Bill Text: TX HB5385 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 582; 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: (Passed) 2023-06-11 - Effective immediately [HB5385 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5385-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 5385 |
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relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility | ||
District No. 582; 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 7959A to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 7959A. HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 582 | ||
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 7959A.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 Harris County Municipal | ||
Utility District No. 582. | ||
Sec. 7959A.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a | ||
municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, | ||
Texas Constitution. | ||
Sec. 7959A.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. 7959A.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The | ||
temporary directors may not hold an election under Section | ||
7959A.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. 7959A.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. 7959A.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. 7959A.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district | ||
is governed by a board of five elected directors. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Section 7959A.0202, directors | ||
serve staggered four-year terms. | ||
Sec. 7959A.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) The temporary | ||
board consists of: | ||
(1) Joshua Tarr; | ||
(2) Sarah Hognig; | ||
(3) Kevin Stutts; | ||
(4) Joseph Monk; and | ||
(5) Kenneth Hepburn. | ||
(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of: | ||
(1) the date permanent directors are elected under | ||
Section 7959A.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 7959A.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 7959A.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. 7959A.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district | ||
has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for | ||
which the district is created. | ||
Sec. 7959A.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. 7959A.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. 7959A.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. 7959A.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. 7959A.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. 7959A.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 | ||
7959A.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. 7959A.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If | ||
authorized at an election held under Section 7959A.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. 7959A.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. 7959A.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. 7959A.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. 7959A.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 Harris County Municipal Utility District | ||
No. 582 initially includes all the territory contained in the | ||
following area: | ||
A 195.749 acre, (8,526,822 square feet more or less) tract of | ||
land, being all of Tract 1, a called 97.850 acre tract conveyed to | ||
Joe D. Wood and Tract 2, a called 97.850 acre tract of conveyed to | ||
Zola Wood Cater as described in a deed recorded in Clerk's File | ||
No. 20140535364 in the Official Public Records of Harris County, | ||
Texas, situated in the I. & G.N. Railroad Company Survey, Abstract | ||
No. 966, Harris County, Texas. Said 195.749 acre tract being more | ||
fully described as follows, with bearings based on the Texas | ||
Coordinate System established for the South Central Zone from the | ||
North American Datum of 1983 (NA2011) epoch 2010.00: | ||
BEGINNING: At a railroad spike found for the northwest | ||
corner of a said Tract 1, 97.850 acre tract, the northeast corner of | ||
a called 5.0001 acre tract conveyed to Eduardo Loya as described in | ||
a deed recorded in Clerk's File No. T085516 of the Official Public | ||
Records of Real Property of Harris County, Texas, in the Centerline | ||
of Mayer Road ( called 60' wide right-of-way, per WPA Official | ||
Project No. 65-1-66-2749), and in the apparent survey line of I. & | ||
G.M. Railroad Survey Company, Abstract No. 966 and Samuel Kelly | ||
Survey, Abstract No. 501; | ||
THENCE: N 87°29'16" E, along and with the north line of said | ||
Tract 1, 97.850 acre tract, the north line of said Tract 2, 97.850 | ||
acre tract, the center line of said Mayer Road, the north line of | ||
Abstract No. 966 and the south line of Abstract No. 501, a distance | ||
of 3,143.68 feet to a mag nail with shiner stamped "Pape-Dawson" set | ||
for the northeast corner of said Tract 2, 97.850 acre tract, the | ||
northeast corner of Abstract No. 966, the southeast corner of | ||
Abstract No. 501, The southwest corner of the B.B.B.&C. Company | ||
Survey, Abstract No. 171, the northwest corner of B.B.B.&C. | ||
Railroad Company Survey, Abstract No. 170, and in the center line | ||
of said Mayer Road, from which a 1 inch iron pipe bears | ||
N 17°34'00" W, a distance of 9.84 feet; | ||
THENCE: S 02°16'53" E, departing the center line of said | ||
Mayer Road, along and with the east line of said Tract 2, 97.850 | ||
acre tract, the west line of a called 617.91 acre tract conveyed to | ||
Henry Schmidt, Jr. as described in a deed recorded in Clerk's File | ||
No. G359500 of the Official Public Records of Real Property of | ||
Harris County, Texas, the apparent east line of said Abstract | ||
No. 966 and the west line of said Abstract No. 170, passing at a | ||
distance of 30.00 feet a 5/8 inch iron rod with cap stamped | ||
"Pape-Dawson" set in the south right-of-way line of Mayer road, in | ||
the east line of said Tract 2, and the northwest corner of said | ||
617.91 acre tract, continuing for a total distance of 3,296.84 feet | ||
(called 3296.36 feet) to a 1/2 inch iron rod with cap found for the | ||
southeast corner of said Tract 2, 97.850 acre tract, the northeast | ||
corner of a called 22.029 acre tract conveyed to Lawrence | ||
Frattalone, Jr. as described in a deed recorded in Clerk's File | ||
No. X5447505 of the Official Public Records of Real Property of | ||
Harris County, Texas, in the west line of said 617.91 acre tract, | ||
the apparent east line of said Abstract No. 966 and the apparent | ||
west line of said Abstract No. 170; | ||
THENCE: S 88°14'50" W, along and with the south line of said | ||
Tract 2, 97.850 acre tract and the north line of said 22.029 acre | ||
tract, a distance of 796.15 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with cap | ||
stamped "Pape-Dawson" set for a southwest corner of said Tract 2, | ||
97.850 acre tract, the northwest corner of said 22.029 acre tract, | ||
and in the east line of a called 13.265 acre tract conveyed to Larry | ||
Frattalone as described in a deed recorded in Clerk's File | ||
No. Z406306 of the Official Public Records of Real Property of | ||
Harris County, Texas; | ||
THENCE: N 02°32'31" W, along and with a west line of said | ||
Tract 2, 97.850 acre tract, the east line of said 13.265 acre tract | ||
and the east line of a called 11.765 acre tract conveyed to Larry | ||
Frattalone as described in a deed recorded in Clerk's File | ||
No. Z406306 of the Official Public Records of Real Property of | ||
Harris County, Texas, a distance of 770.69 feet (called 770.62 | ||
feet) to a 5/8 inch iron rod with cap stamped "Pape-Dawson" set for | ||
an interior corner of said Tract 2, 97.850 acre tract and the | ||
northeast corner of said 11.765 acre tract; | ||
THENCE: S 87°24'01" W, along and with a south line of said | ||
Tract 1 and Tract 2, the north line of said 11.765 acre tract, the | ||
north line of a called 51.125 acre tract conveyed to Edwin Lee | ||
Kohutek, Jr. as described in a deed recorded in Clerk's File | ||
No. U725401 of the Official Public Records of Real Property of | ||
Harris County, Texas, and the north line of a called 159.96 acre | ||
tract conveyed to Texas FLG, LLC as described in a deed recorded in | ||
Clerk's File No. RP-2018-421130 of the Official Public Records of | ||
Real Property of Harris County, Texas, passing a distance of | ||
1,787.90 feet a 1 inch bar found for the northwest corner of said | ||
51.125 acre tract and a northeast corner of said 159.96 acre tract, | ||
a total distance of 2,340.39 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found for a | ||
southwest corner of said Tract 1, interior corner of said 159.96 | ||
acre tract; | ||
THENCE: N 02°21'55" W, along and with the west line of Tract | ||
1, passing at a distance of 591.43 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod, 1.82' | ||
left, passing at a distance of 2,489.15 feet a 5/8 inch iron rod | ||
with cap stamped "Pape Dawson" set in the south right-of-way line of | ||
Mayer Road, and continuing for a total distance of 2,519.15 feet | ||
(called 2518.74 feet) to the POINT OF BEGINNING, and containing | ||
195.749 total acres, having 2.165 acres within the right-of-way of | ||
Mayer Road, leaving 193.584 net acres in Harris County, Texas. Said | ||
tract being described in accordance with a survey made on the ground | ||
and a survey map prepared under job number 49181-20 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 | ||
7959A, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by Section 1 of | ||
this Act, is amended by adding Section 7959A.0307 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 7959A.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. 5385 was passed by the House on May 9, | ||
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 108, Nays 34, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 5385 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
_____________________ | ||
Governor |