H.B. No. 1830




AN ACT

relating to the notice provided for the establishment of municipal 
management districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 313, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Section 313.006 to read as follows:
	Sec. 313.006.  NOTICE FOR LAWS ESTABLISHING MUNICIPAL 
MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS.  (a)  In addition to the other requirements of 
this chapter, a person, other than a member of the legislature, who 
intends to apply for the passage of a law establishing a special 
district that incorporates a power from Chapter 375, Local 
Government Code, must provide notice as provided by this section.
	(b)  The person shall notify by mail each person who owns 
real property in the proposed district, according to the most 
recent certified tax appraisal roll for the county in which the real 
property is owned.  The notice, properly addressed with postage 
paid, must be deposited with the United States Postal Service not 
later than the 30th day before the date on which the intended law is 
introduced in the legislature.
	(c)  The notice is sufficient if it contains a statement of 
the general purpose and substance of the intended law.  Notice of 
the particular form of the intended law or the terms used in the 
intended law is not required.
	(d)  The person is not required to mail notice to a person who 
owns real property in the proposed district if the property cannot 
be subject to an assessment by the district.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1830 was passed by the House on May 
10, 2005, by a non-record vote; that the House refused to concur in 
Senate amendments to H.B. No. 1830 on May 26, 2005, and requested 
the appointment of a conference committee to consider the 
differences between the two houses; and that the House adopted the 
conference committee report on H.B. No. 1830 on May 28, 2005, by a 
non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 1830 was passed by the Senate, with 
amendments, on May 23, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 
0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference 
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and 
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. 
1830 on May 28, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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                                                      Secretary of the Senate   



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