H.B. No. 2867
AN ACT
relating to the date of dissolution of the Save Historic Muny
District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 3988.0302(d), Special District Local
Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
(d) The district may enter into a contract with the city to
allow the city to provide to the district revenue from fees
collected by the city from municipally owned utility customers in
the district in exchange for the district providing an improvement
project or service that provides a public benefit to the city. The
district may not enter into a contract described by this subsection
unless the district enters into an agreement before May 31, 2025
[2023], with the owner of the land used for the historic Lions
Municipal Golf Course that provides for the purchase of the land or
a method of preserving the land as a public golf course, publicly
available parkland, or a combination of those uses.
SECTION 2. Section 3988.0901, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3988.0901. DISSOLUTION. Except as limited by Section
375.264, Local Government Code, the board shall dissolve the
district not later than May 31, 2025 [2023], unless, as of that
date, the district has entered into an agreement with the owner of
the land used for the historic Lions Municipal Golf Course that
provides for the purchase of the land or a method of preserving the
land as a public golf course, publicly available parkland, or a
combination of those uses.
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, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2867 was passed by the House on May 6,
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 124, Nays 10, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2867 was passed by the Senate on May
18, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 2, 1 present, not
voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor