1-1     By:  Bailey (Senate Sponsor - Gallegos)               H.B. No. 2891
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 1999;
 1-3     May 3, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Intergovernmental Relations; May 14, 1999, reported adversely, with
 1-5     favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays
 1-6     0; May 14, 1999, sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2891                   By:  Ellis
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to the creation of the Aldine Community Improvement
1-11     District; authorizing the issuance of bonds and the imposition of
1-12     taxes.
1-13           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-14           SECTION 1.  Chapter 376, Local Government Code, is amended by
1-15     adding Subchapter G to read as follows:
1-16            SUBCHAPTER G.  ALDINE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
1-17           Sec. 376.261.  CREATION OF DISTRICT.  (a)  A special district
1-18     to be known as the "Aldine Community Improvement District" exists
1-19     as a governmental agency, body politic and corporate, and political
1-20     subdivision of the state.
1-21           (b)  The name of the district may be changed by resolution of
1-22     the board.
1-23           (c)  The creation of the district is essential to accomplish
1-24     the purposes of Section 52, Article III, Section 59, Article XVI,
1-25     and Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, and other public
1-26     purposes stated in this subchapter.
1-27           Sec. 376.262.  DECLARATION OF INTENT.  (a)  The creation of
1-28     the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and
1-29     maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism,
1-30     recreation, arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and
1-31     the public welfare in the Aldine Community area of Harris County.
1-32           (b)  The creation of the district and this legislation are
1-33     not to be interpreted to relieve the county from providing the
1-34     level of services, as of September 1, 1999, to the area in the
1-35     district or to release the county from the obligations the entity
1-36     has to provide services to that area.  The district is created to
1-37     supplement and not supplant the county services provided in the
1-38     area in the district.
1-39           (c)  By creating the district and in authorizing the
1-40     municipality, county, and other political subdivisions to contract
1-41     with the district, the legislature has established a program to
1-42     accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article
1-43     III, Texas Constitution.
1-44           Sec. 376.263.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:
1-45                 (1)  "Board" means the board of directors of the
1-46     district.
1-47                 (2)  "County" means Harris County.
1-48                 (3)  "District" means the Aldine Community Improvement
1-49     District.
1-50                 (4)  "Municipality" means the City of Houston.
1-51           Sec. 376.264.  BOUNDARIES.  The district includes all the
1-52     territory contained in the following described area:
1-53     Being 14.79 square miles, more or less,
1-54     Beginning at the northeast corner of Aldine Mail Road and the Hardy
1-55     Toll Road
1-56     Thence north along the east right-of-way line of Hardy Toll Road a
1-57     distance of approximately two (2) miles to the north right-of-way
1-58     line of State Highway 525
1-59     Thence along the north right-of-way line of State Highway 525
1-60     approximately 2.75 miles to the west right-of-way line of John F.
