| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 2867 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to the date of dissolution of the Save Historic Muny |
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| 6 | 6 | | District. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 3988.0302(d), Special District Local |
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| 9 | 9 | | Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | (d) The district may enter into a contract with the city to |
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| 11 | 11 | | allow the city to provide to the district revenue from fees |
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| 12 | 12 | | collected by the city from municipally owned utility customers in |
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| 13 | 13 | | the district in exchange for the district providing an improvement |
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| 14 | 14 | | project or service that provides a public benefit to the city. The |
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| 15 | 15 | | district may not enter into a contract described by this subsection |
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| 16 | 16 | | unless the district enters into an agreement before May 31, 2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | [2023], with the owner of the land used for the historic Lions |
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| 18 | 18 | | Municipal Golf Course that provides for the purchase of the land or |
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| 19 | 19 | | a method of preserving the land as a public golf course, publicly |
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| 20 | 20 | | available parkland, or a combination of those uses. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Section 3988.0901, Special District Local Laws |
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| 22 | 22 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | Sec. 3988.0901. DISSOLUTION. Except as limited by Section |
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| 24 | 24 | | 375.264, Local Government Code, the board shall dissolve the |
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| 25 | 25 | | district not later than May 31, 2025 [2023], unless, as of that |
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| 26 | 26 | | date, the district has entered into an agreement with the owner of |
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| 27 | 27 | | the land used for the historic Lions Municipal Golf Course that |
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| 28 | 28 | | provides for the purchase of the land or a method of preserving the |
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| 29 | 29 | | land as a public golf course, publicly available parkland, or a |
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| 30 | 30 | | combination of those uses. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 32 | 32 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 33 | 33 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 36 | 36 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 37 | 37 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 38 | 38 | | I certify that H.B. No. 2867 was passed by the House on May 6, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 124, Nays 10, 2 present, not |
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| 40 | 40 | | voting. |
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| 41 | 41 | | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 43 | 43 | | I certify that H.B. No. 2867 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 44 | 44 | | 18, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 2, 1 present, not |
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| 45 | 45 | | voting. |
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| 46 | 46 | | ______________________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 48 | 48 | | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Date |
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| 50 | 50 | | _____________________ |
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| 51 | 51 | | Governor |
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