Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. Line and page numbers may not match official copy. By Nixon H.B. No. 3241 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 granting additional powers to the Westchase District. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Act: 1-5 (a) "District" means the Westchase District in Harris 1-6 County, Texas, which was created by Chapter 491, Acts of the 74th 1-7 Legislature, Regular Session, 1995. 1-8 (b) "Enabling act" means Chapter 491, Acts of the 74th 1-9 Legislature, Regular Session, 1995. 1-10 SECTION 2. DISTRICT POWERS. In addition to the powers 1-11 granted to the District by the enabling act, the District shall 1-12 have the following additional powers and authority: 1-13 (a) The authority to grant, without further authority or 1-14 procedural requirement, abatements for taxes and/or assessments 1-15 owed to the District consistent with the terms of Chapter 312, Tax 1-16 Code. 1-17 (b) All laws or provisions of laws referenced in this Act 1-18 and subsequent amendments to those laws are adopted and 1-19 incorporated into this Act for all purposes and may be used by the 1-20 District independently of each other. If any provision of the 1-21 referenced laws is in conflict with or inconsistent with this Act, 1-22 this Act prevails. 1-23 SECTION 3. VALIDATION. All governmental acts and 1-24 proceedings of the District and its board of directors are hereby 2-1 validated. 2-2 SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. The provisions of this Act 2-3 are severable, and if any provision or part of this Act or the 2-4 application thereof to any person or circumstance is held by a 2-5 court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional 2-6 for any reason, the remainder of this Act and the application of 2-7 that provision or part of this Act to other persons or 2-8 circumstances is not affected. 2-9 SECTION 5. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation 2-10 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-11 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-12 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-13 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-14 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-15 passage, and it is so enacted.