| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to the authority of the Chambers County Improvement |
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| 6 | 12 | | District No. 1 to issue bonds and impose certain taxes or |
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| 7 | 13 | | assessments. |
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| 8 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Section 3854.152, Special District Local Laws |
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| 10 | 16 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 17 | | Sec. 3854.152. ELECTIONS. Except as provided by Section |
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| 12 | 18 | | 3854.202, the [The] district shall hold elections as provided by |
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| 13 | 19 | | Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code. |
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| 14 | 20 | | SECTION 2. Section 3854.202, Special District Local Laws |
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| 15 | 21 | | Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection |
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| 16 | 22 | | (c) to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 23 | | (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [The] district |
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| 18 | 24 | | shall hold an election in the manner provided by Subchapter L, |
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| 19 | 25 | | Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval for |
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| 20 | 26 | | the district to impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable from |
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| 21 | 27 | | ad valorem taxes or assessments. |
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| 22 | 28 | | (c) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply |
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| 23 | 29 | | to the district. |
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| 24 | 30 | | SECTION 3. Section 3854.205(b), Special District Local Laws |
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| 25 | 31 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 26 | 32 | | (b) A petition under Section 375.114 or 375.243, Local |
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| 27 | 33 | | Government Code, is not required for the board to levy a tax, |
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| 28 | 34 | | assessment, or impact fee to finance improvement projects and |
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| 29 | 35 | | services under this chapter. |
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| 30 | 36 | | SECTION 4. Sections 3854.209(b), (c), and (d), Special |
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| 31 | 37 | | District Local Laws Code, are repealed. |
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| 32 | 38 | | SECTION 5. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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| 33 | 39 | | introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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| 34 | 40 | | Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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| 35 | 41 | | copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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| 36 | 42 | | officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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| 37 | 43 | | under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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| 38 | 44 | | Government Code. |
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| 39 | 45 | | (b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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| 40 | 46 | | submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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| 41 | 47 | | Environmental Quality. |
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| 42 | 48 | | (c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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| 43 | 49 | | its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, |
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| 44 | 50 | | lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives |
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| 45 | 51 | | within the required time. |
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| 46 | 52 | | (d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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| 47 | 53 | | state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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| 48 | 54 | | to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act have been |
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| 49 | 55 | | fulfilled and accomplished. |
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| 50 | 56 | | SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 51 | 57 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 52 | 58 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 53 | 59 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 54 | 60 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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