H.B. No. 4614
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Brazoria Drainage District Number
Four to impose a maintenance tax and the validation of certain acts
of the Brazoria Drainage District Number Four.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 19, Chapter 991, Acts of the 74th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, is amended by adding Subsection
(e) to read as follows:
(e) This section applies only to a maintenance tax levied
and collected under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article
XVI, Texas Constitution.
SECTION 2. Chapter 991, Acts of the 74th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1995, is amended by adding Section 19A to read as
follows:
Sec. 19A. MAINTENANCE TAX: SECTION 52, ARTICLE III. The
district may impose a maintenance tax under the powers conferred by
Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, as authorized by
Chapter 7, Acts of the 41st Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1929.
SECTION 3. The legislature validates and confirms all
governmental acts and proceedings of Brazoria Drainage District
Number Four before the effective date of this Act in imposing a
maintenance tax.
SECTION 4. (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, the
lieutenant governor, and the 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 are fulfilled
and accomplished.
SECTION 5. 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. 4614 was passed by the House on May 8,
2021, by the following vote: Yeas 109, Nays 30, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 4614 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 96, Nays 51,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4614 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 27, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor