Bill Text: TX HB1651 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the North Oak Cliff Municipal Management District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB1651 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1651-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1651 |
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relating to the North Oak Cliff Municipal Management District. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 3884.157(c), Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) In addition to the sources of money described by | ||
Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Local Government Code, and Subchapter J, | ||
Chapter 375, Local Government Code, district bonds may be secured | ||
and made payable wholly or partly by a pledge of any part of the | ||
money the district receives from system or improvement project | ||
revenue or from any other source, including revenue received by the | ||
district under Chapter 311, Tax Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 3884, Special District Local Laws Code, | ||
is amended by adding Subchapter F to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER F. DEFINED AREAS | ||
Sec. 3884.301. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS OR | ||
DESIGNATED PROPERTY. As provided by this subchapter, the district | ||
may define areas or designate certain property of the district to | ||
pay for improvements, facilities, or services that primarily | ||
benefit that area or property and do not generally and directly | ||
benefit the district as a whole. | ||
Sec. 3884.302. PROCEDURE TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS OR | ||
DESIGNATED PROPERTY. The board may adopt an order establishing one | ||
or more defined areas or designating property under Section | ||
3884.301. The order must describe each defined area by metes and | ||
bounds or designate the specific property. | ||
Sec. 3884.303. TAX OR BOND ELECTION. Before the district | ||
may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem | ||
taxes of the area defined or property designated under Section | ||
3884.302, the board shall hold an election in the defined area or in | ||
the boundaries of the designated property. | ||
Sec. 3884.304. DECLARING RESULT. If a majority of the | ||
voters voting at the election approve the imposition of the tax or | ||
the issuance of the bonds, the board shall declare the results. | ||
Sec. 3884.305. TAXES FOR SERVICES, IMPROVEMENTS, AND | ||
FACILITIES IN DEFINED AREAS OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY. On adoption of | ||
the order described by Section 3884.302 and voter approval under | ||
Section 3884.303, the district may apply separately, differently, | ||
equitably, and specifically its taxing power and lien authority to | ||
the defined area or designated property to provide money to | ||
construct, administer, maintain, and operate services, | ||
improvements, and facilities that primarily benefit the defined | ||
area or designated property. | ||
Sec. 3884.306. ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND IMPOSITION OF TAXES | ||
FOR DEFINED AREA OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY. After adoption of the | ||
order described by Section 3884.302 and voter approval under | ||
Section 3884.303, the district may issue bonds to provide for any | ||
land, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, and appliances | ||
for the defined area or designated property. | ||
SECTION 3. (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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1651 was passed by the House on April | ||
26, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1651 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 | ||
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______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |