H.B. No. 4577
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Chambers County Improvement
District No. 1 to issue bonds and impose certain taxes or
assessments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 3854.152, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3854.152. ELECTIONS. Except as provided by Section
3854.202, the [The] district shall hold elections as provided by
Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code.
SECTION 2. Section 3854.202, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection
(c) to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [The] district
shall hold an election in the manner provided by Subchapter L,
Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval for
the district to impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable from
ad valorem taxes or assessments.
(c) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply
to the district.
SECTION 3. Section 3854.205(b), Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) A petition under Section 375.114 or 375.243, Local
Government Code, is not required for the board to levy a tax,
assessment, or impact fee to finance improvement projects and
services under this chapter.
SECTION 4. Sections 3854.209(b), (c), and (d), Special
District Local Laws Code, are repealed.
SECTION 5. (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 6. 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, 2021.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4577 was passed by the House on April
30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 105, Nays 36, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4577 was passed by the Senate on May
19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor