80R6680 HLT-F

By: Eiland H.B. No. 3980

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the navigation district powers and the confirmation of the Galveston County Municipal Utility District No. 67; providing authority to issue bonds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 8151.003, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 8151.003. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED. If the creation of the district is not confirmed at a confirmation election held under Section 8151.023 before September 1, 2009 [2007]:

(1) the district is dissolved September 1, 2009 [2007], except that:

(A) any debts incurred shall be paid;

(B) any assets that remain after the payment of debts shall be transferred to Galveston County; and

(C) the organization of the district shall be maintained until all debts are paid and remaining assets are transferred; and

(2) this chapter expires September 1, 2011 [2010].

SECTION 2. Section 8151.025, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 8151.025. EXPIRATION OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter expires September 1, 2011 [2010].

SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 8151, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8151.106 to read as follows:

Sec. 8151.106. NAVIGATION DISTRICT POWERS. The district may purchase, construct, acquire, own, operate, maintain, improve, or extend, inside or outside the district, a canal, waterway, bulkhead, dock, or other improvement necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of a navigation district under Chapters 60 and 62, Water Code, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

SECTION 4. Section 8151.201(a), Special District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations as provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, grants, or other district money, to finance any district purpose [the construction, maintenance, or operation of projects under Sections 8151.101 and 8151.102].

SECTION 5. (a) The legal notice of the intention to introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, Government Code.

(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives within the required time.

(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled and accomplished.

SECTION 6. 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, 2007.