79R12044 MSE-F

By:  Bailey                                                       H.B. No. 3550



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the powers and duties of the Aldine Improvement 
District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  The heading to Chapter 3817, Special District 
Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:

CHAPTER 3817.  ALDINE [COMMUNITY] IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
	SECTION 2.  Section 3817.001(2), Special District Local Laws 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
		(2)  "District" means the Aldine [Community] 
Improvement District.
	SECTION 3.  Section 3817.002, Special District Local Laws 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 3817.002.  ALDINE [COMMUNITY] IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.  
The Aldine [Community] Improvement District is a special district 
created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
	SECTION 4.  Subchapter D, Chapter 3817, Special District 
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3817.1545 to read as 
follows:
	Sec. 3817.1545.  PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES 
AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS.  (a)  The board may not finance a 
service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter 
unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement 
has been filed with the board.
	(b)  The petition must be signed by:                                    
		(1)  the owners of 50 percent or more of the assessed 
value of real property in the district subject to assessment 
according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for 
Harris County; or
		(2)  the owners of 50 percent or more of the surface 
area of real property in the district subject to assessment.
	(c)  Section 375.114, Local Government Code, does not apply 
to the district.
	SECTION 5.  Subchapter D, Chapter 3817, Special District 
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Sections 3817.159 and 
3817.160 to read as follows:
	Sec. 3817.159.  POWERS OF MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT; 
DEFINED AREA; TAXES; BONDS.  The district may exercise the powers of 
a municipal utility district under Subchapter J, Chapter 54, Water 
Code, including:
		(1)  the implementation of a plan adopted under that 
subchapter;     
		(2)  the issuance of bonds; and                                        
		(3)  the imposition of a tax in the defined area 
established under that subchapter.
	Sec. 3817.160.  TAX INCREMENT ZONE POWERS.  The district may 
exercise the powers of a municipality under Chapter 311, Tax Code.
	SECTION 6.  Section 3817.105, Special District Local Laws 
Code, is repealed. 
	SECTION 7.  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.