By: Bell of Montgomery (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 4731
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
May 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 17, 2019, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the name and powers of the Harris County Improvement
District No. 17; providing authority to issue bonds; providing
authority to impose a tax.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 3891, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 3891. HARRIS-MONTGOMERY COUNTIES MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
[HARRIS COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 17]
SECTION 2. Section 3891.001, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by amending Subdivision (3) and adding Subdivision
(4) to read as follows:
(3) "District" means the Harris-Montgomery Counties
Management District [Harris County Improvement District No. 17].
(4) "Recreational facilities" has the meaning
assigned by Section 49.462, Water Code.
SECTION 3. Section 3891.002, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3891.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The Harris-Montgomery
Counties Management District [Harris County Improvement District
No. 17] is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
Texas Constitution.
SECTION 4. Subchapter A, Chapter 3891, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3891.008 to read as
follows:
Sec. 3891.008. INAPPLICABILITY OF OPTION TO SELECT
EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. Section 54.0163, Water Code, does
not apply to the district.
SECTION 5. Subchapter C, Chapter 3891, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3891.1071 to read as
follows:
Sec. 3891.1071. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT POWERS. The
district has the powers provided by Chapter 372, Local Government
Code, to a municipality or county.
SECTION 6. Subchapter D, Chapter 3891, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3891.1571 to read as
follows:
Sec. 3891.1571. BONDS FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. The
limitation on the outstanding principal amount of bonds, notes, and
other obligations provided by Section 49.4645, Water Code, does not
apply to the district.
SECTION 7. (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 8. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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