By: Thompson of Brazoria (Senate Sponsor - Taylor) H.B. No. 4614
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2021;
  May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
  Government; May 20, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0;
  May 20, 2021, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 4614 By:  Eckhardt
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the authority of the Brazoria Drainage District Number
  Four to impose a maintenance tax and the validation of certain acts
  of the Brazoria Drainage District Number Four.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 19, Chapter 991, Acts of the 74th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, is amended by adding Subsection
  (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  This section applies only to a maintenance tax levied
  and collected under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article
  XVI, Texas Constitution.
         SECTION 2.  Chapter 991, Acts of the 74th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1995, is amended by adding Section 19A to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 19A.  MAINTENANCE TAX: SECTION 52, ARTICLE III. The
  district may impose a maintenance tax under the powers conferred by
  Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, as authorized by
  Chapter 7, Acts of the 41st Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1929.
         SECTION 3.  The legislature validates and confirms all
  governmental acts and proceedings of Brazoria Drainage District
  Number Four before the effective date of this Act in imposing a
  maintenance tax.
         SECTION 4.  (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 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, 2021.
 
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