| 1 | 1 | | 86R13554 AAF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Murr H.B. No. 4707 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the amount of a tax imposed by the Sutton County |
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| 8 | 8 | | Underground Water Conservation District. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 8886.201(b), Special District Local |
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| 11 | 11 | | Laws Code, as effective April 1, 2019, is amended to read as |
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| 12 | 12 | | follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (b) On approval of the majority of the voters in an election |
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| 14 | 14 | | called for that purpose, the district may impose an ad valorem tax |
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| 15 | 15 | | to pay the principal of and interest on bonds and to maintain the |
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| 16 | 16 | | district. [The tax approved under this subsection may not exceed |
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| 17 | 17 | | five cents on each $100 of assessed valuation.] |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Section 8886.201(c), Special District Local |
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| 19 | 19 | | Laws Code, as effective April 1, 2019, is repealed. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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| 21 | 21 | | introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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| 22 | 22 | | Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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| 23 | 23 | | copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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| 24 | 24 | | officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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| 25 | 25 | | under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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| 26 | 26 | | Government Code. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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| 28 | 28 | | submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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| 29 | 29 | | Environmental Quality. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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| 31 | 31 | | its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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| 32 | 32 | | lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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| 33 | 33 | | representatives within the required time. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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| 35 | 35 | | state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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| 36 | 36 | | to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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| 37 | 37 | | and accomplished. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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