BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center C.S.S.B. 1439
80R14745 JPL-D By: Hegar
Committee Report (Substituted)
AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
The West Fort Bend Management District is a municipal district created by the 79th Legislature, Regular Session. The district provides services and amenities to the commercial property in the district, much like a commercial property owners association. For several years prior to creation, commercial property owners in the cities of Richmond and Rosenberg, together with the respective city governments discussed options for supporting their businesses. The creation of the district was determined to be the best way to implement their goals.
The district currently exists over the commercial properties along the key commercial corridors of the two cities. As development progresses along the other corridors in the corporate limits and the extraterritorial jurisdictions of Richmond and Rosenberg, the cities would like the authority to request that the district annex additional commercial property into the district.
C.S.S.B. 1439 authorizes the West Fort Bend Management District to annex additional territories into the district.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Subchapter C, Chapter 3835, Special District Local Laws Code, by adding Section 3835.109, as follows:
Sec. 3835.109. ANNEXATION IN OR NEAR CITY. (a) Authorizes the West Fort Bend Management District (district), in addition to the authority to annex territory under other laws, to annex territory in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdictions of the City of Rosenburg or the City of Richmond under certain conditions.
(b) Prohibits the district from annexing a single-family residence under this section.
SECTION 2. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2007.