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.