79R6936 MXM-D
By: Wong H.B. No. 1830
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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 AND HEARING FOR LAWS ESTABLISHING
MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS. (a) In addition to the other
requirements of this chapter, a person 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 and a hearing 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 and provides
notice of the hearing required by Subsection (d). Notice of the
particular form of the intended law or the terms used in the
intended law is not required.
(d) Not later than the seventh day before the date on which
the intended law is introduced in the legislature, the
commissioners court of each county in which the district is wholly
or partly located must hold a public hearing regarding the creation
of the special district. Any interested person may appear before
the commissioners court in person or by attorney and offer
testimony on the special district and whether the district is
feasible and necessary and would benefit all or any part of the land
proposed to be included in 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.