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1		-	H.B. No. 4699
	1	+	By: Wilson (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) H.B. No. 4699
	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 16, 2019, reported favorably by
	5	+	the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 16, 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 Williamson County
6	12		Municipal Utility District No. 21; providing authority to issue
7	13		bonds; providing authority to impose a tax.
8	14		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	15		SECTION 1. Section 8132.002, Special District Local Laws
10	16		Code, is amended to read as follows:
11	17		Sec. 8132.002. NATURE AND PURPOSES OF DISTRICT. (a) The
12	18		district is a municipal utility district in Williamson County
13	19		created under [and essential to accomplish the purposes of] Section
14	20		59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
15	21		(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
16	22		(1) a municipal utility district as provided by
17	23		general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
18	24		(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
19	25		relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
20	26		or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
21	27		improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
22	28		SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 8132, Special District
23	29		Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Sections 8132.104, 8132.105,
24	30		8132.106, and 8132.107 to read as follows:
25	31		Sec. 8132.104. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has
26	32		the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
27	33		which the district is created.
28	34		Sec. 8132.105. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
29	35		DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the
30	36		general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
31	37		applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
32	38		Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
33	39		Sec. 8132.106. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section
34	40		52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,
35	41		acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,
36	42		maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for
37	43		operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
38	44		improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
39	45		Sec. 8132.107. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A road
40	46		project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and
41	47		subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in
42	48		whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road
43	49		project is located.
44	50		(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
45	51		or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
46	52		project must meet all applicable construction standards,
47	53		subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
48	54		the road project is located.
49	55		(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
50	56		Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
51	57		specifications of the road project.
52	58		SECTION 3. Chapter 8132, Special District Local Laws Code,
53	59		is amended by adding Subchapter E to read as follows:
54	60		SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
55	61		Sec. 8132.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
56	62		OBLIGATIONS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. (a) The district may issue bonds or
57	63		other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes,
58	64		impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district
59	65		money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for a road
60	66		project authorized by Section 8132.106.
61	67		(b) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
62	68		taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
63	69		vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
64	70		election held for that purpose.
65	71		(c) At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of
66	72		bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road
67	73		projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed
68	74		one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the
69	75		district.
70	76		Sec. 8132.202. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
71	77		issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
72	78		board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
73	79		direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
74	80		or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner
75	81		provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
76	82		SECTION 4. The following provisions of the Special District
77	83		Local Laws Code are repealed:
78	84		(1) Section 8132.101;
79	85		(2) Section 8132.102; and
80	86		(3) Section 8132.103.
81	87		SECTION 5. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
82	88		introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
83	89		Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
84	90		copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
85	91		officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
86	92		under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
87	93		Government Code.
88	94		(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
89	95		submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
90	96		Environmental Quality.
91	97		(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
92	98		its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
93	99		lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
94	100		representatives within the required time.
95	101		(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
96	102		state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
97	103		to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
98	104		and accomplished.
99	105		SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
100	106		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
101	107		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
102	108		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
103	109		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
104		-	______________________________ ______________________________
105		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
106		-	I certify that H.B. No. 4699 was passed by the House on May 3,
107		-	2019, by the following vote: Yeas 122, Nays 18, 2 present, not
108		-	voting.
109		-	______________________________
110		-	Chief Clerk of the House
111		-	I certify that H.B. No. 4699 was passed by the Senate on May
112		-	22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
113		-	______________________________
114		-	Secretary of the Senate
115		-	APPROVED: _____________________
116		-	Date
117		-	_____________________
118		-	Governor
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