Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 930	Senate Author:  Huffman
Effective:  5-27-09	House Sponsor:  Olivo

            Senate Bill 930 amends the Special District Local Laws Code to add a chapter relating to the Sienna Plantation Municipal Utility District No. 5, which was created nonlegislatively under general law provisions of the Water Code, and to grant the district the authority to issue bonds and impose taxes.  The district is also authorized to undertake certain road projects, but bonds for road projects require approval by a two-thirds majority of those voting in a district election, and the bonds or other obligations for such projects may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.  The bill prohibits the district from exercising the power of eminent domain outside its boundaries to acquire a site or an easement for an authorized road project.