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1	2		By: Taylor S.B. No. 2538
2		-	(In the Senate - Filed April 8, 2019; April 8, 2019, read
3		-	first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
4		-	Relations; April 23, 2019, reported favorably by the following
5		-	vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 23, 2019, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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9	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	6		AN ACT
11	7		relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility
12	8		District No. 77; granting a limited power of eminent domain;
13	9		providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose
14	10		assessments, fees, and taxes.
15	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
16	12		SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
17	13		Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8379 to read as follows:
18	14		CHAPTER 8379. BRAZORIA COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 77
19	15		SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
20	16		Sec. 8379.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
21	17		(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
22	18		(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
23	19		Environmental Quality.
24	20		(3) "Director" means a board member.
25	21		(4) "District" means the Brazoria County Municipal
26	22		Utility District No. 77.
27	23		Sec. 8379.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
28	24		municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
29	25		Texas Constitution.
30	26		Sec. 8379.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION
31	27		REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to
32	28		confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
33	29		directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
34	30		Sec. 8379.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
35	31		temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
36	32		8379.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or
37	33		extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has
38	34		consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the
39	35		district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
40	36		Sec. 8379.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
41	37		(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
42	38		(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
43	39		(1) a municipal utility district as provided by
44	40		general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
45	41		(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
46	42		relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
47	43		or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
48	44		improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
49	45		Sec. 8379.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
50	46		district is initially composed of the territory described by
51	47		Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
52	48		(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
53	49		the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the
54	50		field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
55	51		does not affect the district's:
56	52		(1) organization, existence, or validity;
57	53		(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
58	54		for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
59	55		interest on a bond;
60	56		(3) right to impose a tax; or
61	57		(4) legality or operation.
62	58		SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
63		-	Sec. 8379.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district
64		-	is governed by a board of five elected directors.
	59	+	Sec. 8379.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
	60	+	governed by a board of five elected directors.
65	61		(b) Except as provided by Section 8379.0202, directors
66	62		serve staggered four-year terms.
67	63		Sec. 8379.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the
68	64		effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners
69	65		of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the
70	66		district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that
71	67		the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons
72	68		named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary
73	69		directors the five persons named in the petition.
74	70		(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
75	71		(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
76	72		Section 8379.0103; or
77	73		(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
78	74		the Act enacting this chapter.
79	75		(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under
80	76		Section 8379.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have
81	77		expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
82	78		reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that
83	79		expire on the earlier of:
84	80		(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
85	81		Section 8379.0103; or
86	82		(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
87	83		appointment or reappointment.
88	84		(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
89	85		majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
90	86		may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the
91	87		commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five
92	88		persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as
93	89		successor temporary directors the five persons named in the
94	90		petition.
95	91		SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
96	92		Sec. 8379.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
97	93		has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
98	94		which the district is created.
99	95		Sec. 8379.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
100	96		DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the
101	97		general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
102	98		applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
103	99		Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
104	100		Sec. 8379.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section
105	101		52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,
106	102		acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,
107	103		maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for
108	104		operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
109	105		improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
110	106		Sec. 8379.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A
111	107		road project must meet all applicable construction standards,
112	108		zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each
113	109		municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial
114	110		jurisdiction the road project is located.
115	111		(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
116	112		or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
117	113		project must meet all applicable construction standards,
118	114		subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
119	115		the road project is located.
120	116		(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
121	117		Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
122	118		specifications of the road project.
123	119		Sec. 8379.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT
124	120		ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION. The district shall comply with all
125	121		applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is
126	122		adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that
127	123		consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land
128	124		in the district.
129		-	Sec. 8379.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district
130		-	~~may~~ be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:
	125	+	Sec. 8379.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district may
	126	+	be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:
131	127		(1) has never issued any bonds; and
132	128		(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
133	129		(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the
134	130		division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
135	131		duties of the district.
136	132		(c) A new district created by the division of the district
137	133		may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
138	134		outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this
139	135		chapter.
140	136		(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition
141	137		signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of
142	138		the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the
143	139		district.
144	140		(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district
145	141		before or after the date the board holds an election under Section
146	142		8379.0103 to confirm the district's creation.
147	143		(f) An order dividing the district shall:
148	144		(1) name each new district;
149	145		(2) include the metes and bounds description of the
150	146		territory of each new district;
151	147		(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district;
152	148		and
153	149		(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities
154	150		between or among the new districts.
