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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of the Brazoria Drainage District Number |
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Four to impose a maintenance tax and the validation of certain acts |
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of the Brazoria Drainage District Number Four. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 19, Chapter 991, Acts of the 74th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, is amended by adding Subsection |
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(e) to read as follows: |
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(e) This section applies only to a maintenance tax levied |
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and collected under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article |
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XVI, Texas Constitution. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 991, Acts of the 74th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 1995, is amended by adding Section 19A to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 19A. MAINTENANCE TAX: SECTION 52, ARTICLE III. (a) The |
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district may impose a maintenance tax under the powers conferred by |
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Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, as authorized by |
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Chapter 7, Acts of the 41st Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1929. |
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(b) Section 56.242(a), Water Code, does not apply to a |
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maintenance tax imposed under this section. |
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SECTION 3. The legislature validates and confirms all |
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governmental acts and proceedings of Brazoria Drainage District |
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Number Four before the effective date of this Act in imposing a |
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maintenance tax. |
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SECTION 4. (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 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |