HBA-LJP H.B. 2491 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2491 By: Bosse Natural Resources 3/19/2001 Committee Report (Amended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Since 1991, the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 84 (district) has been operating in the unincorporated Channelview area of Harris County, Texas. Since the creation of the district, subsequent annexations of land have been made and certain descriptions of current metes and bounds have been construed as ambiguous. House Bill 2491 modifies the legal description of the district and validates all annexations of new tracts into the district. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS House Bill 2491 validates in all respects all acts of the board of directors of the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 84 (district) relating to annexations by the district (SECTION 2). The bill repeals provisions relating to the legal description of the district and sets forth similar provisions with modifications of the metes and bounds of the district in order to add tracts and increase the total acreage of the district from 741.65 acres to 765.7019 acres (SECTIONS 3 and 7). The bill provides that this Act does not apply to or affect annexation orders of the district on or after January 1, 2000. The bill provides that if the district adopts any annexation order on or after January 1, 2000, and before the effective date of this bill, the boundaries of the district are the boundaries stipulated in this bill as modified to include the land added by these orders (SECTION 6). EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act takes effect September 1, 2001. EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENTS Committee Amendment No. 1 changes the date relating to pending annexation orders of the district from January 1, 2000 to January 1, 2001.