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Senate Bill 2467 |
Senate Author: Patrick, Dan et al. |
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Effective: 6-19-09 |
House Sponsor: Fletcher |
Senate Bill 2467 amends the Special District Local Laws Code to create the Waller Town Center Management District in Harris County, Texas. Among other provisions, the bill grants the district various powers, including the authority to issue bonds and impose taxes subject to approval by district voters. The district may exercise the powers granted to a Type B development corporation, and for purposes of establishing and providing for the administration of economic development programs, the district has all of the powers of a municipality under Local Government Code provisions relating to municipal planning and development. All or part of the district's area is eligible for inclusion in a tax increment reinvestment zone, a tax abatement reinvestment zone, or an enterprise zone, and the bill grants the district the authority to establish defined areas or to designate certain district property to pay for improvements, facilities, or services that primarily benefit that area and do not generally and directly benefit the district as a whole. The bill prohibits the district from imposing an impact fee on the property of a public utility provider, and provides that the exemption on certain residential property and the limitation on operation and maintenance taxes for recreational facilities do not apply to the district. Although the district is authorized to annex land as provided by general-law provisions in the Water Code relating to all districts, the bill limits the district's authorization to exercise the power of eminent domain under provisions of the Water Code by prohibiting the district from exercising that power outside the district to acquire a site for specified water or wastewater facilities or certain recreational facilities. The bill provides that the district is a water or sewer district under Local Government Code provisions relating to municipal authority to annex water or sewer districts and authority to dissolve or divide the functions of certain water-related special districts.