SRC-SEW H.B. 3639 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research CenterH.B. 3639 77R14948 ATP-DBy: Danburg (Brown, J. E. "Buster") Intergovernmental Relations 5/10/2001 Committee Report (Amended) 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, except as provided by this subsection, the district is governed by a board of five directors who serve staggered four-year terms. Authorizes the board by resolution to increase or decrease the number of directors to not more than nine and not fewer than five directors on a finding by a majority of the board that the change in the number of directors is in the best interest of the district. SECTION 3. Amends Section 376.159, Local Government Code, to require the existing board to appoint qualified person to fill any new positions on the board created by an increase in the number of directors under Section 376.158(a) and provide for staggering the terms of directors serving in the new positions. Requires, on the expiration of the term of a director appointed under this subsection, a succeeding director to be appointed and qualify as provided by this section. 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.