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1	1	By: Wilson (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) H.B. No. 5397
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 2023;
3	3	May 15, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
4	4	Government; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by the following
5	5	vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.)
6	6	Click here to see the committee vote
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9	9	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	10	AN ACT
11	11	relating to the name, powers, and duties of the 3 B&J Municipal
12	12	Utility District.
13	13	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	14	SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 8221, Special District
15	15	Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
16	16	CHAPTER 8221. WILLIAMSON COUNTY [3 B&J] MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
17	17	NO. 51
18	18	SECTION 2. Section 8221.001(3), Special District Local Laws
19	19	Code, is amended to read as follows:
20	20	(3) "District" means the Williamson County [3 B&J]
21	21	Municipal Utility District No. 51.
22	22	SECTION 3. Section 8221.202, Special District Local Laws
23	23	Code, is amended to read as follows:
24	24	Sec. 8221.202. TAXES FOR BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. At
25	25	the time bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad
26	26	valorem taxes are issued,[:
27	27	[(1)] the board shall provide for the annual
28	28	imposition of [impose] a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax,
29	29	without limit to the rate or amount of the tax while all or part of
30	30	the bonds are outstanding as provided by Sections 54.601 and
31	31	54.602, Water Code [at a rate not to exceed the rate approved at an
32	32	election held under Section 8221.151, for each year that all or part
33	33	of the bonds are outstanding; and
34	34	[(2) the district annually shall impose an ad valorem
35	35	tax on all taxable property in the district in an amount sufficient
36	36	to:
37	37	[(A) pay the interest on the bonds or other
38	38	obligations as the interest becomes due;
39	39	[(B) create a sinking fund for the payment of the
40	40	principal of the bonds or other obligations when due or the
41	41	redemption price at any earlier required redemption date; and
42	42	[(C) pay the expenses of imposing the taxes].
43	43	SECTION 4. Sections 8221.003(b), 8221.105, 8221.106,
44	44	8221.107, and 8221.108, Special District Local Laws Code, are
45	45	repealed.
46	46	SECTION 5. The Williamson County Municipal Utility District
47	47	No. 51 retains all the rights, powers, privileges, authority,
48	48	duties, and functions that it had before the effective date of this
49	49	Act.
50	50	SECTION 6. (a) The legislature validates and confirms all
51	51	governmental acts and proceedings of the Williamson County
52	52	Municipal Utility District No. 51 that were taken before the
53	53	effective date of this Act.
54	54	(b) The legislature validates and confirms all governmental
55	55	acts and proceedings relating to the creation and the consent to the
56	56	creation of the Williamson County Municipal Utility District
57	57	No. 51.
58	58	(c) This section does not apply to any matter that on the
59	59	effective date of this Act:
60	60	(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation
61	61	ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court
62	62	judgment; or
63	63	(2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment.
64	64	SECTION 7. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
65	65	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
66	66	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
67	67	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
68	68	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
69	69	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
70	70	Government Code.
71	71	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
72	72	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
73	73	Environmental Quality.
74	74	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
75	75	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
76	76	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
77	77	representatives within the required time.
78	78	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
79	79	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
80	80	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
81	81	and accomplished.
82	82	SECTION 8. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
83	83	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
84	84	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
85	85	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
86	86	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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