1-61     Kennedy Boulevard
1-62     Thence south along the west right-of-way line of John F. Kennedy
1-63     Boulevard a distance of approximately one (1) mile to the City of
1-64     Houston City limits
 2-1     Thence east a distance of approximately one-quarter mile (1/4) mile
 2-2     to the east right-of-way line of Heathrow Forest Parkway
 2-3     Thence north along the east right-of-way line of Heathrow Forest
 2-4     Parkway a distance of approximately one-quarter mile (1/4) mile to
 2-5     the City of Houston City limits
 2-6     Thence east along the south side of the City of Houston City limits
 2-7     a distance of approximately one-half (1/2) mile
 2-8     Thence south a distance of approximately one-quarter mile (1/4)
 2-9     mile
2-10     Thence east a distance of approximately one-eighth (1/8) mile to
2-11     the east right-of-way line of Sequoia Bend Boulevard
2-12     Thence north along the east right-of-way line of Sequoia Bend
2-13     Boulevard a distance of approximately one-half (1/2) mile to the
2-14     north right-of-way line of State Highway 525
2-15     Thence east along the north right-of-way line of State Highway 525
2-16     a distance of approximately three-quarters (3/4) of one mile to the
2-17     east right-of-way line of Lee Road
2-18     Thence south along the east right-of-way line of Lee Road becoming
2-19     Homestead Road a distance of approximately two and one-half miles
2-20     to the north right-of-way line of Mount Houston Road
2-21     Thence west along the north right-of-way line of Mount Houston Road
2-22     a distance of approximately one-quarter mile to the west line of
2-23     the Southern Pacific Railroad property
2-24     Thence southwest along the Southern Pacific Railroad property a
2-25     distance of approximately one and three-quarters mile to the north
2-26     right-of-way line of Langley Road
2-27     Thence west along the north right-of-way line of Langley Road a
2-28     distance of approximately one mile to the east right-of-way line of
2-29     U.S. Highway 59
2-30     Thence northeast along the east right-of-way line of U.S. Highway
2-31     59 a distance of approximately one-quarter mile to the north
2-32     right-of-way line of Little York Road
2-33     Thence west along the north right-of-way line of Little York Road a
2-34     distance of approximately one-quarter mile to the east right-of-way
2-35     line of Bentley Road
2-36     Thence north along the east right-of-way line of Bentley Road a
2-37     distance of approximately one-quarter mile to the north
2-38     right-of-way line of Sagebrush Road
2-39     Thence west along the north right-of-way line of Sagebrush Road a
2-40     distance of approximately one-third (1/3) mile to the west line of
2-41     Halls Bayou
2-42     Thence south along the west line of Halls Bayou a distance of
2-43     approximately one-quarter mile to the north right-of-way line of
2-44     Little York Road
2-45     Thence west along the north right-of way line of Little York Road a
2-46     distance of approximately one-half mile to the City of Houston City
2-47     limits line adjacent to and east of Aldine Westfield Road
2-48     Thence north along the City of Houston City limits line adjacent to
2-49     and east of Aldine Westfield Road a distance of approximately
2-50     one-eighth mile along the east line of the City of Houston City
2-51     limits line
2-52     Thence west along the north line of the City of Houston City limits
2-53     line a distance of approximately three-quarter mile to the east
2-54     right-of-way line of Hardy Toll Road
2-55     Thence north along the east right-of-way line of Hardy Toll Road a
2-56     distance of approximately two miles to the north right-of-way line
2-57     of Aldine Mail Road and the Point of Beginning
2-58     Save and Except the Following Parcels:
2-59     Parcel Number One:  City of Houston Keith-Weiss Park
2-60     Parcel Number Two:  That portion of City of Houston Melrose Park
2-61                         east of the right-of-way line of Hardy Toll
2-62                         Road
2-63     SAVE AND EXCEPT all tracts or parcels of land, rights-of-way,
2-64     facilities, and improvements owned by an electric utility as
2-65     defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code or gas utility as defined
2-66     by Section 101.003 or 121.001, Utilities Code.
2-67           Sec. 376.265.  FINDINGS RELATING TO BOUNDARIES.  The
2-68     boundaries and field notes of the district form a closure.  If a
2-69     mistake is made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in
 3-1     the legislative process, the mistake does not in any way affect
 3-2     the:
 3-3                 (1)  organization, existence, and validity of the
 3-4     district;
 3-5                 (2)  right of the district to issue any types of bonds
 3-6     or refunding bonds for the purposes for which the district is
 3-7     created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds;
 3-8                 (3)  right of the district to impose and collect
 3-9     assessments or taxes; or
3-10                 (4)  legality or operation of the district or its
3-11     governing body.
3-12           Sec. 376.266.  FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
3-13     (a)  All the land and other property included in the district will
3-14     be benefited by the improvements and services to be provided by the
3-15     district under powers conferred by Section 52, Article III, Section
3-16     59, Article XVI, and Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution,
3-17     and other powers granted under this subchapter, and the district is
3-18     created to serve a public use and benefit.
3-19           (b)  The creation of the district is in the public interest
3-20     and is essential to:
3-21                 (1)  further the public purposes of the development and
3-22     diversification of the economy of the state; and
3-23                 (2)  eliminate unemployment and underemployment and
3-24     develop or expand transportation and commerce.
3-25           (c)  The district will:
3-26                 (1)  promote the health, safety, and general welfare of
3-27     residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors,
3-28     consumers in the district, and the general public;
3-29                 (2)  provide needed funding for the Aldine Community
3-30     area to preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and
3-31     vitality of the area as a community and business center; and
3-32                 (3)  further promote the health, safety, welfare, and
3-33     enjoyment of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by
3-34     landscaping and developing certain areas in the district, which are
3-35     necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of
3-36     scenic beauty.
3-37           (d)  Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at
3-38     grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street
3-39     landscaping, and street art objects are parts of and necessary
3-40     components of a street and are considered to be a street or road
3-41     improvement.
3-42           (e)  The district will not act as the agent or
3-43     instrumentality of any private interest even though many private
3-44     interests will be benefited by the district, as will the general
3-45     public.
3-46           Sec. 376.267.  APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW.  Except as otherwise
3-47     provided by this subchapter, Chapter 375 applies to the district.
3-48           Sec. 376.268.  CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER.  This subchapter
3-49     shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and
3-50     purposes stated in this subchapter.
3-51           Sec. 376.269.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN GENERAL.  (a)  The
3-52     district is governed by a board of nine directors who serve
3-53     staggered terms of four years with four or five members' terms
3-54     expiring June 1 of each odd-numbered year.  At least one director
3-55     must be a resident of the district.  The board by resolution may
3-56     increase or decrease the number of directors on the board if the
3-57     board finds that the change is in the best interest of the
3-58     district.  The board must consist of not fewer than nine and not
3-59     more than 30 directors.
3-60           (b)  Subchapter D, Chapter 375, applies to the board to the
3-61     extent that subchapter does not conflict with this subchapter.
3-62           (c)  Notwithstanding Section 375.071, the imposition of a
3-63     tax, assessment, or impact fee requires a vote of a majority of the
3-64     directors serving.
3-65           Sec. 376.270.  APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS; VACANCY.  The county
3-66     judge and members of the governing body of the county shall appoint
3-67     directors from persons recommended by the board who meet the
3-68     qualifications of Subchapter D, Chapter 375.  A vacancy in the
3-69     office of director because of the death, resignation, or removal of
 4-1     a director shall be filled by the remaining members of the board by
 4-2     appointing a qualified person for the unexpired term.
 4-3           Sec. 376.271.  POWERS OF DISTRICT.  The district has:
 4-4                 (1)  all powers necessary or required to accomplish the
 4-5     purposes for which the district was created;
 4-6                 (2)  the rights, powers, privileges, authority, and
 4-7     functions of a district created under Chapter 375;
 4-8                 (3)  the powers given to a corporation under Section
 4-9     4B, Development Corporation Act of 1979 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's
4-10     Texas Civil Statutes), and the power to own, operate, acquire,
4-11     construct, lease, improve, and maintain projects;
4-12                 (4)  the power to impose ad valorem taxes, assessments,
4-13     or impact fees in accordance with Chapter 375 to provide
4-14     improvements and services for a project or activity the district is
4-15     authorized to acquire, construct, improve, or provide under this
4-16     subchapter; and
4-17                 (5)  the power to correct, add to, or delete
4-18     assessments from its assessment rolls after notice and hearing as
4-19     provided by Subchapter F, Chapter 375.
4-20           Sec. 376.272.  SALES AND USE TAX.  (a)  The district may
4-21     impose a sales and use tax.  Revenue from the tax may be used for
4-22     any purpose for which ad valorem tax revenue of the district may be
4-23     used.
4-24           (b)  The district may not adopt a tax under this subchapter
4-25     if, as a result of the adoption of the tax, the combined rate of
4-26     all sales and use taxes imposed by the county and other political
4-27     subdivisions of this state that have territory in the county would
4-28     exceed two percent at any location in the district.
4-29           Sec. 376.273.  EMINENT DOMAIN.  The district may not exercise
4-30     the power of eminent domain.
4-31           Sec. 376.274.  EXPENSES AND LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN ACTIONS
4-32     AFFECTING PROPERTY.  (a)  If the district, in exercising a power
4-33     conferred by this subchapter, requires a relocation, adjustment,
4-34     raising, lowering, rerouting, or changing the grade or the
4-35     construction of any of the following items, the district must take
4-36     that required action at the sole expense of the district:
4-37                 (1)  a street, alley, highway, overpass, underpass,
4-38     road, railroad track, bridge, facility, or other property;
4-39                 (2)  an electric line, conduit, facility, or other
4-40     property;
4-41                 (3)  a telephone or telegraph line, conduit, facility,
4-42     or other property;
4-43                 (4)  a gas transmission or distribution pipe, pipeline,
4-44     main, facility, or other property;
4-45                 (5)  a water, sanitary sewer, or storm sewer pipe,
4-46     pipeline, main, facility, or other property;
4-47                 (6)  a cable television line, cable, conduit, facility,
4-48     or other property; or
4-49                 (7)  another pipeline, facility, or other property
4-50     relating to the pipeline.
4-51           (b)  The district shall bear damages that are suffered by
4-52     owners of the facility or other property.
4-53           Sec. 376.275.  RELATION TO OTHER LAW.  If any provision of a
4-54     law referenced in Section 376.271 is in conflict with or is
4-55     inconsistent with this subchapter, this subchapter prevails.  Any
4-56     law referenced in this subchapter that is not in conflict or
4-57     inconsistent with this subchapter is adopted and incorporated by
4-58     reference.
4-59           Sec. 376.276.  REQUIREMENTS FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND
4-60     IMPROVEMENTS.  The board may not finance services and improvement
4-61     projects under this subchapter unless a written petition requesting
4-62     those improvements or services has been filed with the board.  The
4-63     petition must be signed by:
4-64                 (1)  the owners of a majority of the assessed value of
4-65     real property in the district as determined by the most recent
4-66     certified county property tax rolls; or
4-67                 (2)  at least 50 persons who own land in the district,
4-68     if there are more than 50 persons who own property in the district
4-69     as determined by the most recent certified county property tax
 5-1     rolls.
 5-2           Sec. 376.277.  NONPROFIT CORPORATION.  (a)  The board by
 5-3     resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to
 5-4     assist and act on behalf of the district in implementing a project
 5-5     or providing a service this subchapter authorizes.
 5-6           (b)  A nonprofit corporation created under this section:
 5-7                 (1)  has the powers of and is considered for purposes
 5-8     of this subchapter to be a local government corporation created
 5-9     under Chapter 431, Transportation Code; and
5-10                 (2)  may implement any project or provide any services
5-11     this subchapter authorizes.
5-12           (c)  The board shall appoint the board of directors of a
5-13     nonprofit corporation created under this section.  The board of
5-14     directors of the nonprofit corporation shall serve in the same
5-15     manner as, for the same term as, and on the conditions of the board
5-16     of directors of a local government corporation created under
5-17     Chapter 431, Transportation Code.
5-18           Sec. 376.278.  DISBURSEMENTS OR TRANSFERS OF FUNDS.  The
5-19     board by resolution shall establish the number of directors'
5-20     signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or
5-21     transfer of the district's money.
5-22           Sec. 376.279.  BONDS.  (a)  The district may issue bonds or
5-23     other obligations payable in whole or in part from ad valorem
5-24     taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenues, grants, or other money
5-25     of the district, or any combination of those sources of money, to
5-26     pay for any authorized purpose of the district.
5-27           (b)  Bonds or other obligations of the district may be issued
5-28     in the form of bonds, notes, certificates of participation,
5-29     including other instruments evidencing a proportionate interest in
5-30     payments to be made by the district, or other obligations that are
5-31     issued in the exercise of the district's borrowing power and may be
5-32     issued in bearer or registered form or not represented by an
5-33     instrument but the transfer of which is registered on books
5-34     maintained by or on behalf of the district.
5-35           (c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), the district must
5-36     obtain the municipality's approval of:
5-37                 (1)  the issuance of bonds for an improvement project;
5-38                 (2)  the plans and specifications of the improvement
5-39     project to be financed by the bonds; and
5-40                 (3)  the plans and specifications of a district
5-41     improvement project related to:
5-42                       (A)  the use of land owned by the county;
5-43                       (B)  an easement granted by the county; or
5-44                       (C)  a right-of-way of a street, road, or
5-45     highway.
5-46           (d)  If the district obtains the municipality's approval of a
5-47     capital improvements budget for a specified period not to exceed
5-48     five years, the district may finance the capital improvements and
5-49     issue bonds specified in the budget without further municipal
5-50     approval.
5-51           (e)  Before the district issues bonds, the district shall
5-52     submit the bonds and the record of proceedings of the district
5-53     relating to authorization of the bonds to the attorney general for
5-54     approval as provided by Chapter 53, Acts of the 70th Legislature,
5-55     2nd Called Session, 1987 (Article 717k-8, Vernon's Texas Civil
5-56     Statutes).
5-57           Sec. 376.280.  ASSESSMENTS.  (a)  The board may impose and
5-58     collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by this
5-59     subchapter.
5-60           (b)  Assessments, reassessments, or assessments resulting
5-61     from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the
5-62     district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment,
5-63     expenses of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by
5-64     the district:
5-65                 (1)  are a first and prior lien against the property
5-66     assessed;
5-67                 (2)  are superior to any other lien or claim other than
5-68     a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad
5-69     valorem taxes; and
 6-1                 (3)  are the personal liability of and charge against
 6-2     the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the
 6-3     assessment proceedings.
 6-4           (c)  The lien is effective from the date of the resolution of
 6-5     the board levying the assessment until the assessment is paid.  The
 6-6     board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the board may
 6-7     enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.
 6-8           Sec. 376.281.  PROPERTY EXEMPTED FROM TAX, FEE, OR
 6-9     ASSESSMENT.  (a)  The district may not impose an impact fee or
6-10     assessment under Chapter 375 on a residential property, multi-unit
6-11     residential property, or condominium.
6-12           (b)  The district may not impose an impact fee or assessment
6-13     on the property, equipment, or facilities of an electric utility as
6-14     defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code or a gas utility as
6-15     defined by Section 101.003 or 121.001, Utilities Code.
6-16           Sec. 376.282.  ELECTIONS.  (a)  In addition to the elections
6-17     the district must hold under Subchapter L, Chapter 375, the
6-18     district shall hold an election in the manner provided by that
6-19     subchapter to obtain voter approval before the district imposes a
6-20     maintenance tax or issues bonds payable from ad valorem taxes or
6-21     assessments.
6-22           (b)  The board may submit multiple purposes in a single
6-23     proposition at an election.
6-24           Sec. 376.283.  IMPACT FEES.  The district may impose an
6-25     impact fee for an authorized purpose as provided by Subchapter G,
6-26     Chapter 375.
6-27           Sec. 376.284.  MAINTENANCE TAX.  (a)  If authorized at an
6-28     election held in accordance with Section 376.282, the district may
6-29     impose and collect an annual ad valorem tax on taxable property in
6-30     the district for the maintenance and operation of the district and
6-31     the improvements constructed or acquired by the district or for the
6-32     provision of services.
6-33           (b)  the board shall determine the tax rate.
6-34           Sec. 376.285.  DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT.  (a)  The district
6-35     may be dissolved as provided in Subchapter M, Chapter 375.
6-36           (b)  Notwithstanding Section 375.264, the district may be
6-37     dissolved if the district has debt.  If the district has debt and
6-38     is dissolved, the district shall remain in existence solely for the
6-39     limited purpose of discharging its bonds or other obligations
6-40     according to their terms.
6-41           Sec. 376.286.  CONTRACTS.  (a)  To protect the public
6-42     interest, the district may contract with the municipality or county
6-43     for the provision of law enforcement services by the county or
6-44     municipality in the district on a fee basis.
6-45           (b)  The municipality, county, or another political
6-46     subdivision of the state, without further authorization, may
6-47     contract with the district to implement a project of the district
6-48     or assist the district in providing the services authorized under
6-49     this subchapter.  A contract under this subsection may:
6-50                 (1)  be for a period on which the parties agree;
6-51                 (2)  include terms on which the parties agree;
6-52                 (3)  be payable from taxes or any other sources of
6-53     revenue that may be available for such purpose; or
6-54                 (4)  provide that taxes or other revenue collected at a
6-55     district project or from a person using or purchasing a commodity
6-56     or service at a district project may be paid or rebated to the
6-57     district under the terms of the contract.
6-58           (c)  The district may enter into a contract, lease, or other
6-59     agreement with or make or accept grants and loans to or from:
6-60                 (1)  the United States;
6-61                 (2)  the state or a state agency;
6-62                 (3)  any county, any municipality, or another political
6-63     subdivision of the state;
6-64                 (4)  a public or private corporation, including a
6-65     nonprofit corporation created by the board under this subchapter;
6-66     or
6-67                 (5)  any other person.
6-68           (d)  The district may perform all acts necessary for the full
6-69     exercise of the powers vested in the district on terms and for the
 7-1     period the board determines advisable.
 7-2           Sec. 376.287.  INITIAL DIRECTORS.  (a)  The initial board
 7-3     consists of the following persons:
 7-4           Pos. No.                Name of Director
 7-5               1                     Clyde Bailey
 7-6               2                     Sylvia Bolling
 7-7               3                     Reyes Garcia
 7-8               4                     Leland Jauer
 7-9               5                     V. E. (Vic) Mauldin
7-10               6                     W. Steve Mead
7-11               7                     Art Murillo
7-12               8                     Ray Shotwell
7-13               9                     Richard Villanueva
7-14           (b)  Of the initial directors, the directors appointed for
7-15     positions 1 through 4 serve until June 1, 2001, and the directors
7-16     appointed for positions 5 through 9 serve until June 1, 2003.
7-17           (c)  This section expires September 1, 2004.
7-18           Sec. 376.288.  ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY BY GOVERNING
7-19     BODY OF MUNICIPALITY.  (a)  If territory in a municipality's limit
7-20     or extraterritorial jurisdiction is included in the district, the
7-21     municipality's governing body may remove that territory from the
7-22     district if the district does not have bonded indebtedness.
7-23           (b)  To remove territory under Subsection (a), the governing
7-24     body of the municipality must notify the secretary of the board of
7-25     the district in writing that the territory is excluded from the
7-26     district's territory.
7-27           (c)  If a municipality annexes territory that is in its
7-28     extraterritorial jurisdiction and included in the district, the
7-29     governing body of the municipality shall notify the secretary of
7-30     the board of the district in writing that the annexed territory is
7-31     excluded from the district's territory.
7-32           SECTION 2.  The legislature finds that:
7-33                 (1)  proper and legal notice of the intention to
7-34     introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
7-35     Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
7-36     copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
7-37     officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
7-38     by the constitution and laws of this state, including the governor,
7-39     who has submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Natural Resource
7-40     Conservation Commission;
7-41                 (2)  the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
7-42     has filed its recommendations relating to this Act with the
7-43     governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of
7-44     representatives within the required time;
7-45                 (3)  the general law relating to consent by political
7-46     subdivisions to the creation of districts with conservation,
7-47     reclamation, and road powers and the inclusion of land in those
7-48     districts has been complied with; and
7-49                 (4)  all requirements of the constitution and laws of
7-50     this state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with
7-51     respect to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act have
7-52     been fulfilled and accomplished.
7-53           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
7-54     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
7-55     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
7-56     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
7-57     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
7-58     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
7-59     passage, and it is so enacted.
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