80R16911 JPL-F
 
  By: Cohen H.B. No. 4113
 
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4113:
 
  By:  Murphy C.S.H.B. No. 4113
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Buffalo Bayou Management District.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 4, Chapter 997, Acts of the 78th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
       Sec. 4.  BOUNDARIES. The Buffalo Bayou Management District 
[district] includes all the territory contained in the following
described area:
       POINT OF BEGINNING at the intersection of the center line of
Allen Parkway and the west boundary line of the Houston Downtown
Management District, then west along the center line of Allen
Parkway to the west boundary line of Montrose right-of-way, then
south along the west boundary line of Montrose right-of-way to the
south boundary line of West Dallas right-of-way, then west along
the south boundary line of West Dallas right-of-way to the
intersection of the west boundary line of Shepherd Drive
right-of-way. Then north along the west boundary line of Shepherd
Drive right-of-way to the intersection of the south boundary line
of the Memorial Drive right-of-way. Then west along the south
boundary line of Memorial Drive right-of-way to the intersection of
the west boundary line of Detering right-of-way. Then north along
the west boundary line of Detering right-of-way to the intersection
of the north boundary line of Memorial Drive right-of-way. Then
east along the north boundary line of Memorial Drive right-of-way
to the west boundary line of Shepherd Drive right-of-way. Then
north along the west boundary line of Shepherd Drive right-of-way
to the intersection of the north boundary line of Feagan Street
right-of-way. Then east along the north boundary line of Feagan
Street right-of-way until the intersection of the the west boundary
line of Jackson Hill Street right-of-way. Then north along the west
boundary line of Jackson Hill Street right-of-way to the
intersection of the north boundary line of Blossom Street
right-of-way. Then west along the north boundary line of Blossom
Street right-of-way until the intersection of the east boundary
line of Heights Boulevard right-of-way. Then north along the east
boundary line of Heights Boulevard right-of-way to the intersection
of the south boundary line of Washington Avenue right-of-way. Then
east along the south boundary line of Washington Avenue
right-of-way to the intersection of the west boundary line of the
Washington Cemetery. Then south along the west boundary line of the
Washington Cemetery to the intersection of the north boundary line
of Memorial Drive right-of-way. Then east along the north boundary
line of Memorial Drive right-of-way to the intersection of the
northeast corner of Memorial Drive right-of-way and the northern
bank of Buffalo Bayou. Then curve around the northern bank of
Buffalo Bayou to the northeastern corner of the intersection of the
north boundary line of Memorial Drive. Then east long the north
boundary line of Memorial Drive right-of-way to the west boundary
line of Silver and north along the west boundary line of Silver
right-of-way to the north boundary line of Memorial Drive Way
right-of-way. Then east along the north boundary line of Memorial
Drive Way right-of-way to the west boundary line of Sabine Street
right-of-way. Then south along the west boundary line of Sabine
Street right-of-way to the north boundary line of Memorial Drive
right-of-way. Then east along the north boundary line of Memorial
Drive right-of-way to the west boundary line of the Houston
Downtown Management District. Then south along the west boundary
line of the Houston Downtown Management District to the center line
of Allen Parkway, the POINT OF BEGINNING [POINT OF BEGINNING at the
intersection of the west boundary line of the Houston Downtown
Management District and the north boundary of Memorial Drive
right-of-way, then west along the north boundary of Memorial Drive
right-of-way to the north boundary of Memorial Drive's Heights
North exit ramp, then northwest along the north boundary of
Memorial Drive's Heights North exit ramp to the east boundary of
Heights boulevard right-of-way, then west across Heights Boulevard
from the east boundary of Heights Boulevard right-of-way to the
west boundary of the Heights Boulevard right-of-way, then south
along the west boundary of Heights boulevard right-of-way to the
north boundary of Memorial Drive's Memorial West entrance ramp,
then southwest along the north boundary of Memorial Drive's
Memorial West entrance ramp to the northern boundary line of
Memorial Drive right-of-way, then west along the northern boundary
line of Memorial Drive right-of-way to the west boundary line of
Shepherd Drive right-of-way, then south along the west boundary
line of Shepherd Drive right-of-way to the centerline of West
Dallas, then east along the centerline of West Dallas to the
intersection of the west boundary of Montrose Boulevard
right-of-way and the centerline of West Dallas, then south along
the west boundary line of Montrose Boulevard right-of-way to the
south boundary line of U.S. Highway 59 and the west boundary line of
Montrose Boulevard right-of-way, then in an easterly direction from
said intersection along the south boundary line of U.S. Highway 59
to the intersection of the west boundary line of the Main Street
right-of-way and then proceeding from said intersection in a
northwesterly direction along the boundary line of the west Main
Street right-of-way paralleling the boundary line of the Greater
Southeast Management District to the intersection of the boundary
line of the south Portland Street right-of-way and the boundary
line of the west Main Street right-of-way, being the southern
boundary line of the Midtown Management District, then proceeding
from said intersection in generally a northeasterly direction the
boundary line parallels the Midtown Management District boundary
line to the intersection of the west boundary line of the US Hwy 45
right-of-way and the north boundary line of the Cleveland Street
right-of-way, being the western boundary line of the Houston
Downtown Management District, then north from said intersection
along the western boundary line of the Houston Downtown Management
District to the POINT OF BEGINNING].
       SECTION 2.  Sections 3820.051(a) and (b), Special District
Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows:
       (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the district is
governed by a board of nine [31] voting directors appointed under
Section 3820.052 and nonvoting directors as provided by Section
3820.053.
       (b)  Voting directors serve staggered terms of four years,
with four [15] or five [16] directors' terms expiring June 1 of each
odd-numbered year.
       SECTION 3.  Section 3820.055, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
       Sec. 3820.055.  BOARD [INITIAL DIRECTORS].  (a)  The
[initial] board consists of the following persons:
       Pos. No.  Name of Director
         1       Kay Crooker
         2       Steve Costello       [Mike Garver]
         3       Barrett Sides        [Jackie Martin]
         4       William Taylor       [Mark Lee]
         5       Julie McClure        [John Chase, Jr.]
         6       Peter Grim           [Adrian Collins]
         7       Max Schuette
         8       Thomas Arcidiacono   [June Deadrick]
         9       Steve Gibson         [Don Cutrer
       [10                            Raju Adwaney
       [11                            Mike Mark
       [12                            Sia Ravari
       [13                            Cherry Walker
       [14                            John Hansen
       [15                            John Dao
       [16                            William Taylor
       [17                            Karen Domino
       [18                            Kevin Hoffman
       [19                            Jeff Andrews
       [20                             William Paul Thomas
       [21                             Theola Petteway
       [22                             Keith Wade
       [23                             Chryisse Wilson
       [24                             Sadie Rucker
       [25                             Julie McClure
       [26                             Angie Gomez
       [27                             Tom Fricke
       [28                             James Robert McDermaid
       [29                             Kathy Hubbard
       [30                             Marsha Johnson
       [31                             Craig Jackson]
       (b)  The [Of the initial directors, the] terms of directors
appointed for positions 1 through 5 [15] expire June 1, 2009 [2005],
and the terms of directors appointed for positions 6 [16] through 9 
[31] expire June 1, 2011 [2007].
       (b-1)  The term of each membership position on the board as
the term exists immediately preceding the effective date of the Act
adding this subsection expires on that effective date.  On that
date, a new board is appointed as provided by Subsection (a) to
serve terms as provided by Subsection (b).
       (c)  Section 3820.052 does not apply to this section.
       (d)  This section expires September 1, 2011 [2007].
       SECTION 4.  Section 3820.105, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
       Sec. 3820.105.  COMPETITIVE BIDDING.  Section 375.221, Local
Government Code, applies to the district only for a contract that
has a value greater than $25,000 [$15,000].
       SECTION 5.  Section 3820.155(b), Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
       (b)  The petition must be signed by:
             (1)  the owners of a majority 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)  at least 50 persons who own real property in the
district, if more than 50 persons own real property in the district
according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for
Harris County.
       SECTION 6.  Subchapter D, Chapter 3820, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3820.160 to read as
follows:
       Sec. 3820.160.  CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NOT EXEMPT.  
Section 375.161, Local Government Code, does not apply to the
district.
       SECTION 7.  The legislature finds that:
             (1)  proper and 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 by
the constitution and laws of this state, including the governor,
who has submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality;
             (2)  the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has
filed its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor,
lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
within the required time;
             (3)  the general law relating to consent by political
subdivisions to the creation of districts with conservation,
reclamation, and road powers and the inclusion of land in those
districts has been complied with; and
             (4)  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 have
been fulfilled and accomplished.
       SECTION 8.  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.