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Senate Bill 1038 |
Senate Author: Patrick, Dan |
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Effective: 5-27-09 |
House Sponsor: Riddle |
Senate Bill 1038 amends the law relating to the Northampton Municipal Utility District. The bill changes the name of the district from Norchester Municipal Utility District to Northampton Municipal Utility District and validates and confirms the act or proceeding relating to that name change, excluding matters in litigation or invalidated by a final court judgment. The bill grants the district the authority to establish and administer defined areas as long as the improvements, facilities, or services paid for by those defined areas primarily benefit the areas and not the entire district. The bill also grants the district the authority to undertake certain road projects in a defined area, to issue bonds or other obligations to finance the construction, acquisition, improvement, maintenance, or operation of such road projects, and to impose a property tax to pay for those bonds, subject to approval by a two-thirds majority of district voters, and providing that the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations does not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the defined area. The district is prohibited from exercising the power of eminent domain outside the district to acquire a site or easement for a road project.