Texas 2021 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2261 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/24/2021

                    87R10073 CXP-F
 By: Wu H.B. No. 2261


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the authority of a municipal management district to
 provide public education facilities and public education-related
 supplemental services.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 375.112(a), Local Government Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (a)  An improvement project or services provided by the
 district may include the construction, acquisition, improvement,
 relocation, operation, maintenance, or provision of:
 (1)  landscaping; lighting, banners, and signs;
 streets and sidewalks; pedestrian skywalks, crosswalks, and
 tunnels; seawalls; marinas; drainage and navigation improvements;
 pedestrian malls; solid waste, water, sewer, and power facilities,
 including electrical, gas, steam, cogeneration, and chilled water
 facilities; parks, plazas, lakes, rivers, bayous, ponds, and
 recreation and scenic areas; public education facilities; historic
 areas; fountains; works of art; off-street parking facilities, bus
 terminals, heliports, and mass transit systems; theatres, studios,
 exhibition halls, production facilities and ancillary facilities
 in support of the foregoing; and the cost of any demolition in
 connection with providing any of the improvement projects;
 (2)  other improvements similar to those described in
 Subdivision (1);
 (3)  the acquisition of real property or any interest
 in real property in connection with an improvement, project, or
 services authorized by this chapter, Chapter 54, Water Code, or
 Chapter 365 or 441, Transportation Code;
 (4)  special supplemental services for advertising,
 economic development, promoting the area in the district, health
 and sanitation, public safety, public education, maintenance,
 security, business recruitment, development, elimination or relief
 of traffic congestion, recreation, and cultural enhancement; and
 (5)  expenses incurred in the establishment,
 administration, maintenance, and operation of the district or any
 of its improvements, projects, or services.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.