Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1	86R20918 SLB-F
2	2	By: Fallon S.B. No. 2546
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	relating to the powers and duties of the Collin County Municipal
7	7	Utility District No. 2; providing authority to issue bonds and
8	8	impose fees and taxes.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
11	11	Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8097 to read as follows:
12	12	CHAPTER 8097. COLLIN COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2
13	13	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
14	14	Sec. 8097.0101. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district"
15	15	means the Collin County Municipal Utility District No. 2.
16	16	Sec. 8097.0102. NATURE AND PURPOSES OF DISTRICT. (a) The
17	17	district is a municipal utility district in Collin County created
18	18	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
19	19	(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
20	20	(1) a municipal utility district as provided by
21	21	general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
22	22	(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
23	23	relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
24	24	or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
25	25	improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
26	26	SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES
27	27	Sec. 8097.0201. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
28	28	has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
29	29	which the district is created.
30	30	Sec. 8097.0202. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
31	31	DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the
32	32	general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
33	33	applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
34	34	Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
35	35	Sec. 8097.0203. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section
36	36	52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,
37	37	acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,
38	38	maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for
39	39	operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
40	40	improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
41	41	Sec. 8097.0204. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A
42	42	road project must meet all applicable construction standards and
43	43	regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or
44	44	extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.
45	45	(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
46	46	or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
47	47	project must meet all applicable construction standards and
48	48	regulations of each county in which the road project is located.
49	49	(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
50	50	Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
51	51	specifications of the road project.
52	52	Sec. 8097.0205. MAINTENANCE OF ROADS IN TERRITORY OUTSIDE
53	53	CORPORATE LIMITS OF CITY. If district territory, or a portion of
54	54	district territory, is located outside the corporate limits of the
55	55	city, the district shall maintain any road the district constructs
56	56	located in that territory.
57	57	SUBCHAPTER C. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
58	58	Sec. 8097.0301. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
59	59	OBLIGATIONS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. (a) The district may issue bonds or
60	60	other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes,
61	61	revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
62	62	combination of those sources, to pay for a road project authorized
63	63	by Section 8097.0203.
64	64	(b) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
65	65	taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
66	66	vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
67	67	election held for that purpose.
68	68	(c) At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of
69	69	bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road
70	70	projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed
71	71	one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the
72	72	district.
73	73	Sec. 8097.0302. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
74	74	issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
75	75	district shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
76	76	direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
77	77	or part of the bonds are outstanding.
78	78	SECTION 2. The Collin County Municipal Utility District
79	79	No. 2 retains all the rights, powers, privileges, authority,
80	80	duties, and functions that it had before the effective date of this
81	81	Act.
82	82	SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
83	83	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
84	84	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
85	85	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
86	86	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
87	87	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
88	88	Government Code.
89	89	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
90	90	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
91	91	Environmental Quality.
92	92	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
93	93	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
94	94	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
95	95	representatives within the required time.
96	96	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
97	97	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
98	98	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
99	99	and accomplished.
100	100	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
101	101	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
102	102	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
103	103	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
104	104	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.