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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the powers and duties of the Ranch at Cypress Creek |
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Municipal Utility District No. 1. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 21, Acts of the 71st Legislature, 6th |
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Called Session, 1990, is amended by amending Section 5 and adding |
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Sections 6B, 6C, and 6D to read as follows: |
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Sec. 5. FINDING OF BENEFIT. (a) All of the land and other |
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property included within the boundaries of the district will be |
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benefited by the works and projects that are to be accomplished by |
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the district under powers conferred by Article XVI, Section 59, of |
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the Texas Constitution. The district is created to serve a public |
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use and benefit. |
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(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of: |
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(1) a municipal utility district and a water control |
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and improvement district as provided by general law and Section 59, |
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Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and |
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(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that |
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relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, |
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or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or |
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improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads. |
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Sec. 6B. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section 52, |
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Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, |
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construct, finance, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this |
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state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance |
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macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including |
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storm drainage, in aid of those roads. |
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Sec. 6C. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A road |
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project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and |
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subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in |
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whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road |
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project is located. |
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(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits |
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or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road |
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project must meet all applicable construction standards, |
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subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which |
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the road project is located. |
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(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the |
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Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and |
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specifications of the road project. |
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Sec. 6D. APPOINTMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE. (a) In |
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order to carry out the provisions of Section 54.237, Water Code, |
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except as provided by Subsection (b), the district may appoint an |
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architectural committee for a subdivision located wholly inside the |
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district that does not have an architectural committee or an area of |
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the district not located in a subdivision. |
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(b) The district may not appoint an architectural committee |
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for a subdivision for which the governing provisions prohibit the |
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appointment of an architectural committee by the district or |
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otherwise. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives within the required time. |
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(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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and accomplished. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |