Bill Text: TX HB5360 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Deer Creek Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2023-06-18 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB5360 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5360-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 5360 |
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relating to the creation of the Deer Creek Ranch Municipal Utility | ||
District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; | ||
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 F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 7960 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 7960. DEER CREEK RANCH MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 | ||
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 7960.0101. 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 Deer Creek Ranch Municipal | ||
Utility District No. 1. | ||
Sec. 7960.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a | ||
municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, | ||
Texas Constitution. | ||
Sec. 7960.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION | ||
REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to | ||
confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent | ||
directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code. | ||
Sec. 7960.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The | ||
temporary directors may not hold an election under Section | ||
7960.0103 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 as required by | ||
applicable law. | ||
Sec. 7960.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT. | ||
(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit. | ||
(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of: | ||
(1) a municipal utility district as provided by | ||
general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and | ||
(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that | ||
relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, | ||
or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or | ||
improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads. | ||
Sec. 7960.0106. 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 made 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 bond for the purposes | ||
for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and | ||
interest on a bond; | ||
(3) right to impose a tax; or | ||
(4) legality or operation. | ||
SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS | ||
Sec. 7960.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is | ||
governed by a board of five elected directors. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Section 7960.0202, directors | ||
serve staggered four-year terms. | ||
Sec. 7960.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the | ||
effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, 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 temporary directors the five persons | ||
named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary | ||
directors the five persons named in the petition. | ||
(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of: | ||
(1) the date permanent directors are elected under | ||
Section 7960.0103; or | ||
(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of | ||
the Act enacting this chapter. | ||
(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under | ||
Section 7960.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have | ||
expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or | ||
reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that | ||
expire on the earlier of: | ||
(1) the date permanent directors are elected under | ||
Section 7960.0103; or | ||
(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the | ||
appointment or reappointment. | ||
(d) If Subsection (c) 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 temporary directors the five | ||
persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as | ||
successor temporary directors the five persons named in the | ||
petition. | ||
SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES | ||
Sec. 7960.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district | ||
has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for | ||
which the district is created. | ||
Sec. 7960.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND | ||
DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the | ||
general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, | ||
applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, | ||
Article XVI, Texas Constitution. | ||
Sec. 7960.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section | ||
52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, | ||
acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, | ||
maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for | ||
operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or | ||
improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads. | ||
Sec. 7960.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A | ||
road project must meet all applicable construction standards, | ||
zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each | ||
municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial | ||
jurisdiction the road project is located. | ||
(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits | ||
or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road | ||
project must meet all applicable construction standards, | ||
subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which | ||
the road project is located. | ||
(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the | ||
Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and | ||
specifications of the road project. | ||
Sec. 7960.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT | ||
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION. The district shall comply with all | ||
applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is | ||
adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that | ||
consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land | ||
in the district. | ||
Sec. 7960.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The board, on | ||
its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or | ||
owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in | ||
the district, may adopt an order dividing the district. | ||
(b) An order dividing a district may create one or more new | ||
districts and may provide for the continuation of the district. | ||
(c) An order dividing the district shall: | ||
(1) name any new district; | ||
(2) include the metes and bounds description of the | ||
territory of each of the districts; | ||
(3) appoint temporary directors for any new district; | ||
and | ||
(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities | ||
between the districts. | ||
(d) The board may adopt an order dividing the district | ||
before or after the date the board holds an election to confirm the | ||
district's creation. | ||
(e) The district may be divided only if the district: | ||
(1) has never issued any bonds; and | ||
(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes. | ||
(f) A new district created by the division of the district | ||
may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land | ||
outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this | ||
chapter. | ||
(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of | ||
an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order | ||
with the commission and record the order in the real property | ||
records of each county in which the district is located. | ||
(h) This chapter applies to any new district created by the | ||
division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and | ||
duties of the district. | ||
(i) A new district created by the division of the district | ||
shall hold a confirmation and directors' election. | ||
(j) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the | ||
new district shall provide the election date and results to the | ||
commission. | ||
(k) A new district created by the division of the district | ||
must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter | ||
approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue | ||
bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes. | ||
(l) The district may continue to rely on confirmation, | ||
directors', bond, or tax elections held prior to the division. | ||
(m) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to | ||
the inclusion of land in the district acts as municipal consent to | ||
the creation of any new district created by the division of the | ||
district and to the inclusion of land in the new district. | ||
SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 7960.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a) | ||
The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other | ||
obligations secured by: | ||
(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or | ||
(2) contract payments described by Section 7960.0403. | ||
(b) The district must hold an election in the manner | ||
provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval | ||
before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds | ||
payable from ad valorem taxes. | ||
(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem | ||
taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a | ||
vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an | ||
election held for that purpose. | ||
Sec. 7960.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If | ||
authorized at an election held under Section 7960.0401, the | ||
district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable | ||
property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water | ||
Code. | ||
(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not | ||
exceed the rate approved at the election. | ||
Sec. 7960.0403. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with | ||
Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than | ||
an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from | ||
the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of | ||
the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters | ||
voting at an election held for that purpose. | ||
(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a | ||
provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by | ||
the board without further voter approval. | ||
SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS | ||
Sec. 7960.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER | ||
OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations | ||
payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, | ||
revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any | ||
combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district | ||
purpose. | ||
Sec. 7960.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS. 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 ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all | ||
or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner | ||
provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code. | ||
Sec. 7960.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of | ||
issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations | ||
issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad | ||
valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the | ||
real property in the district. | ||
SECTION 2. The Deer Creek Ranch Municipal Utility District | ||
No. 1 initially includes all the territory contained in the | ||
following area: | ||
A 685.400 ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE THOMAS POLK | ||
SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 703, THE HENRY ASKEW SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 35, | ||
ABSTRACT NO. 703, THE HENRY ASKEW SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 396, THE | ||
SAMUEL W. DAVIS SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 1087 AND THE SAMUEL W. DAVIS | ||
SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 165, LOCATED IN BELL COUNTY, TEXAS AND | ||
McCLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS AND BEING A PORTION OF A CALLED 730.417 ACRE | ||
TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED TO VWB TRUST BY INSTRUMENTS RECORDED IN | ||
DOCUMENT NO. 20160034747 OF THE OFFICIAL PPUBLIC RECORDS OF BELL | ||
COUNTY, TEXAS AND IN DOCUMENT NO. 2016029961 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC | ||
RECORDS OF McCLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS. SAID 685.400 ACRE TRACT BEING | ||
MORE FULLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, WITH BEARINGS BASED ON THE NORTH | ||
AMERICAN DATUM OF 1983 (NA 2011) EPOCH 2010.00, FROM THE TEXAS | ||
COORDINATE SYSTEM ESTABLISHED FOR THE CENTRAL ZONE: | ||
BEGINNING at a 1/2" iron rod found on a point being the | ||
northeast corner of said 730.417-acre tract of land, for the | ||
northeast corner and POINT OF BEGINNING hereof; | ||
THENCE with the east boundary line of said 730.417-acre | ||
tract, the following three (3) courses and distances: | ||
1. S 29°39'16" E for a distance of 23.01 feet to an angle point | ||
hereof, | ||
2. S 29°37'25" E for a distance of 486.87 feet to an angle point | ||
hereof, and | ||
3. S 29°29'03" E for a distance of 493.85 feet to a point being the | ||
northeast corner of a called 5.525-acre tract of land conveyed to | ||
Larry Pietsch et ux, by instrument recorded in Document | ||
No. 2010000488 of the Official Public Records of Falls County, | ||
Texas, for an angle point hereof; | ||
THENCE with the north boundary line of said 5.525-acre tract, | ||
the following two (2) courses and distances: | ||
1. S 57°58'39" W for a distance of 542.26 feet to an angle point | ||
hereof, and | ||
2. S 56°02'27" W for a distance of 58.49 feet to a point being the | ||
northwest corner of said 5.525-acre tract, for an angle point | ||
hereof; | ||
THENCE with west boundary line of said 5.525-acre tract, | ||
S 32°56'37" E for a distance of 396.46 feet to a point being the | ||
northwest corner of a called 5.075-acre tract of land conveyed to | ||
Larry Pietsch et ux, by instrument recorded in Document no. | ||
2010000485 of the Official Public Records of Falls County, Texas, | ||
same being the southwest corner of said 5.525-acre tract, for an | ||
angle point hereof; | ||
THENCE with the west boundary line of said 5.075-acre tract, | ||
S 14°23'05" E for a distance of 363.73 feet to a point being the | ||
southwest corner of said 5.075-acre tract for an angle point | ||
hereof; | ||
THENCE with the south boundary line of said 5.075-acre tract | ||
N 59°41'47" E for a distance of 143.92 feet to a point in the | ||
approximate west boundary line of Falls County, Texas, same being | ||
the approximate east boundary line of Bell County, Texas, for an | ||
angle point hereof; | ||
THENCE departing the south boundary line of said 5.075-acre | ||
tract with the approximate west boundary line of Falls County, | ||
Texas, same being the approximate east boundary line of Bell | ||
County, Texas and through the interior of said 730.417 acre tract, | ||
S 32°52'48" E for a distance of 2076.93 feet to a point in the north | ||
right-of-way line of County Road 498 (right-of-way width varies), | ||
same being the southern boundary line of said 730.417-acre tract | ||
for the southeast corner hereof; | ||
THENCE with the north right-of-way line of County Road 498, | ||
same being the southern boundary line of said 730.417-acre tract, | ||
the following six (6) courses and distances: | ||
1. S 59°45'11" W for a distance of 307.98 feet to a point | ||
2. S 56°40'31" W for a distance of 452.77 feet to an angle point | ||
hereof, | ||
3. S 59°50'03" W for a distance of 818.71 feet to an angle point | ||
hereof, | ||
4. S 59°28'26" W for a distance of 725.73 feet to an angle point | ||
hereof, | ||
5. S 59°11'05" W for a distance of 653.72 feet to 1/2" iron rod | ||
found on a point, for an angle point hereof, and | ||
6. S 15°31'38" W for a distance of 522.86 feet to a 1/2" iron rod | ||
found on a point being the northeasterly corner of a called 125-acre | ||
tract of land conveyed to Jackie Elizabeth Bounds, et al by | ||
instrument recorded on Document No. 2020014897 of the Official | ||
Public Records of Bell County, Texas, same being a southeasterly | ||
corner of said 730.417-acre tract, for a southeasterly corner | ||
hereof; | ||
THENCE with the northerly boundary line of said 125-acre | ||
tract, same being the southerly boundary line of said 730.417-acre | ||
tract, the following four (4) courses and distances: | ||
1. N 68°17'07" W for a distance of 1982.29 feet to an angle point | ||
hereof, | ||
2. S 20°13'41" W for a distance of 1194.63 feet to a 1/2" iron rod | ||
found on an angle point hereof, | ||
3. N 70°00'40" W for a distance of 1040.46 feet to a 1/2" iron rod | ||
found on an angle point hereof, and | ||
4. S 20°16'01" W for a distance of 913.53 feet to a point in the | ||
north boundary line of called 50.00-acre tract of land conveyed to | ||
Howard Thomas Daye and Glenda Marie Daye, by instrument recorded in | ||
Document No. 20085002539 of the Official Public Records of Bell | ||
County, Texas, same being the southwesterly corner of said 125-acre | ||
tract, for an angle point hereof; | ||
THENCE with, in part, the northerly boundary lines of: said | ||
50.002-acre tract, a called 9.68-acre tract conveyed to Arthur | ||
Poston, by instrument recorded in Volume 5990, Page 314 of the | ||
Probate Records of Bell County, Texas and a called 64-acre tract of | ||
land conveyed to John D. Price and Vi Price, by instrument recorded | ||
in Volume 3324, Page 204 of the Deed Records of Bell County, Texas, | ||
respectively, same being the southerly boundary line of said | ||
730.417-acre tract, N 69°43'06" W for a distance of 1577.88 feet to | ||
a 1/2" iron rod found on a point in the southeasterly boundary line | ||
of a called 89.5-acre tract of land conveyed to the H.B. Hillyard, | ||
Jr. and Julia I. Hillyard Revocable Living Trust, by instrument | ||
recorded in Volume 1845, Page 808 of the Deed Records of McClennan | ||
County, Texas, for an angle point hereof; | ||
THENCE with the southeasterly boundary line of said 89.5-acre | ||
tract, same being the southerly boundary line of said 730.417-acre | ||
tract, N 57°14'15" E for a distance of 1017.80 feet to a 1/2" iron | ||
rod found on a point being the northeast corner of said 89.5-acre | ||
tract, for an angle point hereof; | ||
THENCE with the northerly boundary line of said 89.5-acre | ||
tract, same being the southerly boundary line of said 730.417-acre | ||
tract, N 73°22'08" W for a distance of 2682.51 feet to a to a 1/2" | ||
iron rod found on a point in the easterly right-of-way of Neal Road | ||
(right-of-way width varies), said point being the northwest corner | ||
of said 89.5-acre tract, same being the southwesterly corner of | ||
said 730.417-acre tract, for the southwesterly corner hereof; | ||
THENCE with the easterly right-of-way line of said Neal Road, | ||
same being the westerly boundary line of said 730.417-acre tract, | ||
the following two (2) courses and distances: | ||
N 16°44'59" E for a distance of 641.51 feet to an angle | ||
point hereof, and | ||
N 16°43'27" E for a distance of 1649.96 feet to a 1/2:" | ||
iron rod found on a point in the southerly margin of Franklin | ||
Road, said point being the northwest corner of said | ||
730.417-acre tract, for the northwest corner hereof; | ||
THENCE with the southerly margin of said Franklin Road, same | ||
being the northwesterly boundary line of said 730.417-acre tract, | ||
the following three (3) courses and distances: | ||
1. N 88°45'56" E for a distance of 1956.89 feet to an angle point | ||
hereof, | ||
2. S 89°44'59" E for a distance of 1153.82 feet to a 1/2" iron rod | ||
found on for an angle point hereof, and | ||
3. N 59°40'59" E for a distance of 1208.65 feet to an angle point | ||
hereof; | ||
THENCE departing the southerly margin of Franklin Road, | ||
through the interior of said 730.417-acre tract, S 61°17'12" E for a | ||
distance of 29.19 feet to a point being the northwesterly corner of | ||
a called 10.00-acre tract of land conveyed to Kimberly Worthington, | ||
by instrument recorded in Document No. 2021020842 of the Official | ||
Public Records of McClennan County, Texas, for an angle point | ||
hereof; | ||
THENCE with the westerly, southerly and easterly boundary | ||
lines, respectively, of said 10.00-acre tract the following twelve | ||
(12) courses and distances: | ||
1. S 61°17'12" E for a distance of 324.55 feet to an angle point | ||
hereof, | ||
2. N 06°20'39" E for a distance of 80.42 feet to an angle point | ||
hereof, | ||
3. N 57°20'12" E for a distance of 81.81 feet to an angle point | ||
hereof, | ||
4. S 23°32'20" E for a distance of 67.80 feet to an angle point | ||
hereof, | ||
5. S 08°42'13" E for a distance of 181.25 feet to an angle point | ||
hereof, | ||
6. N 39°25'15" E for a distance of 103.44 feet to an angle point | ||
hereof, | ||
7. S 22°37'59" E for a distance of 186.24 feet to an angle point | ||
hereof, | ||
8. N 57°23'30" E for a distance of 88.53 feet to an angle point | ||
hereof, | ||
9. S 29°10'57" E for a distance of 72.30 feet to an angle point | ||
hereof, | ||
10. N 59°40'57" E for a distance of 20.00 feet to an angle point | ||
hereof, | ||
11. N 59°40'57" E for a distance of 489.21 feet to an angle point | ||
hereof, and | ||
12. N 30°19'01" W for a distance of 663.75 feet to a point being the | ||
northeasterly corner of said 10.00-acre tract for an angle point | ||
hereof; | ||
THENCE departing the boundary line of said 10.00-acre tract, | ||
through the interior of said 730.417-acre tract, N 30°19'01" W for a | ||
distance of 25.02 feet to a point in the southerly margin of | ||
Franklin Road, same being the northwesterly boundary line of said | ||
730.417-acre tract, the following three (3) courses and distances: | ||
1. N 59°40'59" E for a distance of 701.97 feet to an angle point | ||
hereof, | ||
2. N 60°40'09" E for a distance of 1305.59 feet to an angle point | ||
hereof, and | ||
3. N 60°36'34" E for a distance of 617.98 feet to a point to the | ||
POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 685.400 acres in the McClennan | ||
County, Texas and Bell County, Texas. Said tract being described in | ||
accordance with a survey prepared under Job No. 59012-22 by | ||
Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. | ||
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. (a) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds | ||
vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter | ||
7960, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of | ||
this Act, is amended by adding Section 7960.0307 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 7960.0307. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may | ||
not exercise the power of eminent domain. | ||
(b) This section is not intended to be an expression of a | ||
legislative interpretation of the requirements of Section 17(c), | ||
Article I, Texas Constitution. | ||
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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 5360 was passed by the House on May | ||
19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 109, Nays 34, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 5360 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
_____________________ | ||
Governor |