87R21688 SLB-D
By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 4624
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the territory of the Horizon Regional Municipal Utility
District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 32, Acts of the 57th Legislature, 1st
Called Session, 1961, is amended by adding Section 2A to read as
follows:
Sec. 2A. (a) In this section:
(1) "Area" means the area described by Subsection (c)
of this section.
(2) "District" means the Horizon Regional Municipal
Utility District.
(b) The inclusion of the area into the territory of the
district is contingent on an election being held within the area and
the successful passage of a proposition on the question of:
(1) inclusion of the area in the district;
(2) authorizing the assumption by the area of a
proportional part of the bonds, notes, obligations, and taxes of
the district outstanding at the time of the election; and
(3) authorizing the assumption by the area of a
proportional part of the bonds payable wholly or partly by taxes
that have been previously approved but not yet issued or sold by
the district and the imposition of a tax on all taxable property
within the area along with a tax on the rest of the district for
payment of those bonds.
(c) The following area may be included in the district as
described by Subsection (b) of this section:
"TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING" being a found 1" iron rod held for the
common corner of Sections 39, 38,46, and 47, Block 78, Township 3,
Texas and Pacific Railway Company Surveys and having Texas State
Plane Coordinates N=10,617,593.31, E=493,881.12.
Thence, South 02'25°56" West a distance of 1,318.09 feet to a
point;
Thence, North 87'00°52" West a distance of 1,315.55 feet to a
found 5/8"" rebar;
Thence, North 02'25°56" East a distance of 1,318.04 feet to a
found 1/2" rebar with cap "2998";
Thence, South 87'00°59" East a distance of 1315.55 feet to
"TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING" and containing in all 1,733,899 square
feet or 39.8048 acres of land more or less.
SECTION 2. (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 3. 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.