H.B. No. 4642
AN ACT
relating to the powers and duties of the Rolling V Ranch Water
Control and Improvement District No. 1 of Wise County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 9021.104, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding
Subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j) to read as follows:
(a) The district may be divided into two or more new
districts only if the district:
(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and
(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the
division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
duties of the district. [The division procedure is prescribed by
Sections 53.030 through 53.041, Water Code.]
(e) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition
signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of
the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the
district.
(f) An order dividing the district must:
(1) name each new district;
(2) include the metes and bounds description of the
territory of each new district;
(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district;
and
(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities
between or among the new districts.
(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of
an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order
with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the
order in the real property records of each county in which the
district is located.
(h) Any new district created by the division of the district
shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by
Section 49.102, Water Code.
(i) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the
new district shall provide the election date and results to the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
(j) Any new district created by the division of the district
must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter
approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue
bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 9021, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 9021.105 to read as
follows:
Sec. 9021.105. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. To protect the
public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party,
including a county or a municipality, to provide law enforcement
services in the district for a fee.
SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 9021, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 9021.152 to read as
follows:
Sec. 9021.152. CONTRACT TAXES. In accordance with Section
49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an
operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the
tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the
contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
voting at an election held for that purpose.
SECTION 4. Section 9021.104(c), Special District Local Laws
Code, is repealed.
SECTION 5. (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,
lieutenant governor, and 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 have been
fulfilled and accomplished.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4642 was passed by the House on May 3,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 11, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4642 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor