Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4707 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 04/02/2019

                            86R13554 AAF-D
 By: Murr H.B. No. 4707


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the amount of a tax imposed by the Sutton County
 Underground Water Conservation District.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 8886.201(b),  Special District Local
 Laws Code, as effective April 1, 2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
 (b)  On approval of the majority of the voters in an election
 called for that purpose, the district may impose an ad valorem tax
 to pay the principal of and interest on bonds and to maintain the
 district.  [The tax approved under this subsection may not exceed
 five cents on each $100 of assessed valuation.]
 SECTION 2.  Section 8886.201(c),  Special District Local
 Laws Code, as effective April 1, 2019, is repealed.
 SECTION 3.  (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, the
 lieutenant governor, and the 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 are fulfilled
 and accomplished.
 SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.