the west line of said called 823.996 acre tract;
367373 THENCE, North 00°21'45" East, 459.44 feet to a point for
368374 corner being the northwest corner of said called 823.996 acre
369375 tract;
370376 THENCE, South 89°56'04" East, 2,814.86 feet to a point for
371377 corner being the most northerly northeast corner of said called
372378 823.996 acre tract;
373379 THENCE, South 16°12'54" East, 1,715.81 feet to a point being
374380 an interior corner of said called 823.996 acre tract;
375381 THENCE, South 81°28'25" E, 2,000.00 feet to a point for corner
376382 being the most southerly northeast corner of said called 823.996
377383 acre tract;
378384 THENCE, South 00°06'10" East, 13,746.77 feet to the POINT OF
379385 BEGINNING, CONTAINING 3,791 acres (165,143,925 square feet) of land
380386 in Waller County, Texas filed in the office of Manhard Consulting,
381387 Ltd. in The Woodlands, Texas.
382388 SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
383389 introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
384390 Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
385391 copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
386392 officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
387393 under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
388394 Government Code.
389395 (b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
390396 submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
391397 Environmental Quality.
392398 (c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
393399 its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
394400 lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
395401 representatives within the required time.
396402 (d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
397403 state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
398404 to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
399405 and accomplished.
400406 SECTION 4. (a) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds
401407 vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter
402408 8046, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
403409 this Act, is amended by adding Section 8046.0307 to read as follows:
404410 Sec. 8046.0307. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
405411 not exercise the power of eminent domain.
406412 (b) This section is not intended to be an expression of a
407413 legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),
408414 Article I, Texas Constitution.
409415 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
410416 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
411417 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
412418 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
413419 Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
414- ______________________________ ______________________________
415- President of the Senate Speaker of the House
416- I certify that H.B. No. 3211 was passed by the House on May 3,
417- 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 124, Nays 16, 2 present, not
418- voting.
419- ______________________________
420- Chief Clerk of the House
421- I certify that H.B. No. 3211 was passed by the Senate on May
422- 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
423- ______________________________
424- Secretary of the Senate
425- APPROVED: _____________________
426- Date
427- _____________________
428- Governor
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