By:  Wong (Senate Sponsor - Ellis)                                H.B. No. 1830
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2005; 
May 13, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Intergovernmental Relations; May 20, 2005, reported favorably by 
the following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 20, 2005, sent to printer.)


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 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 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 district is not required to mail notice to a person 
who owns real property in the 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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