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Amend HB 4134 as follows:
(1) On page 4, line 10, strike "or".
(2) On page 4, between lines 10 and 11, insert:
(2) Section 3860.111; or
(3) On page 4, line 11, strike "(2)" and substitute "(3)".
(4) On page 5, line 11, strike "nine" and substitute "14".
(5) On page 5, line 12, strike "four or five" and substitute
"seven".
(6) On page 5, line 14, between "by" and "resolution",
insert "order or".
(7) On page 5, line 18, strike "nine" and substitute "15".
(8) Strike page 7, line 22, through page 8, line 3, and
substitute:
1 Vivian Harris
2 Homer Clark
3 Rita Foretich
4 Lance Gilliam
5 Melva Thorton
6 Eileen Barrett Williams
7 Rhonda Jordan
8 Willie Belle Boone
9 Rev. Wallace Lockett
10 Rev. Jefferson
11 Anganette Young
12 Theldon Branch
13 Mark O'Sikes
14 Keith Wade
(b) Of the initial voting directors, the terms of directors
appointed for even-numbered positions expire June 1, 2009, and the
terms of directors appointed for odd-numbered positions expire June
1, 2011.
(9) On page 11, between lines 13 and 14, insert:
Sec. 3860.111. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district
shall be divided into two districts only if the district is not
imposing ad valorem taxes.
(b) Not later than the 60th day after the effective date of
the Act creating this chapter, the board shall adopt an order
dividing the district into two districts. The original district
includes all district territory not included in the new district.
The new district includes all the territory included in state
representative district 131 on the date the division is effective.
Neither district may request consent to its creation from the City
of Houston until the order dividing the district is adopted.
(c) After the division of the district:
(1) the original district is governed by a board of
seven voting directors consisting of the directors appointed to
positions eight through fourteen; and
(2) the new district is governed by a board of seven
voting directors consisting of the directors appointed to positions
one through seven of the original district.
(d) An order dividing the district must:
(1) name the new district;
(2) describe the boundaries of the new district;
(3) name the initial directors of the new district;
and
(4) divide the assets and liabilities in any manner
between the new district and the original district.
(e) Not later than the 10th day after the date the board
adopts the order, the district shall file the order with the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality and record the order in the
real property records of Harris County.
(f) The new district has all the powers and duties of the
district.
(10) On page 11, line 14, strike "3860.111" and substitute
"3860.112".
(11) On page 11, line 16, strike "3860.112" and substitute
"3860.113".
(12) On page 17, between lines 1 and 2, insert:
Sec. 3860.209. POWERS OF MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT TO
ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS AND DESIGNATED PROPERTY; TAXES; BONDS. (a)
The district has the powers of a municipal utility district under
Subchapter J, Chapter 54, Water Code, including the power to:
(1) implement a plan adopted under that subchapter;
(2) issue bonds; and
(3) impose a tax in a defined area established under
that subchapter.
(b) The district may exercise the powers described by
Subsection (a) regardless of whether the district is composed of
the minimum number of acres provided by Section 54.801, Water Code.
(13) On page 17, line 2, strike "3860.209" and substitute
"3860.210".
(14) On page 17, line 6, strike "3860.210" and substitute
"3860.211".
(15) On page 17, line 9, strike "3860.211" and substitute
"3860.212".