SRC-SEW H.B. 3639 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 3639
By: Danburg (Brown)
Intergovernmental Relations
5/6/2001
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

The Upper Kirby Management District (district) in Houston was created by
the 75th Legislature to promote economic growth, cultural development, and
public welfare of the area. The City of Houston has also created a tax
increment reinvestment zone (zone) in the area to attract new investment
and help finance the cost of redeveloping. Several property owners that are
outside the district but inside the zone have petitioned to be included in
the district. Expanding the district will allow the district and the zone
to better coordinate the provision of service and bring the petitioners
into the district. H.B. 3639 expands the boundaries of the district and
authorizes the board of directors of the district to increase the number of
directors.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 376.154(a), Local Government Code, to set forth
the boundaries of the Upper Kirby Management District.  Deletes existing
text regarding boundaries.   

SECTION 2.  Amends Section 376.158(a), Local Government Code, to provide
that the district is governed by a board of nine (rather than five)
directors who serve staggered four-year terms. 

SECTION 3.  Amends Section 376.159, Local Government Code, to authorize the
board to increase the number of directors by resolution if a majority of
the directors finds that increasing the number of directors is in the best
interest of the district.  Makes a nonsubstantive change. 

SECTION 4. Sets forth guidelines regarding the composition and terms of the
board of the Upper Kirby Management District.  Provides that this section
expires September 1, 2005. 

SECTION 5.  Effective date:  September 1, 2001.