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House Bill 4759 |
House Author: Quintanilla |
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Effective: 6-19-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Uresti |
House Bill 4759 amends the Special District Local Laws Code to create the Tornillo Management District, in El Paso County and to grant it the powers and duties provided by general law, including ones applicable to a municipal management district and a development corporation. The bill authorizes the district to impose a property tax, a hotel occupancy tax, and a sales and use tax and to issue bonds and other obligations to provide certain improvements and services to promote the economic health, vitality, and public welfare of the district. The bill prohibits the district from exercising the power of eminent domain and from providing wholesale or retail water or wastewater services or producing water without the consent of the El Paso County Tornillo Water Improvement District.