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1		-	S.B. No. 2208
	1	+	By: Springer S.B. No. 2208
	2	+	(Stucky)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to the creation of the Rocky Top Ranch Municipal Utility
6	8		District of Denton County; granting a limited power of eminent
7	9		domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to
8	10		impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
9	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	12		SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
11	13		Code, is amended by adding Chapter 7905 to read as follows:
12	14		CHAPTER 7905. ROCKY TOP RANCH MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT OF DENTON
13	15		COUNTY
14	16		SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
15	17		Sec. 7905.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
16	18		(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
17	19		(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
18	20		Environmental Quality.
19	21		(3) "Director" means a board member.
20	22		(4) "District" means the Rocky Top Ranch Municipal
21	23		Utility District of Denton County.
22	24		Sec. 7905.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
23	25		municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI,
24	26		Texas Constitution.
25	27		Sec. 7905.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION
26	28		REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to
27	29		confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent
28	30		directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
29	31		Sec. 7905.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The
30	32		temporary directors may not hold an election under Section
31	33		7905.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or
32	34		extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has
33	35		consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the
34	36		district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
35	37		Sec. 7905.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
36	38		(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.
37	39		(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
38	40		(1) a municipal utility district as provided by
39	41		general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
40	42		(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
41	43		relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
42	44		or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
43	45		improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
44	46		Sec. 7905.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
45	47		district is initially composed of the territory described by
46	48		Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
47	49		(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
48	50		the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the
49	51		field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
50	52		does not affect the district's:
51	53		(1) organization, existence, or validity;
52	54		(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes
53	55		for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
54	56		interest on a bond;
55	57		(3) right to impose a tax; or
56	58		(4) legality or operation.
57	59		SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
58	60		Sec. 7905.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
59	61		governed by a board of five elected directors.
60	62		(b) Except as provided by Section 7905.0202, directors
61	63		serve staggered four-year terms.
62	64		Sec. 7905.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the
63	65		effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners
64	66		of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the
65	67		district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that
66	68		the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons
67	69		named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary
68	70		directors the five persons named in the petition.
69	71		(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
70	72		(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
71	73		Section 7905.0103; or
72	74		(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
73	75		the Act enacting this chapter.
74	76		(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under
75	77		Section 7905.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have
76	78		expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
77	79		reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that
78	80		expire on the earlier of:
79	81		(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
80	82		Section 7905.0103; or
81	83		(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
82	84		appointment or reappointment.
83	85		(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
84	86		majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
85	87		may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the
86	88		commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five
87	89		persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as
88	90		successor temporary directors the five persons named in the
89	91		petition.
90	92		SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
91	93		Sec. 7905.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
92	94		has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
93	95		which the district is created.
94	96		Sec. 7905.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
95	97		DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the
96	98		general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
97	99		applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
98	100		Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
99	101		Sec. 7905.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section
100	102		52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,
101	103		acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,
102	104		maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for
103	105		operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
104	106		improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
105	107		Sec. 7905.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A
106	108		road project must meet all applicable construction standards,
107	109		zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each
108	110		municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial
109	111		jurisdiction the road project is located.
110	112		(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
111	113		or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
112	114		project must meet all applicable construction standards,
113	115		subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
114	116		the road project is located.
115	117		(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
116	118		Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
117	119		specifications of the road project.
118	120		Sec. 7905.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT
119	121		ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION. The district shall comply with all
120	122		applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is
121	123		adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that
122	124		consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land
123	125		in the district.
124	126		Sec. 7905.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district may
125	127		be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:
126	128		(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and
127	129		(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
128	130		(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the
129	131		division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
130	132		duties of the district.
131	133		(c) A new district created by the division of the district
132	134		may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
133	135		outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this
134	136		chapter.
135	137		(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition
136	138		signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of
137	139		the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the
138	140		district.
139	141		(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district
140	142		before or after the date the board holds an election under Section
141	143		7905.0103 to confirm the district's creation.
142	144		(f) An order dividing the district shall:
143	145		(1) name each new district;
144	146		(2) include the metes and bounds description of the
145	147		territory of each new district;
146	148		(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district;
147	149		and
148	150		(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities
149	151		between the new districts.
150	152		(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of
151	153		an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order
152	154		with the commission and record the order in the real property
153	155		records of each county in which the district is located.
154	156		(h) Any new district created by the division of the district
155	157		shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by
156	158		Section 7905.0103. If the voters of a new district do not confirm
157	159		the creation of the new district, the assets, obligations,
158	160		territory, and governance of the new district revert to the
159	161		original district.
160	162		(i) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the
161	163		new district shall provide the election date and results to the
162	164		commission.
163	165		(j) Any new district created by the division of the district
164	166		must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter
165	167		approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue
166	168		bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
167	169		(k) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to
168	170		the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section
169	171		7905.0104 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new
170	172		district created by the division of the district and to the
171	173		inclusion of land in the new district.
172	174		SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
173	175		Sec. 7905.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a)
174	176		The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other
175	177		obligations secured by:
176	178		(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or
177	179		(2) contract payments described by Section 7905.0403.
178	180		(b) The district must hold an election in the manner
179	181		provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval
180	182		before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds
181	183		payable from ad valorem taxes.
182	184		(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
183	185		taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
184	186		vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
185	187		election held for that purpose.
186	188		Sec. 7905.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
187	189		authorized at an election held under Section 7905.0401, the
188	190		district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable
189	191		property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water
190	192		Code.
191	193		(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not
192	194		exceed the rate approved at the election.
193	195		Sec. 7905.0403. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with
194	196		Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than
195	197		an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from
196	198		the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of
197	199		the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters
198	200		voting at an election held for that purpose.
199	201		(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a
200	202		provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by
201	203		the board without further voter approval.
202	204		SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
203	205		Sec. 7905.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
204	206		OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations
205	207		payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees,
206	208		revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any
207	209		combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district
208	210		purpose.
209	211		Sec. 7905.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
210	212		issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
211	213		board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
212	214		direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
213	215		or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner
214	216		provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
215	217		Sec. 7905.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
216	218		issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
217	219		issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
218	220		valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
219	221		real property in the district.
220	222		SECTION 2. Rocky Top Ranch Municipal Utility District of
221	223		Denton County initially includes all the territory contained in the
222	224		following area:
223	225		Tract 1:
224	226		BEING A 152.226 ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE JOHN B. CRAWFORD
225	227		SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 224, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING ALL OF A
226	228		CALLED 60.030 ACRE TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED TO GARLAND R. BOYD, AS
227	229		RECORDED IN VOLUME 2715, PAGE 650, OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS, DENTON
228	230		COUNTY, TEXAS, AND THE REMAINING PORTION OF A CALLED 115.3885 ACRE
229	231		TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED TO GARLAND R. BOYD AND JOSEPHINE BOYD, AS
230	232		RECORDED IN VOLUME 1483, PAGE 250, REAL PROPERTY RECORDS, DENTON
231	233		COUNTY, TEXAS. SAID 152.226 ACRE TRACT BEING MORE PARTICULARLY
232	234		DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:
233	235		BEGINNING AT A 1/2" CAPPED IRON ROD STAMPED "TRANSGLOBAL SERVICES"
234	236		SET FOR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID 152.226 ACRE TRACT, FROM WHICH
235	237		A 1/2" IRON ROD FOUND BEARS S 89°57'04" W, A DISTANCE OF 1302.00
236	238		FEET. SAID 1/2" CAPPED IRON ROD STAMPED "TRANSGLOBAL SERVICES"
237	239		BEING CALLED THE POINT OF BEGINNING AND HAVING A TEXAS COORDINATE
238	240		SYSTEM OF 1983, TEXAS NORTH CENTRAL ZONE (4202), STATE PLANE
239	241		COORDINATE OF N:7140353.10, E:2323847.58 FEET, FOR REFERENCE.
240	242		THENCE, N 89°57'04" E, A DISTANCE OF 1056.17 FEET TO A 1/2" CAPPED
241	243		IRON ROD STAMPED "TRANSGLOBAL SERVICES" SET FOR CORNER ON THE NORTH
242	244		LINE OF SAID 152.226 ACRE TRACT;
243	245		THENCE, N 89°57'04" E, A DISTANCE OF 777.30 FEET TO A 1/2" CAPPED
244	246		IRON ROD STAMPED "TRANSGLOBAL SERVICES" SET FOR CORNER ON THE NORTH
245	247		LINE OF SAID 152.226 ACRE TRACT;
246	248		THENCE, S 07°20'11" E, A DISTANCE OF 23.45 FEET TO A FENCE CORNER
247	249		POST FOUND FOR CORNER OF SAID 152.226 ACRE TRACT;
248	250		THENCE, S 89°44'52" E, A DISTANCE OF 834.84 FEET TO A 1/2" CAPPED
249	251		IRON ROD STAMPED "TRANSGLOBAL SERVICES" SET FOR THE NORTHEAST
250	252		CORNER OF SAID 152.226 ACRE TRACT;
251	253		THENCE, S 00°24'16" W, A DISTANCE OF 2474.53 FEET TO A 1/2" CAPPED
252	254		IRON ROD STAMPED "TRANSGLOBAL SERVICES" SET FOR THE SOUTHEAST
253	255		CORNER OF SAID 152.226 ACRE TRACT ON THE NORTH LINE OF JACKSON ROAD;
254	256		THENCE WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID 152.226 ACRE TRACT THE FOLLOWING
255	257		COURSES AND DISTANCES:
256	258		N 89°34'11" W, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF JACKSON ROAD, A
257	259		DISTANCE OF 167.02 FEET TO A BENT 1" IRON ROD FOUND FOR
258	260		CORNER;
259	261		S 00°29'47" W, OVER AND ACROSS SAID JACKSON ROAD, A DISTANCE
260	262		OF 40.00 FEET TO A 1/2" CAPPED IRON ROD STAMPED "TRANSGLOBAL
261	263		SERVICES" SET FOR AN ANGLE POINT OF SAID 152.226 ACRE TRACT;
262	264		N 89°10'42" W, A DISTANCE OF 400.35 FEET TO A 1/2" CAPPED IRON
263	265		ROD STAMPED "TRANSGLOBAL SERVICES" SET FOR CORNER;
264	266		N 00°29'47" E, OVER AND ACROSS SAID JACKSON ROAD, A DISTANCE
265	267		OF 40.00 FEET TO A 5/8" IRON ROD FOUND FOR CORNER ON THE NORTH
266	268		LINE OF JACKSON ROAD;
267	269		N 89°13'48" W, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID JACKSON ROAD, A
268	270		DISTANCE OF 1046.07 FEET TO A FENCE CORNER POST FOR CORNER;
269	271		N 89°37'45" W, CONTINUING ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF JACKSON
270	272		ROAD, A DISTANCE OF 1055.80 FEET TO FENCE POST FOUND FOR
271	273		THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID 152.226 ACRE TRACT;
272	274		THENCE, N 00°21'12" E, DEPARTING SAID NORTH LINE OF JACKSON ROAD,
273	275		WITH THE WEST LINE OF SAID 152.226 ACRE TRACT, A DISTANCE OF 2471.99
274	276		FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 152.226 ACRES OR
275	277		6,630,966 SQUARE FEET OF LAND, MORE OR LESS.
276	278		Tract 2:
277	279		BEING A 247.889 ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE JOHN B. CRAWFORD
278	280		SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 224, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING ALL OF A
279	281		CALLED 247.194 ACRE TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED TO BORUCH FRISHMAN AS
280	282		RECORDED IN VOLUME 1282, PAGE 412, OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS, DENTON
281	283		COUNTY, TEXAS. SAID 247.889 ACRE TRACT BEING MORE PARTICULARLY
282	284		DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:
283	285		BEGINNING AT A 1/2" CAPPED IRON ROD STAMPED "TRANSGLOBAL SERVICES"
284	286		SET FOR THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID 247.889 ACRE TRACT, FROM WHICH
285	287		A 1/2" IRON ROD FOUND BEARS S 89°57'04" W, A DISTANCE OF 1597.05
286	288		FEET. SAID 1/2" CAPPED IRON ROD STAMPED "TRANSGLOBAL SERVICES"
287	289		BEING CALLED THE POINT OF BEGINNING AND HAVING A TEXAS COORDINATE
288	290		SYSTEM OF 1983, TEXAS NORTH CENTRAL ZONE (4202), STATE PLANE
289	291		COORDINATE OF N: 7140353.35, E: 2324142.63 FEET, FOR REFERENCE.
290	292		THENCE FROM SAID POINT OF BEGINNING, N 00°12'15" W, A DISTANCE OF
291	293		2466.89 FEET TO A 1/2" CAPPED IRON ROD STAMPED "TRANSGLOBAL
292	294		SERVICES" SET FOR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID 247.889 ACRE TRACT;
293	295		THENCE, S 89°45'15" E, A DISTANCE OF 3170.12 FEET TO A 1/2" IRON PIPE
294	296		FOUND FOR CORNER OF SAID 247.889 ACRE TRACT;
295	297		THENCE, S 00°24'01" W, A DISTANCE OF 603.03 FEET TO A FENCE CORNER
296	298		POST FOUND FOR CORNER OF SAID 247.889 ACRE TRACT, FROM WHICH A 1/2"
297	299		IRON ROD FOUND BEARS S 04°21'04" E, A DISTANCE OF 0.28 FEET;
298	300		THENCE, S 89°30'52" E, A DISTANCE OF 1623.61 FEET TO A 1/2" CAPPED
299	301		IRON ROD STAMPED "TRANSGLOBAL SERVICES" SET FOR CORNER OF SAID
300	302		247.889 ACRE TRACT AND BEING IN RIPY ROAD, FROM WHICH AN IRON ROD
301	303		FOUND BEARS N 00°07'28" W, A DISTANCE OF 604.87 FEET;
302	304		THENCE, S 00°06'47" E, ALONG SAID RIPY ROAD, A DISTANCE OF 1832.41
303	305		FEET TO A 1/2" CAPPED IRON ROD STAMPED "TRANSGLOBAL SERVICES" SET
304	306		FOR THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID 247.889 ACRE TRACT IN RIPY ROAD;
305	307		THENCE WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID 247.889 ACRE TRACT THE FOLLOWING
306	308		COURSES AND DISTANCES:
307	309		S 89°57'04" W, A DISTANCE OF 2002.33 FEET TO A 1/2" CAPPED IRON
308	310		ROD STAMPED "TRANSGLOBAL SERVICES" SET FOR CORNER OF SAID
309	311		247.889 ACRE TRACT;
310	312		S 01°21'57" W, A DISTANCE OF 29.78 FEET TO A FENCE CORNER POST
311	313		FOUND FOR CORNER OF SAID 247.889 ACRE TRACT;
312	314		N 89°44'52" W, A DISTANCE OF 1239.81 FEET TO A FENCE CORNER
313	315		POST FOUND FOR CORNER OF SAID 247.889 ACRE TRACT;
314	316		N 07°20'11" W, A DISTANCE OF 23.45 FEET TO A 1/2" CAPPED IRON
315	317		ROD STAMPED "TRANSGLOBAL SERVICES" SET FOR CORNER OF SAID
316	318		247.889 ACRE TRACT;
317	319		THENCE, S 89°57'04" W, CONTINUING WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID
318	320		247.889 ACRE TRACT A DISTANCE OF 1538.42 FEET TO TO THE POINT OF
319	321		BEGINNING, CONTAINING 247.889 ACRES OR 10,798,024 SQUARE FEET OF
320	322		LAND, MORE OR LESS.
321	323		SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
322	324		introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
323	325		Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
324	326		copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
325	327		officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
326	328		under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
327	329		Government Code.
328	330		(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
329	331		submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
330	332		Environmental Quality.
331	333		(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
332	334		its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
333	335		lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
334	336		representatives within the required time.
335	337		(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
336	338		state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
337	339		to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
338	340		and accomplished.
339	341		SECTION 4. (a) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds
340	342		vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter
341	343		7905, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of
342	344		this Act, is amended by adding Section 7905.0307 to read as follows:
343	345		Sec. 7905.0307. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
344	346		not exercise the power of eminent domain.
345	347		(b) This section is not intended to be an expression of a
346	348		legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c),
347	349		Article I, Texas Constitution.
348	350		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
349	351		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
350	352		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
351	353		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
352	354		Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
353		-	______________________________ ______________________________
354		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
355		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2208 passed the Senate on
356		-	May 5, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
357		-	______________________________
358		-	Secretary of the Senate
359		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2208 passed the House on
360		-	May 8, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 107, Nays 32, two present
361		-	not voting.
362		-	______________________________
363		-	Chief Clerk of the House
364		-	Approved:
365		-	______________________________
366		-	Date
367		-	______________________________
368		-	Governor