Amend SB 624 as follows:
(1) In SECTION 2 of the bill, strike proposed Section
49.107(h), Water Code (House Committee Printing, page 2, lines
17-22), and substitute the following:
(h) To the extent authorized by Section 59, Article XVI,
Texas Constitution, an operation and maintenance tax to be used for
recreational facilities, as defined by Section 49.462, levied by a
district located in a county with a population of more than 3.3
million or in a county adjacent to that county may not exceed 10
cents per $100 of assessed valuation of taxable property in the
district.
(2) Strike SECTION 5 of the bill (House Committee Printing,
page 2, line 26, through page 3, line 3), and substitute the
following:
SECTION 5. Section 49.464, Water Code, is amended by amending
Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Section 49.4645, a [A] district may
not issue bonds supported by ad valorem taxes to pay for the
development and maintenance of recreational facilities.
(d) A district may issue bonds payable solely from revenues
by resolution or order of the board without an election.
(3) In SECTION 6 of the bill, in proposed Section 49.4645(a),
Water Code (House Committee Printing, page 3, line 8), between "in"
and "Travis", insert "Bastrop County, Bexar County, Waller
County,".
(4) In SECTION 6 of the bill, in proposed Section 49.4645(a),
Water Code (House Committee Printing, page 3, line 9), strike "Fort
Bend County, or Montgomery County" and substitute "or Fort Bend
County".
(5) In SECTION 6 of the bill, in proposed Section 49.4645(a),
Water Code (House Committee Printing, page 3, lines 21-22), strike
"The board may issue bonds payable solely from revenues by
resolution or by order of the board without an election.".