H.B. No. 4752
AN ACT
relating to the territory of the Barrett Management District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 3930.005, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3930.005. DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The district is
composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting
this chapter, as that territory may have been modified under this
section, Section 3930.107, or other law.
(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district contained
in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A
mistake in the field notes of the district contained in Section 2 of
the Act enacting this chapter or in copying the field notes in the
legislative process does not in any way affect the district's:
(1) organization, existence, or validity; or
(2) legality or operation.
(c) The district shall hold an election in the additional
territory in the new boundaries of the district described by
Section 2 of the Act enacting this subsection on a uniform election
date provided by Section 41.001, Election Code, to confirm the
addition of the territory to the district.
(d) Notice of the confirmation election shall state the day
and place or places for holding the election and the proposition to
be voted on.
(e) The ballots for the confirmation election shall be
printed to provide for voting "For New District Boundaries" and
"Against New District Boundaries."
(f) Immediately after the confirmation election, the
presiding judge shall take returns of the results to the board. The
board shall canvass the returns and issue an order declaring the
results at the earliest practicable time. The order must include a
description of the district's boundaries according to the results
of the election.
(g) If at least 60 percent of the votes cast in the election
favor the addition of the territory to the district, the board shall
issue an order declaring that the additional territory is added to
the district and enter the result in its minutes. If less than 60
percent of the votes cast in the election favor the addition of the
territory to the district, the board shall issue an order declaring
that the addition was defeated and enter the result in its minutes.
(h) A copy of each order issued under this section must be
filed:
(1) in the deed records of Harris County; and
(2) with the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality.
(i) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b) of this
section, if at least 60 percent of the votes cast in the election
favor the addition of the territory in the new boundaries described
by Section 2 of the Act enacting this subsection to the district,
the district is composed of the territory in those new boundaries,
as that territory may have been modified under Section 3930.107 or
other law. The boundaries of the district contained in Section 2 of
the Act enacting this subsection form a closure. A mistake in the
description of the district contained in Section 2 of the Act
enacting this subsection or in copying the description in the
legislative process does not in any way affect the district's:
(1) organization, existence, or validity; or
(2) legality or operation.
(j) If less than 60 percent of the votes cast in the election
favor the addition of the territory in the new boundaries described
by Section 2 of the Act enacting this subsection to the district:
(1) Subsections (a) and (b) apply to the territory of
the district; and
(2) the new boundaries described by Section 2 of the
Act enacting this subsection are void.
SECTION 2. The Barrett Management District includes all the
territory contained in the area enclosed by:
(1) Sralla Road from Kennings Road to Barbers Hill
Road;
(2) Barbers Hill Road from Sralla Road to Crosby
Lynchburg Road;
(3) Crosby Lynchburg Road from Barbers Hill Road to
Floyd Road;
(4) Floyd Road from Crosby Lynchburg Road to the San
Jacinto River;
(5) the San Jacinto River from Floyd Road to Beaumont
Highway;
(6) Beaumont Highway from the San Jacinto River to
Crosby Lynchburg Road;
(7) Crosby Lynchburg Road from Beaumont Highway to the
northbound U.S. Highway 90 Frontage Road;
(8) the northbound U.S. Highway 90 Frontage Road from
Crosby Lynchburg Road to Kennings Road; and
(9) Kennings Road from the northbound U.S. Highway 90
Frontage Road to Sralla Road.
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,
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 4. 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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4752 was passed by the House on May 7,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 7, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 4752 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 95, Nays 44,
3 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4752 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor