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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the validation of acts and proceedings of the Lake View |
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Management and Development District and the division of the |
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district into two or more new districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 3828, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3828.112 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 3828.112. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district may |
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be divided into two or more new districts only if the district: |
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(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and |
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(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes. |
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(b) The division procedure is prescribed by Sections |
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53.030-53.041, Water Code. |
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(c) Any new district created by the division of the district |
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may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land: |
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(1) outside Henderson County; or |
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(2) in the corporate limits or extraterritorial |
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jurisdiction of a municipality, unless the municipality consents. |
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(d) Any new district created by the division of the district |
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has all the powers and duties of the district. |
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SECTION 2. (a) All governmental and proprietary actions of |
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the Lake View Management and Development District taken before the |
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effective date of this Act are validated, ratified, and confirmed |
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in all respects as if the actions had been taken as authorized by |
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law. |
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(b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the |
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effective date of this Act: |
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(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation |
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ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court |
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judgment; or |
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(2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |