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AN ACT
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relating to the North Oak Cliff Municipal Management District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 3884.157(c), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(c) In addition to the sources of money described by |
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Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Local Government Code, and Subchapter J, |
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Chapter 375, Local Government Code, district bonds may be secured |
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and made payable wholly or partly by a pledge of any part of the |
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money the district receives from system or improvement project |
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revenue or from any other source, including revenue received by the |
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district under Chapter 311, Tax Code. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 3884, Special District Local Laws Code, |
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is amended by adding Subchapter F to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER F. DEFINED AREAS |
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Sec. 3884.301. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS OR |
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DESIGNATED PROPERTY. As provided by this subchapter, the district |
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may define areas or designate certain property of the district to |
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pay for improvements, facilities, or services that primarily |
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benefit that area or property and do not generally and directly |
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benefit the district as a whole. |
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Sec. 3884.302. PROCEDURE TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS OR |
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DESIGNATED PROPERTY. The board may adopt an order establishing one |
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or more defined areas or designating property under Section |
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3884.301. The order must describe each defined area by metes and |
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bounds or designate the specific property. |
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Sec. 3884.303. TAX OR BOND ELECTION. Before the district |
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may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem |
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taxes of the area defined or property designated under Section |
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3884.302, the board shall hold an election in the defined area or in |
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the boundaries of the designated property. |
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Sec. 3884.304. DECLARING RESULT. If a majority of the |
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voters voting at the election approve the imposition of the tax or |
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the issuance of the bonds, the board shall declare the results. |
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Sec. 3884.305. TAXES FOR SERVICES, IMPROVEMENTS, AND |
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FACILITIES IN DEFINED AREAS OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY. On adoption of |
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the order described by Section 3884.302 and voter approval under |
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Section 3884.303, the district may apply separately, differently, |
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equitably, and specifically its taxing power and lien authority to |
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the defined area or designated property to provide money to |
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construct, administer, maintain, and operate services, |
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improvements, and facilities that primarily benefit the defined |
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area or designated property. |
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Sec. 3884.306. ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND IMPOSITION OF TAXES |
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FOR DEFINED AREA OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY. After adoption of the |
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order described by Section 3884.302 and voter approval under |
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Section 3884.303, the district may issue bonds to provide for any |
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land, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, and appliances |
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for the defined area or designated property. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives within the required time. |
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(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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and accomplished. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1651 was passed by the House on April |
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26, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1651 was passed by the Senate on May |
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25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Date |
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Governor |