By: Goldman H.B. No. 5418
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the powers, duties, operation, administration, and
board of directors of the Karis Municipal Management District of
Tarrant County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 80026A to read as follows:
CHAPTER 8026A. KARIS MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT OF
TARRANT COUNTY
Sec. 8026A.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
(3) "Director" means a board member.
(4) "District" means the Karis Municipal Management
District of Tarrant County.
Sec. 8026A.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
municipal management district created by order of the commission
under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution and operating
under Chapter 375, Local Government Code.
Sec. 8026A.0103. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district
is governed by a board of five directors.
(b) Except as provided by Section 8026A.0104, directors
serve staggered four-year terms.
(c) The initial directors were appointed with terms by the
commission to serve until their successors are elected or have been
appointed in accordance with applicable law.
(d) Subsequent directors shall be elected in the manner
provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Water Code.
(e) Section 375.064, Local Government Code, does not apply
to the District.
Sec. 8026A.0104. DIRECTORS. (a) The current terms of
directors initially appointed by the commission to serve two-year
terms shall expire on the date of the general May election in 2024,
and the current terms of directors initially appointed by the
commission to serve four-year terms shall expire on the date of the
general May election in 2026.
(b) If successor directors have not been elected and the
terms of the initial directors have expired, successor directors
shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (c) to
serve terms that expire on the earlier of:
(1) the date successor directors are elected; or
(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
appointment or reappointment.
(c) If Subsection (b) applies, the owner or owners of a
majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the
commission appoint as successor directors the five persons named in
the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor directors
the five persons named in the petition.
Sec. 8026A.0105. COMPENSATION. A director is entitled to
receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses as
provided by Section 49.060, Water Code. Sections 375.069 and
375.070, Local Government Code, do not apply to the board.
Sec. 8026A.0106. ASSESSMENT. The board by resolution may
impose and collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by law
in all or any part of the district. Section 375.161, Local
Government Code, does not apply to an assessment imposed by the
district.
SECTION 2. The Karis Municipal Management District of
Tarrant County retains all the rights, powers, privileges,
authority, duties, and functions that it had before the effective
date of this Act.
SECTION 3. (a) The legislature validates and confirms the
creation of the Karis Municipal Management District of Tarrant
County and all governmental acts and proceedings that were taken by
the district before the effective date of this Act.
(b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the
effective date of this Act:
(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation
ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court
judgment; or
(2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment.
SECTION 4. (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 5. 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.