155	151		(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of
156	152		an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order
157	153		with the commission and record the order in the real property
158	154		records of each county in which the district is located.
159	155		(h) A new district created by the division of the district
160	156		shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by
161	157		Section 8379.0103.
162	158		(i) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the
163	159		new district shall provide the election date and results to the
164	160		commission.
165	161		(j) Any new district created by the division of the district
166	162		must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter
167	163		approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue
168	164		bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
169	165		(k) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to
170	166		the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section
171	167		8379.0104 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new
172	168		district created by the division of the district and to the
173	169		inclusion of land in the new district.
174	170		SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
175		-	Sec. 8379.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
176		-	~~(a)~~ The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
	171	+	Sec. 8379.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a)
	172	+	The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
177	173		obligations secured by:
178	174		(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
179	175		(2) contract payments described by Section 8379.0403.
180	176		(b) The district must hold an election in the manner
181	177		provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval
182	178		before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds
183	179		payable from ad valorem taxes.
184	180		(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
185	181		taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
186	182		vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
187	183		election held for that purpose.
188	184		Sec. 8379.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
189	185		authorized at an election held under Section 8379.0401, the
190	186		district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable
191	187		property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water
192	188		Code.
193	189		(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not
194	190		exceed the rate approved at the election.
195	191		Sec. 8379.0403. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with
196	192		Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than
197	193		an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from
198	194		the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of
199	195		the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
200	196		voting at an election held for that purpose.
201	197		(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
202	198		provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
203	199		the board without further voter approval.
204	200		SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
205	201		Sec. 8379.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
206	202		OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations
207	203		payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,
208	204		revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
209	205		combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
210	206		purpose.
211	207		Sec. 8379.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
212	208		issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
213	209		board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
214	210		direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
215	211		or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner
216	212		provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
217	213		Sec. 8379.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
218	214		issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
219	215		issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
220	216		valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
221	217		real property in the district.
222	218		SECTION 2. The Brazoria County Municipal Utility District
223	219		No. 77 initially includes all the territory contained in the
224	220		following area:
225	221		BEING A 705.269 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE CHESTER GORBET
226	222		SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 64, THE H.T. & B. RR., SECTION 5, ABSTRACT NO.
227	223		235 AND THE H.T. & B. RR., SECTION 43, ABSTRACT 256, BRAZORIA
228	224		COUNTY, TEXAS; SAID 705.269 ACRE TRACT OF LAND BEING OUT OF AND A
229	225		PART OF A TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED TO AA SHARP INVESTMENTS, LTD., AS
230	226		DESCRIBED IN DEED RECORDED UNDER COUNTY CLERK'S FILE NO. 2007068904
231	227		OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID
232	228		705.269 ACRE TRACT OF LAND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY
233	229		METES AND BOUNDS IN FOUR TRACTS OF LAND AS FOLLOWS:
234	230		TRACT 1:
235	231		BEGINNING at the southern "cut back" corner of State Highway
236	232		288 west right-of-way line and the north right-of-way line of
237	233		County Road 60;
238	234		THENCE, South 87°06'10" West, 150.29 feet along the north line
239	235		of said County Road 60 to an interior corner of the herein described
240	236		tract;
241	237		THENCE, South 02°53'50" East, 60.00 feet to the centerline of
242	238		said County Road 60 for a point of corner;
243	239		THENCE, in a westerly direction along the south line of the
244	240		herein tract as follow:
245	241		THENCE, South 87°23'21" West, 3589.69 feet along the
246	242		centerline of said County Road 60 to the centerline of County Road
247	243		48 for a point for corner;
248	244		THENCE, South 02°30'30" East, 1045.03 feet along the
249	245		centerline of said County Road 48 to an angle point for corner;
250	246		THENCE, South 87°23'00" West, 3786.31 feet to the Southwest
251	247		corner of the herein described tract;
252	248		THENCE, in a northerly direction along the west line of the
253	249		herein tract as follow:
254	250		THENCE, North 02°48'42" West, 1309.92 feet to an interior
255	251		corner;
256	252		THENCE, South 87°04'08" West, 484.20 feet to an angle point
257	253		for corner;
258	254		THENCE, North 03°21'02" West, 1884.72 feet to the Northwest
259	255		corner of the herein described tract;
260	256		THENCE, in an easterly direction along the north line of the
261	257		herein tract as follow:
262	258		THENCE, North 87°22'55" East, 2011.99 feet to an angle point
263	259		for corner;
264	260		THENCE, South 02°37'05" East, 1078.95 feet to an interior
265	261		corner;
266	262		THENCE, North 87°22'55" East, 2051.99 feet to the centerline
267	263		of said County Road 48 for a point for corner;
268	264		THENCE, North 15°20'43" West, 1106.13 feet along the
269	265		centerline of said County Road 48 to an angle point for corner;
270	266		THENCE, North 87°22'55" East, 5022.48 feet to the Northeast
271	267		corner of the herein described tract and being in the west
272	268		right-of-way line of said State Highway 288 to a point for corner;
273	269		THENCE, in a southeasterly direction along the west line of
274	270		said State Highway 288 as follows:
275	271		THENCE, South 02°37'30" East, 313.81 feet to a point for
276	272		corner;
277	273		THENCE, South 01°22'30" West, 548.62 feet to the beginning of
278	274		a curve to the right;
279	275		THENCE, along the arc of said curve to the right, having a
280	276		chord of South 24°37'30" West, 822.44 feet, a radius of 1041.74
281	277		feet, and a central angle of 46°30'00", a distance of 845.45 feet to
282	278		a point for corner;
283	279		THENCE, South 47°52'30" West, 220.75 feet to the beginning of
284	280		a curve to the left;
285	281		THENCE, along the arc of said curve to the left, having a
286	282		chord of South 25°48'15" West, 345.34 feet, a radius of 485.37 feet,
287	283		and a central angle of 41°40'43", a distance of 353.07 feet to a "cut
288	284		back" corner;
289	285		THENCE, South 43°48'16" West, 72.77 feet to the PLACE OF
290	286		BEGINNING; containing 463.725 acres of land, more or less.
291	287		TRACT 2:
292	288		BEGINNING at the southeast corner of the herein described
293	289		tract and being on the south line of said Chester Gorbet Survey and
294	290		the west right-of-way line of State Highway 288;
295	291		THENCE, South 87°22'55" West, 331.99 feet along the south line
296	292		of said Gorbet Survey to the Southwest corner of the herein
297	293		described tract;
298	294		THENCE, North 02°37'05" West, 1465.62 feet along the west line
299	295		of this tract to the Northwest corner of the herein described tract
300	296		and being the beginning of a non-tangent curve to the right, said
301	297		point being in the west line of said State Highway 288;
302	298		THENCE, in a southeasterly direction along the west line of
303	299		said State Highway 288 as follow:
304	300		THENCE, along the arc of said curve to the right, having a
305	301		chord of South 33°01'25" East, 272.09 feet, a radius of 1273.24
306	302		feet, and a central angle of 12°16'03", a distance of 272.61 feet to
307	303		a point for corner;
308	304		THENCE, North 63°06'36" East, 120.51 feet to the beginning of
309	305		a non-tangent curve to the right;
310	306		THENCE, along the arc of said curve to the right, having a
311	307		chord of South 13°57'24" East, 428.87 feet, a radius of 1091.35
312	308		feet, and a central angle of 22°39'47", a distance of 431.68 feet to
313	309		a point for corner;
314	310		THENCE, South 02°37'30" East, 859.99 feet to the PLACE OF
315	311		BEGINNING; containing 9.672 acres of land, more or less.
316	312		TRACT 3:
317	313		BEGINNING at the northern "cut back" corner of State Highway
318	314		288 east right-of-way line and the south right-of-way line of
319	315		County Road 60;
320	316		THENCE, North 87°06'10" East, 217.49 feet along the south
321	317		right-of-way line of said County Road 60 to the Northeast corner of
322	318		the herein described tract;
323	319		THENCE, South 02°37'05" East, 2087.18 feet along the east line
324	320		to the Southeast corner of the herein described tract;
325	321		THENCE, South 87°22'55" West, 1019.22 feet along the south
326	322		line to the Southwest corner of the herein described tract; said
327	323		point being in the east right-of-way line of said State Highway 288;
328	324		THENCE, in a northerly direction along the east line of said
329	325		State Highway 288 as follow:
330	326		THENCE, North 02°37'35" West, 313.22 feet to an angle point
331	327		for corner;
332	328		THENCE, North 01°22'30" East, 548.47 feet to the beginning of
333	329		a curve to the right;
334	330		THENCE, along the arc of said curve to the right, having a
335	331		chord of North 24°37'30" East, 822.72, a radius of 1041.74 feet, and
336	332		a central angle of 46°31'00", a distance of 845.76 feet to a point
337	333		for corner;
338	334		THENCE, North 47°52'30" East, 220.52 feet to the beginning of
339	335		a curve to the left;
340	336		THENCE, along the arc of said curve to the left, having a
341	337		chord of North 25°45'18" East, 345.34, a radius of 458.37 feet, and a
342	338		central angle of 44°15'34", a distance of 354.08 feet to a point for
343	339		corner;
344	340		THENCE, North 43°48'11" East, 72.77 feet to the PLACE OF
345	341		BEGINNING; containing 38.512 acres of land, more or less.
346	342		TRACT 4:
347	343		BEGINNING at the southern "cut back" corner of State Highway
348	344		288 east right-of-way line and the north right-of-way line of
349	345		County Road 60;
350	346		THENCE, in a northeasterly direction along the east line of
351	347		said State Highway 288 as follow:
352	348		THENCE, North 49°19'36" West, 78.78 feet to the beginning of a
353	349		non-tangent curve to the left;
354	350		THENCE, along the arc of said curve to the left, having a
355	351		chord of North 31°22'42" West, 339.80, a radius of 458.37 feet, and a
356	352		central angle of 43°30'46", a distance of 348.11 feet to a point for
357	353		corner;
358	354		THENCE, North 53°07'30" West, 54.27 feet to the beginning of a
359	355		curve to the right;
360	356		THENCE, along the arc of said curve to the right, having a
361	357		chord of North 32°52'30" West, 881.38, a radius of 1273.24 feet, and
362	358		a central angle of 40°30'00", a distance of 900.00 feet to a point
363	359		for corner;
364	360		THENCE, North 12°37'30" West, 571.47 feet to a point for
365	361		corner;
366	362		THENCE, North 02°37'30" West, 364.45 feet to the Northwest
367	363		corner of the herein described tract;
368	364		THENCE, in an easterly direction along the north line of the
369	365		herein tract as follow:
370	366		THENCE, North 87°22'55" West, 1025.00 feet to an interior
371	367		corner;
372	368		THENCE, North 02°37'05" West, 438.06 feet to an angle point
373	369		for corner;
374	370		THENCE, North 87°22'55" East, 534.76 feet to an angle point
375	371		for corner;
376	372		THENCE, South 02°37'05" East, 23.06 feet to an interior
377	373		corner;
378	374		THENCE, North 87°22'55" East, 1853.42 feet to an exterior
379	375		corner;
380	376		THENCE, South 02°37'05" East, 893.97 feet to an interior
381	377		corner;
382	378		THENCE, North 87°07'26" East, 2710.71 feet to an exterior
383	379		corner;
384	380		THENCE, South 02°52'34" East, 1692.20 feet to the Southeast
385	381		corner of the herein described tract and being in the centerline of
386	382		said County Road 60 for a point for corner;
387	383		THENCE, in a westerly direction along the south line of the
388	384		herein tract as follow:
389	385		THENCE, South 87°10'14" West, 923.16 feet along the
390	386		centerline of said County Road 60 to an angle point for corner;
391	387		THENCE, North 02°52'34" West, 947.37 feet along the
392	388		centerline of County Road 65 to an angle point for corner;
393	389		THENCE, South 87°22'55" West, 4180.39 feet to an interior
394	390		corner;
395	391		THENCE, South 02°37'05" East, 858.91 feet to the north line of
396	392		said County Road 60;
397	393		THENCE, South 87°06'10" West, 217.50 feet to the POINT OF
398	394		BEGINNING and containing 193.360 acres of land; more or less, for a
399	395		TOTAL ACREAGE of 705.269 ACRES.
400	396		SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
401	397		introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
402	398		Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
403	399		copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
404	400		officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
405	401		under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
406	402		Government Code.
407	403		(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
408	404		submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
409	405		Environmental Quality.
410	406		(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
411	407		its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
412	408		lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
413	409		representatives within the required time.
414	410		(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
415	411		state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
416	412		to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
417	413		and accomplished.
418	414		SECTION 4. (a) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds
419	415		vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter
420	416		8379, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
421	417		this Act, is amended by adding Section 8379.0307 to read as follows:
422	418		Sec. 8379.0307. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
423	419		not exercise the power of eminent domain.
424	420		(b) This section is not intended to be an expression of a
425	421		legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),
426	422		Article I, Texas Constitution.
427	423		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
428	424		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
429	425		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
430	426		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
431	427		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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