AN ACT
1-1 relating to the creation of the Greater East End Management
1-2 District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Chapter 376, Local Government Code, is amended by
1-5 adding Subchapter G to read as follows:
1-6 SUBCHAPTER G. GREATER EAST END MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
1-7 Sec. 376.261. CREATION OF DISTRICT. (a) A special district
1-8 to be known as the "Greater East End Management District" exists as
1-9 a governmental agency, body politic and corporate, and political
1-10 subdivision of the state.
1-11 (b) The name of the district may be changed by resolution of
1-12 the board.
1-13 (c) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish
1-14 the purposes of Section 52, Article III, Section 59, Article XVI,
1-15 and Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, and other public
1-16 purposes stated in this subchapter.
1-17 Sec. 376.262. DECLARATION OF INTENT. (a) The creation of
1-18 the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and
1-19 maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism,
1-20 recreation, arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and
1-21 the public welfare in the Greater East End area of the city of
1-22 Houston.
1-23 (b) The creation of the district and this legislation are
1-24 not to be interpreted to relieve the county or the municipality
2-1 from providing the level of services, as of the effective date of
2-2 this subchapter, to the area in the district or to release the
2-3 county or the municipality from the obligations each entity has to
2-4 provide services to that area. The district is created to
2-5 supplement and not supplant the municipal or county services
2-6 provided in the area in the district.
2-7 (c) By creating the district and in authorizing the
2-8 municipality, county, and other political subdivisions to contract
2-9 with the district, the legislature has established a program to
2-10 accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article
2-11 III, Texas Constitution.
2-12 Sec. 376.263. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
2-13 (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the
2-14 district.
2-15 (2) "County" means Harris County, Texas.
2-16 (3) "District" means the Greater East End Management
2-17 District.
2-18 (4) "Municipality" means the City of Houston, Texas.
2-19 (5) "Utility" means a person that provides to the
2-20 public cable television, gas, light, power, telephone, sewage, or
2-21 water service.
2-22 Sec. 376.264. BOUNDARIES. The district includes all the
2-23 territory contained in the following described area:
2-24 Being 16 square miles, more or less, out of the D. GREGG Survey,
2-25 Abstract No. 238, the S.M. WILLIAMS Survey, Abstract No. 87, the
2-26 HARRIS & WILSON Survey, Abstract No. 32, the L. MOORE Survey,
3-1 Abstract No. 51, the S.M. HARRIS Survey, Abstract No. 327, the J.
3-2 BROWN Survey, Abstract No. 8, the H. TIERWESTER Survey, Abstract
3-3 No. 76, the J. WELLS Survey, Abstract No. 832, the J. THOMAS
3-4 Survey, Abstract No. 74, the J. THOMAS Survey, Abstract No. 762,
3-5 the H.B. PRENTISS Survey, Abstract No. 56, the CALLAHAN & VINCE
3-6 Survey, Abstract No. 9, the J.R. HARRIS Survey, Abstract No. 27,
3-7 the J. AUSTIN Survey, Abstract No. 1, and the J. HOLMAN Survey,
3-8 Abstract No. 323, all located in Harris County, Texas, being more
3-9 particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
3-10 BEGINNING AT A POINT being the point of intersection of the
3-11 centerline of the right-of-way of Clinton Drive and the centerline
3-12 of the right-of-way of East Loop 610,
3-13 Thence in a southerly direction with the centerline of the
3-14 right-of-way of East Loop 610, passing the centerline of the
3-15 channel of Buffalo Bayou and continuing in a southerly direction
3-16 with the centerline of the right-of-way of Loop 610 along a curve
3-17 to the right and proceeding in a southwesterly direction with the
3-18 centerline of the right-of-way of Loop 610, passing the centerline
3-19 of the right-of-way of Interstate 45 South to the point of
3-20 intersection with the centerline of the right-of-way of Telephone
3-21 Road,
3-22 Thence in a northwesterly direction with the centerline of the
3-23 right-of-way of Telephone Road to the point of intersection with
3-24 the center of the right-of-way of Interstate 45 South,
3-25 Thence in a northwesterly direction with the centerline of the
3-26 right-of-way of Interstate 45 South to the point of intersection
4-1 with the centerline of the right-of-way of Houston Belt and
4-2 Terminal Railroad,
4-3 Thence in a northerly direction with the centerline of the
4-4 right-of-way of Houston Belt and Terminal Railroad to the point of
4-5 intersection with the centerline of the right-of-way of Leeland
4-6 Street,
4-7 Thence in a northwesterly direction with the centerline of the
4-8 right-of-way of Leeland Street to the point of intersection with
4-9 the centerline of the right-of-way of Milby Street,
4-10 Thence in a northeasterly direction with the centerline of the
4-11 right-of-way of Milby Street to the point of intersection with the
4-12 centerline of the right-of-way of Houston Belt and Terminal
4-13 Railroad,
4-14 Thence in a northwesterly direction with the centerline of the
4-15 right-of-way of Houston Belt and Terminal Railroad to the point of
4-16 intersection with the centerline of the right-of-way of Sampson
4-17 Street,
4-18 Thence in a northeasterly direction with the with the centerline of
4-19 the right-of-way of Sampson Street to the point of intersection
4-20 with the centerline of the right-of-way of Texas Avenue,
4-21 Thence in a northwesterly direction with the centerline of the
4-22 right-of-way of Texas Avenue to the point of intersection with the
4-23 centerline of the right-of-way of Velasco Street,
4-24 Thence in a northerly direction with the centerline of the
4-25 right-of-way of Velasco Street to the point of intersection of the
4-26 centerline the right-of-way of Harrisburg Boulevard,
5-1 Thence in a northwesterly direction with the centerline of the
5-2 right-of-way of Harrisburg Boulevard to the point of intersection
5-3 with the centerline of the right-of-way of Houston Belt and
5-4 Terminal Railroad,
5-5 Thence in a northerly direction with the centerline of the
5-6 right-of-way of Houston Belt and Terminal Railroad to the point of
5-7 intersection with the centerline of the right-of-way of Commerce
5-8 Street,
5-9 Thence in a northwesterly direction following the centerline of the
5-10 right-of-way of Commerce Street to the point of intersection with
5-11 the centerline of the right-of-way of U.S. Highway 59,
5-12 Thence in a northeasterly direction with the centerline of the
5-13 right-of-way of U.S. Highway 59 to the point of intersection with
5-14 the centerline of the channel of Buffalo Bayou,
5-15 Thence in a southerly and easterly direction following the meanders
5-16 of the centerline of the channel of Buffalo Bayou to the point of
5-17 intersection with the centerline of the right-of-way of Jensen
5-18 Drive,
5-19 Thence in a northerly direction with the centerline of the
5-20 right-of-way of Jensen Drive to the point of intersection with the
5-21 centerline of the right-of-way of Clinton Drive,
5-22 Thence in an easterly and southeasterly direction with the
5-23 centerline of the right-of-way of Clinton Drive to the point of
5-24 intersection with the East line of the Harris & Wilson Survey,
5-25 Abstract No. 32, being also a point in the West line of the J.
5-26 Brown Survey, Abstract No. 8,
6-1 Thence in a northerly direction with the East line of the Harris &
6-2 Wilson Survey, Abstract No. 32, being also the West line of the J.
6-3 Brown Survey, Abstract No. 8 to the point of intersection with the
6-4 easterly projection of the centerline of the right-of-way of Market
6-5 Street,
6-6 Thence in a westerly direction with the easterly projection of the
6-7 centerline of the right-of-way of Market Street and continuing with
6-8 the centerline of the right-of-way of Market Street to the point of
6-9 intersection with the centerline of the right-of-way of Crown
6-10 Street,
6-11 Thence in a northerly direction with the centerline of the
6-12 right-of-way of Crown Street to the point of intersection with the
6-13 centerline of the right-of-way of Lyons Avenue,
6-14 Thence in an easterly direction with the centerline of the
6-15 right-of-way of Lyons Avenue to the point of intersection with the
6-16 northerly projection of the centerline of the right-of-way of
6-17 Dorsett Street,
6-18 Thence in a southerly direction with the northerly projection of
6-19 the centerline of the right-of-way of Dorsett Street and continuing
6-20 with the centerline of the right-of-way of Dorsett Street and
6-21 continuing with a southerly projection of the centerline of the
6-22 right-of-way of Dorsett Street to the point of intersection with
6-23 the centerline of the right-of-way of Market Street,
6-24 Thence in a westerly direction with the centerline of the
6-25 right-of-way of Market Street to the point of intersection with the
6-26 northerly projection of the centerline of the right-of-way of Labco
7-1 Street,
7-2 Thence in a southerly direction with the northerly projection of
7-3 the centerline of the right-of-way of Labco Street and continuing
7-4 with the centerline of the right-of-way of Labco Street to the
7-5 point of intersection with the centerline of the right-of-way of
7-6 Tilgham Street,
7-7 Thence in an easterly direction with the centerline of the
7-8 right-of-way of Tilgham Street to the point of intersection with
7-9 the northerly projection of the centerline of Dorsett Street,
7-10 Thence in a southerly direction with the northerly projection of
7-11 the centerline of the right-of-way of Dorsett Street and continuing
7-12 with the centerline of the right-of-way of Dorsett Street and
7-13 continuing with a southerly projection of the centerline of the
7-14 right-of-way of Dorsett Street to the point of intersection with
7-15 the centerline of the right-of-way of Clinton Drive,
7-16 Thence in a southeasterly direction with the centerline of the
7-17 right-of-way of Clinton Drive to the POINT of BEGINNING, SAVE AND
7-18 EXCEPT all tracts or parcels of land, rights-of-way, facilities,
7-19 and improvements owned by a utility.
7-20 Sec. 376.265. FINDINGS RELATING TO BOUNDARIES. The
7-21 boundaries and field notes of the district form a closure. If a
7-22 mistake is made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in
7-23 the legislative process, the mistake does not in any way affect
7-24 the:
7-25 (1) organization, existence, and validity of the
7-26 district;
8-1 (2) right of the district to issue any type of bonds
8-2 or refunding bonds for the purposes for which the district is
8-3 created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds;
8-4 (3) right of the district to impose and collect
8-5 assessments or taxes; or
8-6 (4) legality or operation of the district or its
8-7 governing body.
8-8 Sec. 376.266. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
8-9 (a) All the land and other property included in the district will
8-10 be benefited by the improvements and services to be provided by the
8-11 district under powers conferred by Section 52, Article III, Section
8-12 59, Article XVI, and Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution,
8-13 and other powers granted under this subchapter, and the district is
8-14 created to serve a public use and benefit.
8-15 (b) The creation of the district is in the public interest
8-16 and is essential to:
8-17 (1) further the public purposes of the development and
8-18 diversification of the economy of the state; and
8-19 (2) eliminate unemployment and underemployment and
8-20 develop or expand transportation and commerce.
8-21 (c) The district will:
8-22 (1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of
8-23 residents, employers, employees, visitors, consumers in the
8-24 district, and the general public;
8-25 (2) provide needed funding for the Greater East End
8-26 area to preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and
9-1 vitality of the area as a community and business center;
9-2 (3) further promote the health, safety, welfare, and
9-3 enjoyment of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by
9-4 landscaping and developing certain areas in the district, which are
9-5 necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of
9-6 scenic and aesthetic beauty; and
9-7 (4) further eliminate unemployment and underemployment
9-8 and develop or expand transportation and commerce by providing or
9-9 by participating with other entities and educational institutions
9-10 in the establishment, equipping, financing, and operation of
9-11 workforce development, workforce education, and job training
9-12 opportunities.
9-13 (d) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at
9-14 grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street
9-15 landscaping, and street art objects are parts of and necessary
9-16 components of a street and are considered to be a street or road
9-17 improvement.
9-18 (e) The district will not act as the agent or
9-19 instrumentality of any private interest even though many private
9-20 interests will be benefited by the district, as will the general
9-21 public.
9-22 Sec. 376.267. APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW. Except as otherwise
9-23 provided by this subchapter, Chapter 375 applies to the district.
9-24 Sec. 376.268. CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter
9-25 shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and
9-26 purposes stated in this subchapter.
10-1 Sec. 376.269. BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN GENERAL. (a) The
10-2 district is governed by a board of 15 directors who serve staggered
10-3 terms of four years, with seven members' terms expiring June 1 of
10-4 an odd-numbered year and eight members' terms expiring June 1 of
10-5 the following odd-numbered year. The board may increase or
10-6 decrease the number of directors on the board by resolution,
10-7 provided that it is in the best interest of the district to do so
10-8 and that the board consists of not fewer than nine and not more
10-9 than 30 directors.
10-10 (b) Subchapter D, Chapter 375, applies to the board to the
10-11 extent that subchapter does not conflict with this subchapter. The
10-12 imposition of a tax, assessment, or impact fee requires a vote of a
10-13 majority of the directors serving. Directors may vote on any
10-14 matter authorized by Subchapter D, Chapter 375, and action may be
10-15 taken by the board only if it is approved in the manner prescribed
10-16 by Subchapter D, Chapter 375.
10-17 Sec. 376.270. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS; VACANCY. The mayor
10-18 and members of the governing body of the municipality shall appoint
10-19 directors from persons recommended by the board who meet the
10-20 qualifications of Subchapter D, Chapter 375. A vacancy in the
10-21 office of director because of the death, resignation, or removal of
10-22 a director shall be filled by the remaining members of the board by
10-23 appointing a qualified person for the unexpired term.
10-24 Sec. 376.271. POWERS OF DISTRICT. The district has:
10-25 (1) all powers necessary or required to accomplish the
10-26 purposes for which the district was created;
11-1 (2) the rights, powers, privileges, authority, and
11-2 functions of a district created under Chapter 375;
11-3 (3) the powers given to a corporation under Section
11-4 4B, Development Corporation Act of 1979 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's
11-5 Texas Civil Statutes), and the power to own, operate, acquire,
11-6 construct, lease, improve, and maintain projects;
11-7 (4) the power to impose ad valorem taxes, assessments,
11-8 or impact fees in accordance with Chapter 375 to provide
11-9 improvements and services for a project or activity the district is
11-10 authorized to acquire, construct, improve, or provide under this
11-11 subchapter; and
11-12 (5) the power to correct, add to, or delete
11-13 assessments from its assessment rolls after notice and hearing as
11-14 provided by Subchapter F, Chapter 375.
11-15 Sec. 376.272. EMINENT DOMAIN. The district may not exercise
11-16 the power of eminent domain.
11-17 Sec. 376.273. EXPENSES AND LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN ACTIONS
11-18 AFFECTING PROPERTY. (a) If the district, in exercising a power
11-19 conferred by this subchapter, requires a relocation, adjustment,
11-20 raising, lowering, rerouting, or changing of the grade or the
11-21 construction of any of the following items, the district must take
11-22 that required action at the sole expense of the district:
11-23 (1) a street, alley, highway, overpass, underpass,
11-24 road, railroad track, bridge, facility, or other property;
11-25 (2) an electric line, conduit, facility, or other
11-26 property;
12-1 (3) a telephone or telegraph line, conduit, facility,
12-2 or other property;
12-3 (4) a gas transmission or distribution pipe, pipeline,
12-4 main, facility, or other property;
12-5 (5) a water, sanitary sewer, or storm sewer pipe,
12-6 pipeline, main, facility, or other property;
12-7 (6) a cable television line, cable, conduit, facility,
12-8 or other property; or
12-9 (7) another pipeline, facility, or other property
12-10 relating to the pipeline.
12-11 (b) The district shall bear damages that are suffered by
12-12 owners of the facility or other property.
12-13 Sec. 376.274. RELATION TO OTHER LAW. If any provision of
12-14 general law, including a law referenced in this subchapter, is in
12-15 conflict with or is inconsistent with this subchapter, this
12-16 subchapter prevails. Any law referenced in this subchapter that is
12-17 not in conflict or inconsistent with this subchapter is adopted and
12-18 incorporated by reference.
12-19 Sec. 376.275. REQUIREMENTS FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND
12-20 IMPROVEMENTS. The board may not finance services and improvement
12-21 projects under this subchapter unless a written petition requesting
12-22 those improvements or services has been filed with the board. The
12-23 petition must be signed by:
12-24 (1) the owners of a majority of the assessed value of
12-25 real property in the district as determined by the most recent
12-26 certified county property tax rolls; or
13-1 (2) at least 50 persons who own land in the district,
13-2 if there are more than 50 persons who own property in the district
13-3 as determined by the most recent certified county property tax
13-4 rolls.
13-5 Sec. 376.276. NONPROFIT CORPORATION. (a) The board by
13-6 resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to
13-7 assist and act on behalf of the district in implementing a project
13-8 or providing a service authorized by this subchapter.
13-9 (b) The board shall appoint the board of directors of a
13-10 nonprofit corporation created under this section. The board of
13-11 directors of the nonprofit corporation shall serve in the same
13-12 manner as, for the same term as, and on the conditions of the board
13-13 of directors of a local government corporation created under
13-14 Chapter 431, Transportation Code.
13-15 (c) A nonprofit corporation created under this section has
13-16 the powers of and is considered for purposes of this subchapter to
13-17 be a local government corporation created under Chapter 431,
13-18 Transportation Code.
13-19 (d) A nonprofit corporation created under this section may
13-20 implement any project and provide any services authorized by this
13-21 subchapter.
13-22 Sec. 376.277. DISBURSEMENTS OR TRANSFERS OF FUNDS. The
13-23 board by resolution shall establish the number of directors'
13-24 signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or
13-25 transfer of the district's money.
13-26 Sec. 376.278. BONDS. (a) The district may issue bonds or
14-1 other obligations payable in whole or in part from ad valorem
14-2 taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenues, grants, or other money
14-3 of the district, or any combination of those sources of money, to
14-4 pay for any authorized purpose of the district.
14-5 (b) Bonds or other obligations of the district may be issued
14-6 in the form of bonds, notes, certificates of participation,
14-7 including other instruments evidencing a proportionate interest in
14-8 payments to be made by the district, or other obligations that are
14-9 issued in the exercise of the district's borrowing power and may be
14-10 issued in bearer or registered form or not represented by an
14-11 instrument but the transfer of which is registered on books
14-12 maintained by or on behalf of the district. The board may impose
14-13 and collect an assessment under Subchapter F, Chapter 375, for any
14-14 purpose authorized by this subchapter or by Chapter 375.
14-15 (c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the district must
14-16 obtain the municipality's approval of:
14-17 (1) the issuance of bonds for an improvement project;
14-18 (2) the plans and specifications of the improvement
14-19 project to be financed by the bonds; and
14-20 (3) the plans and specifications of a district
14-21 improvement project related to:
14-22 (A) the use of land owned by the municipality;
14-23 (B) an easement granted by the municipality; or
14-24 (C) a right-of-way of a street, road, or
14-25 highway.
14-26 (d) If the district obtains the municipality's approval of a
15-1 capital improvements budget for a specified period not to exceed
15-2 five years, the district may finance the capital improvements and
15-3 issue bonds specified in the budget without further municipal
15-4 approval.
15-5 (e) Before the district issues bonds, the district shall
15-6 submit the bonds and the record of proceedings of the district
15-7 relating to authorization of the bonds to the attorney general for
15-8 approval as provided by Chapter 53, Acts of the 70th Legislature,
15-9 2nd Called Session, 1987 (Article 717k-8, Vernon's Texas Civil
15-10 Statutes).
15-11 Sec. 376.279. ASSESSMENTS. (a) The board may impose and
15-12 collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by this
15-13 subchapter.
15-14 (b) Assessments, reassessments, or assessments resulting
15-15 from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the
15-16 district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment,
15-17 expenses of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by
15-18 the district:
15-19 (1) are a first and prior lien against the property
15-20 assessed;
15-21 (2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than
15-22 a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad
15-23 valorem taxes; and
15-24 (3) are the personal liability of and charge against
15-25 the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the
15-26 assessment proceedings.
16-1 (c) The lien is effective from the date of the resolution of
16-2 the board levying the assessment until the assessment is paid. The
16-3 board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the board may
16-4 enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.
16-5 Sec. 376.280. PROPERTY EXEMPTED FROM TAX, FEE, OR
16-6 ASSESSMENT. (a) The district may not impose a tax, impact fee, or
16-7 assessment on a residential property, multiunit residential
16-8 property, or condominium.
16-9 (b) The district may not impose an impact fee or assessment
16-10 on the property, equipment, or facilities of a utility.
16-11 Sec. 376.281. ELECTIONS. (a) In addition to the elections
16-12 the district must hold under Subchapter L, Chapter 375, the
16-13 district shall hold an election in the manner provided by that
16-14 subchapter to obtain voter approval before the district imposes a
16-15 maintenance tax or issues bonds payable from ad valorem taxes or
16-16 assessments.
16-17 (b) The board may submit multiple purposes in a single
16-18 proposition at an election.
16-19 Sec. 376.282. IMPACT FEES. The district may impose an
16-20 impact fee for an authorized purpose as provided by Subchapter G,
16-21 Chapter 375.
16-22 Sec. 376.283. MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If authorized at an
16-23 election held in accordance with Section 376.281, the district may
16-24 impose and collect an annual ad valorem tax on taxable property in
16-25 the district for the maintenance and operation of the district and
16-26 the improvements constructed or acquired by the district or for the
17-1 provision of services.
17-2 (b) The board shall determine the tax rate.
17-3 Sec. 376.284. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND PROJECTS.
17-4 (a) As soon as possible after its creation, the district shall
17-5 develop and implement a plan for workforce development services.
17-6 The services may include:
17-7 (1) job training;
17-8 (2) workforce education;
17-9 (3) financing of special educational opportunities;
17-10 (4) student summer work programs; or
17-11 (5) other projects that promote workforce development.
17-12 (b) The district's initial plan under Subsection (a) must
17-13 be for a period of at least five years. For the first five years
17-14 of the plan, the district shall allocate to the services listed in
17-15 Subsection (a) not less than three percent of its assessment
17-16 revenues.
17-17 (c) The district may develop and implement additional plans
17-18 under Subsection (a).
17-19 (d) To assist in implementing this section, the district
17-20 may:
17-21 (1) accept a donation, grant, or loan from any person;
17-22 (2) work with schools of all levels;
17-23 (3) work with any person that provides workforce
17-24 development funds or projects; or
17-25 (4) participate with other entities.
17-26 Sec. 376.285. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT. The district may be
18-1 dissolved as provided by Subchapter M, Chapter 375. If the
18-2 district has debt and is dissolved, the district shall remain in
18-3 existence solely for the limited purpose of discharging its bonds
18-4 or other obligations according to their terms.
18-5 Sec. 376.286. CONTRACTS. (a) To protect the public
18-6 interest, the district may contract with the municipality or the
18-7 county for the municipality or county to provide law enforcement
18-8 services in the district for a fee.
18-9 (b) The municipality, the county, or another political
18-10 subdivision of the state, without further authorization, may
18-11 contract with the district to implement a project of the district
18-12 or assist the district in providing the services authorized under
18-13 this subchapter. A contract under this subsection may:
18-14 (1) be for a period on which the parties agree;
18-15 (2) include terms on which the parties agree;
18-16 (3) be payable from taxes or any other sources of
18-17 revenue that may be available for that purpose; or
18-18 (4) provide that taxes or other revenue collected at a
18-19 district project or from a person using or purchasing a commodity
18-20 or service at a district project may be paid or rebated to the
18-21 district under the terms of the contract.
18-22 (c) The district may enter into a contract, lease, or other
18-23 agreement with or make or accept grants and loans to or from:
18-24 (1) the United States;
18-25 (2) the state or a state agency;
18-26 (3) a county, a municipality, or another political
19-1 subdivision of the state;
19-2 (4) a public or private corporation, including a
19-3 nonprofit corporation created by the board under this subchapter;
19-4 or
19-5 (5) any other person.
19-6 (d) The district may perform all acts necessary for the full
19-7 exercise of the powers vested in the district on terms and for the
19-8 period the board determines advisable.
19-9 Sec. 376.287. INITIAL DIRECTORS. (a) The initial board
19-10 consists of the following persons:
19-11 Pos. No. Name of Director
19-12 1 Lynn Woolley
19-13 2 Rex Moran
19-14 3 Carlos Garcia
19-15 4 Mike Garver
19-16 5 Yolanda Black Navarro
19-17 6 Harry Hartley II
19-18 7 Andrew Perez
19-19 8 Luis Galvan
19-20 9 Alan J. Atkinson
19-21 10 Jessica Hulsey
19-22 11 Cliff Dieterle
19-23 12 Dionicio Vidal Flores
19-24 13 James G. Olson
19-25 14 Cesar Navarro
19-26 15 Ed Wulfe
20-1 (b) Of the initial directors, the terms of directors
20-2 appointed for positions 1 through 7 expire on June 1, 2001, and the
20-3 terms of directors appointed for positions 8 through 15 expire on
20-4 June 1, 2003.
20-5 (c) This section expires September 1, 2004.
20-6 SECTION 2. The legislature finds that:
20-7 (1) proper and legal notice of the intention to
20-8 introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
20-9 Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
20-10 copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
20-11 officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
20-12 by the constitution and laws of this state, including the governor,
20-13 who has submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Natural Resource
20-14 Conservation Commission;
20-15 (2) the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
20-16 has filed its recommendations relating to this Act with the
20-17 governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of
20-18 representatives within the required time;
20-19 (3) the general law relating to consent by political
20-20 subdivisions to the creation of districts with conservation,
20-21 reclamation, and road powers and the inclusion of land in those
20-22 districts has been complied with; and
20-23 (4) all requirements of the constitution and laws of
20-24 this state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with
20-25 respect to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act have
20-26 been fulfilled and accomplished.
21-1 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
21-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
21-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
21-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
21-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
21-6 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
21-7 passage, and it is so enacted.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 276 passed the Senate on
March 10, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on April 23, 1999, by the
following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 276 passed the House, with
amendment, on April 16, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 136,
Nays 0, two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor