Bill Text: TX HB4676 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Management District No. 3; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB4676 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB4676-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 4676

AN ACT
relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Management
District No. 3; providing authority to issue bonds; providing
authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 4, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 3984 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 3984. FORT BEND COUNTY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NO. 3
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 3984.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
(2) "County" means Fort Bend County.
(3) "Director" means a board member.
(4) "District" means the Fort Bend County Management
District No. 3.
Sec. 3984.0102. CREATION AND NATURE OF DISTRICT; IMMUNITY.
(a) The Fort Bend County Management District No. 3 is a special
district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
(b) The district is a governmental unit, as provided by
Section 375.004, Local Government Code.
(c) This chapter does not waive any governmental or
sovereign immunity from suit, liability, or judgment that would
otherwise apply to the district.
Sec. 3984.0103. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT. (a) The
creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of
Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI,
Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this
chapter.
(b) By creating the district, the legislature has
established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in
Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.
(c) The creation of the district is necessary to promote,
develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce,
transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts,
entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public
welfare in the district.
(d) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be
interpreted to relieve the county or a municipality from providing
the level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act
enacting this chapter to the area in the district. The district is
created to supplement and not to supplant county or municipal
services provided in the district.
Sec. 3984.0104. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
(a) All land and other property included in the district will
benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the
district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article
III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other
powers granted under this chapter.
(b) The district is created to serve a public use and
benefit.
(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest
and is essential to further the public purposes of:
(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the
state;
(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and
(3) developing or expanding transportation and
commerce.
(d) The district will:
(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of
residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors,
and consumers in the district, and of the public;
(2) provide needed funding for the district to
preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of
the district territory as a community and business center;
(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment
of the public by providing pedestrian ways, transit facilities,
parking facilities, rail facilities, and public art objects, and by
landscaping and developing certain areas in the district, which are
necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of
scenic beauty; and
(4) provide for water, wastewater, drainage, road, and
recreational facilities for the district.
(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at
grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street
landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and
necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street
or road improvement.
(f) The district will not act as the agent or
instrumentality of any private interest even though the district
will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
Sec. 3984.0105. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The
district is initially composed of the territory described by
Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of
the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake in the
field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process
does not affect the district's:
(1) organization, existence, or validity;
(2) right to issue any type of bonds for the purposes
for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and
interest on the bonds;
(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or
(4) legality or operation.
Sec. 3984.0106. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be
included in:
(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under
Chapter 311, Tax Code;
(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under
Chapter 312, Tax Code;
(3) an enterprise zone created under Chapter 2303,
Government Code; or
(4) an industrial district created under Chapter 42,
Local Government Code.
Sec. 3984.0107. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT
DISTRICTS LAW. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter,
Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
Sec. 3984.0108. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. This chapter
shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and
purposes stated in this chapter.
Sec. 3984.0109. CONFLICTS OF LAW. This chapter prevails
over any provision of general law, including a provision of Chapter
375, Local Government Code, or Chapter 49, Water Code, that is in
conflict or inconsistent with this chapter.
SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sec. 3984.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
governed by a board of five directors elected or appointed as
provided by this chapter and Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Water Code.
(b) Except as provided by Section 3984.0203, directors
serve staggered four-year terms.
Sec. 3984.0202. 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. 3984.0203. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the
effective date of the Act creating this chapter, the owner or owners
of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the
district according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll
for the county may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as
temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The
commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons
named in the petition.
(b) The temporary or successor temporary directors shall
hold an election to elect five permanent directors as provided by
Section 49.102, Water Code.
(c) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
Subsection (b); or
(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of
the Act creating this chapter.
(d) If permanent directors have not been elected under
Subsection (b) and the terms of the temporary directors have
expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or
reappointed as provided by Subsection (e) to serve terms that
expire on the earlier of:
(1) the date permanent directors are elected under
Subsection (b); or
(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
appointment or reappointment.
(e) If Subsection (d) applies, the owner or owners of a
majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for the
county may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as
successor temporary directors the five persons named in the
petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary
directors the five persons named in the petition.
Sec. 3984.0204. DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS. Section
49.052, Water Code, applies to the members of the board.
SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
Sec. 3984.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
which the district is created.
Sec. 3984.0302. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES. (a)
The district, using any money available to the district for the
purpose, may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve,
relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or
service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local
Government Code.
(b) The district may contract with a governmental or private
entity to carry out an action under Subsection (a).
(c) The implementation of a district project or service is a
governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791,
Government Code.
Sec. 3984.0303. RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. The district may
develop or finance recreational facilities as authorized by Chapter
375, Local Government Code, Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III,
Texas Constitution, Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution,
and any other law that applies to the district.
Sec. 3984.0304. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section
52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may own, operate,
maintain, design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds, notes,
or other obligations for, improve, and convey to this state, a
county, or a municipality for ownership, operation, and maintenance
macadamized, graveled, or paved roads or improvements, including
storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Sec. 3984.0305. CONVEYANCE AND APPROVAL OF ROAD PROJECT.
(a) The district may convey a road project authorized by Section
3984.0304 to:
(1) a municipality or county that will operate and
maintain the road if the municipality or county has approved the
plans and specifications of the road project; or
(2) the state if the state will operate and maintain
the road and the Texas Transportation Commission has approved the
plans and specifications of the road project.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the district shall
operate and maintain a road project authorized by Section 3984.0304
that the district implements and does not convey to a municipality,
a county, or this state under Subsection (a).
(c) The district may agree in writing with a municipality, a
county, or this state to assign operation and maintenance duties to
the district, the municipality, the county, or this state in a
manner other than the manner described in Subsections (a) and (b).
Sec. 3984.0306. RAIL FACILITIES. In addition to the powers
granted under Section 375.0921(b), Local Government Code, the
district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, finance, and
operate rail facilities and improvements in aid of those facilities
for the transport of freight and other cargo.
Sec. 3984.0307. NONPROFIT CORPORATION. (a) The board by
resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to
assist and act for the district in implementing a project or
providing a service authorized by this chapter.
(b) The nonprofit corporation:
(1) has each power of and is considered to be a local
government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431,
Transportation Code; and
(2) may implement any project and provide any service
authorized by this chapter.
(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the
nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit
corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors
of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D,
Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not
required to reside in the district.
Sec. 3984.0308. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. Section 49.216,
Water Code, applies to the district.
Sec. 3984.0309. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit
organization that performs a service or provides an activity
consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Sec. 3984.0310. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. (a) The
district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic
development purposes of the district.
(b) The district may establish and provide for the
administration of one or more programs to promote state or local
economic development and to stimulate business and commercial
activity in the district, including programs to:
(1) make loans and grants of public money; and
(2) provide district personnel and services.
(c) The district may create economic development programs
and exercise the economic development powers provided to
municipalities by:
(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and
(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
Sec. 3984.0311. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT. The
district may negotiate and enter into a written strategic
partnership agreement with a municipality under Section 43.0751,
Local Government Code.
Sec. 3984.0312. REGIONAL PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT. The
district may negotiate and enter into a written regional
participation agreement with a municipality under Section 43.0754,
Local Government Code.
Sec. 3984.0313. PARKING FACILITIES. (a) The district may
acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own,
operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking
facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other
structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the
streets and related appurtenances.
(b) The district's parking facilities serve the public
purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public
purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of
years.
(c) The district's parking facilities are parts of and
necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street
or road improvement.
(d) The development and operation of the district's parking
facilities may be considered an economic development program.
Sec. 3984.0314. ADDING OR EXCLUDING LAND. (a) The district
may add land in the manner provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49,
Water Code.
(b) The district may exclude land in the manner provided by
Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code. Section 375.044(b), Local
Government Code, does not apply to the district.
(c) The district may include and exclude land as provided by
Sections 54.739-54.747, Water Code. A reference in those sections
to a "tax" means an ad valorem tax for the purposes of this
subsection.
(d) If the district adopts a sales and use tax authorized at
an election held under Section 3984.0602 and subsequently includes
new territory in the district under this section, the district:
(1) is not required to hold another election to
approve the imposition of the sales and use tax in the included
territory; and
(2) shall impose the sales and use tax in the included
territory as provided by Chapter 321, Tax Code.
(e) If the district adopts a sales and use tax authorized at
an election held under Section 3984.0602 and subsequently excludes
territory in the district under this section, the sales and use tax
is inapplicable to the excluded territory, as provided by Chapter
321, Tax Code, but is applicable to the territory remaining in the
district.
Sec. 3984.0315. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY. The
board by resolution shall establish the number of directors'
signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or
transfer of district money.
Sec. 3984.0316. AUDIT EXEMPTION. (a) The district may
elect to complete an annual financial report in lieu of an annual
audit under Section 375.096(a)(6), Local Government Code, if:
(1) the district had no bonds or other long-term (more
than one year) liabilities outstanding during the fiscal period;
(2) the district did not have gross receipts from
operations, loans, taxes, assessments, or contributions in excess
of $250,000 during the fiscal period; and
(3) the district's cash and temporary investments were
not in excess of $250,000 during the fiscal period.
(b) Each annual financial report prepared in accordance
with this section must be open to public inspection and accompanied
by an affidavit signed by a duly authorized representative of the
district attesting to the accuracy and authenticity of the
financial report.
(c) The annual financial report and affidavit shall be
substantially similar in form to the annual financial report and
affidavit forms prescribed by the executive director of the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality under Section 49.198, Water
Code.
Sec. 3984.0317. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may
not exercise the power of eminent domain.
SUBCHAPTER D. ASSESSMENTS
Sec. 3984.0401. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES
AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS. (a) The board may not finance a
service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter
unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement
has been filed with the board.
(b) A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by
the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in
the district subject to assessment according to the most recent
certified tax appraisal roll for the county.
Sec. 3984.0402. METHOD OF NOTICE FOR HEARING. The district
may mail the notice required by Section 375.115(c), Local
Government Code, by certified or first class United States mail.
The board shall determine the method of notice.
Sec. 3984.0403. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS. (a)
The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any
purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the
district.
(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment
resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll
by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or
reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's
fees incurred by the district:
(1) are a first and prior lien against the property
assessed;
(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than
a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem
taxes; and
(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against
the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the
assessment proceedings.
(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's
resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is
paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the
board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.
(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the
assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of
any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in
the manner required for additional assessments.
SUBCHAPTER E. TAXES AND BONDS
Sec. 3984.0501. TAX ELECTION REQUIRED. The district must
hold an election in the manner provided by Chapter 49, Water Code,
or, if applicable, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain
voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax.
Sec. 3984.0502. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If
authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an
election under Section 3984.0501, the district may impose an
operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district
in the manner provided by Section 49.107, Water Code, for any
district purpose, including to:
(1) maintain and operate the district;
(2) construct or acquire improvements; or
(3) provide a service.
(b) The board shall determine the operation and maintenance
tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the
election.
(c) Section 49.107(h), Water Code, does not apply to the
district.
Sec. 3984.0503. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE
BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) The district may borrow money on
terms determined by the board.
(b) The district may, by competitive bid or negotiated sale,
issue bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly
from ad valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract
payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of
those sources of money, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
(c) The limitation on the outstanding principal amount of
bonds, notes, or other obligations provided by Section 49.4645,
Water Code, does not apply to the district.
Sec. 3984.0504. BONDS SECURED BY REVENUE OR CONTRACT
PAYMENTS. The district may issue, without an election, bonds
secured by:
(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes, including
contract revenues; or
(2) contract payments, provided that the requirements
of Section 49.108, Water Code, have been met.
Sec. 3984.0505. BONDS SECURED BY AD VALOREM TAXES;
ELECTIONS. (a) If authorized at an election under Section
3984.0501, the district may issue bonds payable from ad valorem
taxes.
(b) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply
to the district.
(c) At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or
partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual
imposition of a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without
limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the
bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by
Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
(d) All or any part of any facilities or improvements that
may be acquired by a district by the issuance of its bonds may be
submitted as a single proposition or as several propositions to be
voted on at the election.
Sec. 3984.0506. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. (a) The
board may not hold an election under Section 3984.0501, issue
bonds, or incur any debt until each municipality in whose corporate
limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has
consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the
district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
(b) This section applies only to the district's first
issuance of bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.
SUBCHAPTER F. SALES AND USE TAX
Sec. 3984.0601. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN TAX CODE
PROVISIONS. (a) Chapter 321, Tax Code, governs the imposition,
computation, administration, enforcement, and collection of the
sales and use tax authorized by this subchapter except to the extent
Chapter 321, Tax Code, is inconsistent with this chapter.
(b) A reference in Chapter 321, Tax Code, to a municipality
or the governing body of a municipality is a reference to the
district or the board, respectively.
Sec. 3984.0602. ELECTION; ADOPTION OF TAX. (a) The
district may adopt a sales and use tax if authorized by a majority
of the voters of the district voting at an election held for that
purpose.
(b) The board by order may call an election to authorize the
adoption of the sales and use tax. The election may be held on any
uniform election date and in conjunction with any other district
election.
(c) The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or
against the proposition: "Authorization of a sales and use tax in
the Fort Bend County Management District No. 3 at a rate not to
exceed ____ percent" (insert rate of one or more increments of
one-eighth of one percent).
Sec. 3984.0603. SALES AND USE TAX RATE. (a) On or after the
date the results are declared of an election held under Section
3984.0602, at which the voters approved imposition of the tax
authorized by this subchapter, the board shall determine and adopt
by resolution or order the initial rate of the tax, which must be in
one or more increments of one-eighth of one percent.
(b) After the election held under Section 3984.0602, the
board may increase or decrease the rate of the tax by one or more
increments of one-eighth of one percent.
(c) The initial rate of the tax or any rate resulting from
subsequent increases or decreases may not exceed the lesser of:
(1) the maximum rate authorized by the district voters
at the election held under Section 3984.0602; or
(2) a rate that, when added to the rates of all sales
and use taxes imposed by other political subdivisions with
territory in the district, would result in the maximum combined
rate prescribed by Section 321.101(f), Tax Code, at any location in
the district.
Sec. 3984.0604. TAX AFTER MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION. (a) This
section applies to the district after a municipality annexes part
of the territory in the district and imposes the municipality's
sales and use tax in the annexed territory.
(b) If at the time of annexation the district has
outstanding debt or other obligations payable wholly or partly from
district sales and use tax revenue, Section 321.102(g), Tax Code,
applies to the district.
(c) If at the time of annexation the district does not have
outstanding debt or other obligations payable wholly or partly from
district sales and use tax revenue, the district may:
(1) exclude the annexed territory from the district,
if the district has no outstanding debt or other obligations
payable from any source; or
(2) reduce the sales and use tax in the annexed
territory by resolution or order of the board to a rate that, when
added to the sales and use tax rate imposed by the municipality in
the annexed territory, is equal to the sales and use tax rate
imposed by the district in the district territory that was not
annexed by the municipality.
Sec. 3984.0605. NOTIFICATION OF RATE CHANGE. The board
shall notify the comptroller of any changes made to the tax rate
under this subchapter in the same manner the municipal secretary
provides notice to the comptroller under Section 321.405(b), Tax
Code.
Sec. 3984.0606. USE OF REVENUE. Revenue from the sales and
use tax imposed under this subchapter is for the use and benefit of
the district and may be used for any district purpose. The district
may pledge all or part of the revenue to the payment of bonds,
notes, or other obligations, and that pledge of revenue may be in
combination with other revenue, including tax revenue, available to
the district.
Sec. 3984.0607. ABOLITION OF TAX. (a) Except as provided
by Subsection (b), the board may abolish the tax imposed under this
subchapter without an election.
(b) The board may not abolish the tax imposed under this
subchapter if the district has outstanding debt secured by the tax,
and repayment of the debt would be impaired by the abolition of the
tax.
(c) If the board abolishes the tax, the board shall notify
the comptroller of that action in the same manner the municipal
secretary provides notice to the comptroller under Section
321.405(b), Tax Code.
(d) If the board abolishes the tax or decreases the tax rate
to zero, a new election to authorize a sales and use tax must be held
under Section 3984.0602 before the district may subsequently impose
the tax.
(e) This section does not apply to a decrease in the sales
and use tax authorized under Section 3984.0604(c)(2).
SUBCHAPTER G. HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX
Sec. 3984.0701. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "hotel"
has the meaning assigned by Section 156.001, Tax Code.
Sec. 3984.0702. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN TAX CODE
PROVISIONS. (a) For purposes of this subchapter:
(1) a reference in Subchapter A, Chapter 352, Tax
Code, to a county is a reference to the district; and
(2) a reference in Subchapter A, Chapter 352, Tax
Code, to the commissioners court is a reference to the board.
(b) Except as inconsistent with this subchapter, Subchapter
A, Chapter 352, Tax Code, governs a hotel occupancy tax authorized
by this subchapter, including the collection of the tax, subject to
the limitations prescribed by Sections 352.002(b) and (c), Tax
Code.
Sec. 3984.0703. TAX AUTHORIZED; USE OF REVENUE. The
district may impose a hotel occupancy tax for any purpose described
by Section 351.101 or 352.101, Tax Code.
Sec. 3984.0704. TAX RATE. (a) The amount of the hotel
occupancy tax may not exceed the lesser of:
(1) the maximum rate prescribed by Section 352.003(a),
Tax Code; or
(2) a rate that, when added to the rates of all hotel
occupancy taxes imposed by other political subdivisions with
territory in the district and by this state, does not exceed the sum
of the rate prescribed by Section 351.0025(b), Tax Code, plus two
percent.
(b) The district tax is in addition to a tax imposed by a
municipality under Chapter 351, Tax Code, or by the county under
Chapter 352, Tax Code.
Sec. 3984.0705. INFORMATION. The district may examine and
receive information related to the imposition of hotel occupancy
taxes to the same extent as if the district were a county.
Sec. 3984.0706. USE OF REVENUE. The district may use
revenue from the hotel occupancy tax for any district purpose that
is an authorized use of hotel occupancy tax revenue under Chapter
351 or 352, Tax Code. The district may pledge all or part of the
revenue to the payment of bonds, notes, or other obligations and
that pledge of revenue may be in combination with other revenue
available to the district.
Sec. 3984.0707. ABOLITION OF TAX. (a) Except as provided
by Subsection (b), the board may abolish the tax imposed under this
subchapter.
(b) The board may not abolish the tax imposed under this
subchapter if the district has outstanding debt secured by the tax,
and repayment of the debt would be impaired by the abolition of the
tax.
SUBCHAPTER I. DISSOLUTION
Sec. 3984.0901. DISSOLUTION. (a) The board shall dissolve
the district on written petition filed with the board by the owners
of:
(1) 66 percent or more of the assessed value of the
property subject to assessment by the district based on the most
recent certified county property tax rolls; or
(2) 66 percent or more of the surface area of the
district, excluding roads, streets, highways, utility
rights-of-way, other public areas, and other property exempt from
assessment by the district according to the most recent certified
county property tax rolls.
(b) The board by majority vote may dissolve the district at
any time.
(c) The district may not be dissolved by its board under
Subsection (a) or (b) if the district:
(1) has any outstanding bonded indebtedness until that
bonded indebtedness has been repaid or defeased in accordance with
the order or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds;
(2) has a contractual obligation to pay money until
that obligation has been fully paid in accordance with the
contract; or
(3) owns, operates, or maintains public works,
facilities, or improvements unless the district contracts with
another person for the ownership, operation, or maintenance of the
public works, facilities, or improvements.
(d) Sections 375.261, 375.262, and 375.264, Local
Government Code, do not apply to the district.
SECTION 2. The Fort Bend County Management District No. 3
initially includes all the territory contained in the following
area:
Being approximately 763.4 acres located in the John Jones
Survey, Abstract 41, the Wiley Martin League, Abstract 56, the
Peter Teal Survey, Abstract 337, and the M. M. Ryon Survey, Abstract
368, and located in extraterritorial jurisdiction of the Town of
Thompsons, Fort Bend County, Texas, more particularly described by
metes and bounds as follows, (all bearings referenced to the Texas
Coordinate System, South Central Zone, NAD83):
Commencing for reference at the southeast corner of the Abner
Kuykendall League, Abstract 48, said corner being in the northeast
line of said John Jones Survey;
Thence, North 67° 34' 45" West, 1,111.11 feet along the
northeast line of said John Jones Survey to the north corner of the
said John Jones Survey and east corner of said Wiley Martin League;
Thence, South 52° 25' 15" West, 6,921.88 feet to the POINT OF
BEGINNING of the herein described tract, said point being at the
intersection of the west right-of-way line of State Farm to Market
Road No. 762 (called 80 feet wide) and the southeast line of said
Wiley Martin League and northwest line of said John Jones Survey;
Thence, Southerly along the west right-of-way line of said
State Farm to Market Road No. 762 with the following eleven (11)
courses and distances:
1. South 08° 51' 57" East, 1,050.20 feet, more or less, to
point, the beginning of a curve;
2. 194.68 feet, more or less, along the arc of a tangent
curve to the left, having a radius of 5,212.24 feet, a central angle
of 02° 08' 24", and a chord which bears South 09° 56' 09" East, 194.67
feet to a point for corner;
3. South 11° 00' 23" East, 117.20 feet, more or less, to a
point;
4. South 07° 11' 32" East, 150.33 feet, more or less, to a
point;
5. South 11° 00' 23" East, 450.00 feet, more or less, to a
point;
6. South 16° 43' 01" East, 100.50 feet, more or less, to a
point;
7. South 11° 00' 23" East, 340.80 feet, more or less, to
point, the beginning of a curve;
8. 402.80 feet, more or less, along the arc of a tangent
curve to the right, having a radius of 685.50 feet, a central angle
of 33° 40' 00", and a chord which bears South 05° 49' 37" West, 397.03
feet to a point for corner;
9. South 22° 24' 43" West, at 248.71 feet pass a point in the
North line of the Entrance Road, in all 330.91 feet, more or less,
to a point in the South line of said Entrance Road to George Park;
10. South 22° 50' 06" West, 568.79 feet, more or less, to an
angle point;
11. South 22° 29' 40" West, 1,570.38 feet, more or less, to
the southeast corner of this tract;
Thence, North 67° 30' 40" West, departing the west
right-of-way line of said State Farm to Market Road No. 762,
2,249.84 feet, more or less, to the southwest corner of this tract,
said point being in the centerline of a farm road;
Thence, North 25° 06' 53" East, along the centerline of a farm
road, 843.77 feet, more or less, to a point for corner in the
northwesterly line of the aforementioned M. M. Ryon Survey and the
southeasterly line of the aforementioned Peter Teal Survey;
Thence, South 42° 04' 42" West, with the common survey line of
said M. M. Ryon and Peter Teal Surveys, 3,389.92 feet, more or less,
to a point for the common east corner of said Peter Teal Survey and
the William Byrne Survey, Abstract 112, Fort Bend County Texas;
Thence, North 47° 55' 18" West, with the common survey line of
said Peter Teal and said William Byrne Survey, 4,536.11 feet, more
or less, to a point for the common west corner of said Peter Teal and
William Byrne Surveys, same being in the southeasterly line of the
Henry Wilcox Survey, Abstract 342, Fort Bend County, Texas;
Thence, North 42° 04' 42" East, with the common survey line of
said Peter Teal Survey and said Henry Wilcox Survey, 1,661.11 feet,
more or less, to a point for the common north corner of said Peter
Teal and Henry Wilcox Surveys, same being on the southwesterly line
of the aforementioned Wiley Martin League;
Thence, South 67° 54' 35" East, with the common line of said
Peter Teal and Wiley Martin Leagues, 3,158.33 feet, more or less, to
an angle point for corner;
Thence, North 52° 04' 42" East, continuing with said common
line, 1,929.30 feet, more or less, to a point for corner;
Thence, departing the northeasterly line of said Peter Teal
Survey and the southerly line of said Wiley Martin League, westerly
and northerly along the centerline of a farm road the following
eleven (11) courses and distances:
1. North 15° 05' 08" East, 224.85 feet, more or less, to a
point for corner;
2. North 45° 58' 21" West, 1,101.01 feet, more or less, to a
point for corner;
3. North 39° 47' 43" West, 109.50 feet, more or less, to a
point for corner;
4. North 16° 57' 20" West, 99.03 feet, more or less, to a
point for corner;
5. North 13° 29' 08" West, 438.57 feet, more or less, to a
point for corner;
6. North 13° 38' 07" West, 1,498.84 feet, more or less, to a
point for corner;
7. North 18° 59' 40" West, 80.30 feet, more or less, to a
point for corner;
8. North 42° 20' 03" West, 62.14 feet, more or less, to a
point for corner;
9. North 60° 52' 39" West, 236.49 feet, more or less, to a
point for corner;
10. North 00° 52' 17" West, 160.45 feet, more or less, to a
point for corner on a bridge at the centerline of Dry Creek for
angle point;
11. North 00° 38' 30" West, 174.07 feet, more or less, to the
northwest corner of this tract;
Thence, North 66° 38' 04" East, departing said road, 278.20
feet, more or less, to a point for corner;
Thence, South 86° 26' 20" East, 71.37 feet, more or less, to a
point for corner;
Thence, North 48° 36' 58" East, 126.06 feet, more or less, to a
point for corner;
Thence, North 88° 02' 53" East, 131.33 feet, more or less, to a
point for corner;
Thence, North 68° 30' 10" East, 1,817.67 feet, more or less,
to a point for re-entrant corner of this tract;
Thence, North 38° 15' 23" West, 140.20 feet, more or less, to a
point for corner;
Thence, North 69° 38' 00" East, 224.50 feet, more or less, to
the north corner of this tract, same being on the westerly
right-of-way line of the aforementioned State Farm to Market Road
No. 762;
Thence, South 38° 09' 57" East, with said westerly
right-of-way line, 1,241.87 feet, more or less, to the north corner
of a State of Texas 2.2750 acre Tract;
Thence, with the northerly, westerly, and southerly lines of
said 2.2750 acre tract the following five (5) courses and
distances:
1. South 51° 50' 03" West, 20.00 feet, more or less, to a
point for corner;
2. South 38° 09' 57" East, 100.00 feet, more or less, to a
point for corner, the beginning of a curve;
3. 1,710.57 feet, more or less, along the arc of a tangent
curve to the right, having a radius of 3,345.00 feet, a central
angle of 29° 18' 00", and a chord which bears South 23° 30' 57" East,
1,691.99 feet to a point for corner;
4. South 08° 51' 57" East, 100.00 feet, more or less, to a
point for corner;
5. North 81° 08' 03" East, 20.00 feet, more or less, to a
point for corner in the westerly right-of-way line of said State
Farm Market Road No. 762;
Thence, South 08° 51' 57" East, along said westerly
right-of-way line, 289.74 feet, more or less, to the POINT OF
BEGINNING and containing approximately 763.4 acres of land.
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,
lieutenant governor, and 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 have been
fulfilled and accomplished.
SECTION 4. 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, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4676 was passed by the House on May 3,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 127, Nays 13, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 4676 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 106, Nays 34,
3 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4676 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays
2.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor