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1		-	H.B. No. 4671
	1	+	By: Goodwin, Bucy (Senate Sponsor - Watson) H.B. No. 4671
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 2, 2019;
	3	+	May 3, 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
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to the powers and duties of the Ranch at Cypress Creek
6	12		Municipal Utility District No. 1.
7	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	14		SECTION 1. Chapter 21, Acts of the 71st Legislature, 6th
9	15		Called Session, 1990, is amended by amending Section 5 and adding
10	16		Sections 6B, 6C, and 6D to read as follows:
11	17		Sec. 5. FINDING OF BENEFIT. (a) All of the land and other
12	18		property included within the boundaries of the district will be
13	19		benefited by the works and projects that are to be accomplished by
14	20		the district under powers conferred by Article XVI, Section 59, of
15	21		the Texas Constitution. The district is created to serve a public
16	22		use and benefit.
17	23		(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
18	24		(1) a municipal utility district and a water control
19	25		and improvement district as provided by general law and Section 59,
20	26		Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
21	27		(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
22	28		relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
23	29		or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
24	30		improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
25	31		Sec. 6B. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section 52,
26	32		Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire,
27	33		construct, finance, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this
28	34		state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance
29	35		macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including
30	36		storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
31	37		Sec. 6C. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A road
32	38		project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and
33	39		subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in
34	40		whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road
35	41		project is located.
36	42		(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
37	43		or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
38	44		project must meet all applicable construction standards,
39	45		subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
40	46		the road project is located.
41	47		(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
42	48		Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
43	49		specifications of the road project.
44	50		Sec. 6D. APPOINTMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE. (a) In
45	51		order to carry out the provisions of Section 54.237, Water Code,
46	52		except as provided by Subsection (b), the district may appoint an
47	53		architectural committee for a subdivision located wholly inside the
48	54		district that does not have an architectural committee or an area of
49	55		the district not located in a subdivision.
50	56		(b) The district may not appoint an architectural committee
51	57		for a subdivision for which the governing provisions prohibit the
52	58		appointment of an architectural committee by the district or
53	59		otherwise.
54	60		SECTION 2. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
55	61		introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
56	62		Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
57	63		copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
58	64		officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
59	65		under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
60	66		Government Code.
61	67		(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
62	68		submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
63	69		Environmental Quality.
64	70		(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
65	71		its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
66	72		lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
67	73		representatives within the required time.
68	74		(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
69	75		state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
70	76		to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
71	77		and accomplished.
72	78		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
73		-	______________________________ ______________________________
74		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
75		-	I certify that H.B. No. 4671 was passed by the House on May 2,
76		-	2019, by the following vote: Yeas 118, Nays 23, 1 present, not
77		-	voting.
78		-	______________________________
79		-	Chief Clerk of the House
80		-	I certify that H.B. No. 4671 was passed by the Senate on May
81		-	21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
82		-	______________________________
83		-	Secretary of the Senate
84		-	APPROVED: _____________________
85		-	Date
86		-	_____________________
87		-	Governor
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