HB 3954, Sen 2nd Rdg, Amnd #F1

Sec. 8446.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

Sec. 8446.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED. The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.

Sec. 8446.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED. The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8446.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.

Sec. 8446.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT. (a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.

Sec. 8446.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section __ of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section __ of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.

SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Sec. 8446.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8446.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.

Sec. 8446.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8446.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8446.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8446.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES

Sec. 8446.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.

Sec. 8446.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

Sec. 8446.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.

Sec. 8446.104. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.

Sec. 8446.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION. The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.

SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 8446.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS. (a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 8446.153.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

Sec. 8446.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8446.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.

Sec. 8446.153. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.

SUBCHAPTER E. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

Sec. 8446.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.

Sec. 8446.202. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.

Sec. 8446.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.

SECTION ___. The Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 184 initially includes all the territory contained in the following area:

506.74 acres of land situated in the Wiley Martin Survey, Abstract 56, and the E.P. Everett Survey, Abstract 387, Fort Bend County, Texas, being that certain called 376.1612 acre tract of land as described in deed and recorded in Volume 1934, Page 712 of the Deed Records of Fort Bend County, Texas and being that certain called 130.5756 acre tract of land as described in deed and recorded in the Official Public Records of Real Property of Fort Bend County, Texas under County Clerk's File Number 1999107785, said 506.74 acres of land being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows, bearing orientation is based on the Texas Coordinate System of 1983, South Central Zone:

BEGINNING at a 1/2 inch iron rod found at the intersection of the centerline of Myers Road (based on a width of 60.00 feet) with the northwesterly right-of-way line of Berdette Road (based on a width of 60.00 feet);

Thence, S 21°34'18" W, with the northwesterly right-of-way line of Berdette Road, a distance of 3266.25 feet to a 3/4 inch iron rod with cap set in the northeasterly line of that certain called 607.75 acre tract of land as described in deed and recorded in Volume 64, Page 109 of the Deed Records of Fort Bend County, Texas, being in the northeasterly line of the Henry Wilcox Survey, Abstract 342;

Thence, N 67°27'46" W, with the northeasterly line of said called 607.75 acre tract and the common line of the Wiley Martin and Henry Wilcox Surveys, a distance of 5698.02 feet to an angle point, from which a found T Rail bears N 08°28' W, a distance of 0.35 feet;

Thence, N 67°36'40" W, a distance of 547.46 feet to a 3/4 inch iron rod with cap set for corner;

Thence, S 42°08'14" W, a distance of 2046.63 feet to a 3/4 inch iron rod with cap set in the northeasterly line of Rice Field Road;

Thence, N 47°59'25" W, with the northeasterly line of Rice Field Road, a distance of 344.35 feel to a T Rail found for corner;

Thence, N 42°05'03" E, a distance of 1924.14 feet to an angle point, from which a found 2 inch iron pipe (bent) bears N 79°02' W, a distance of 2.69 feet;

Thence, N 22°20'28" E, at a distance of 3195.31 feet pass a 1/2 inch iron pipe found in the southwesterly right-of-way line of Myers Road, continuing a total distance of 3225.31 feet to a point for corner;

Thence, S 67°49'42" E, with the centerline of Myers Road, a distance of 6569.03 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 506.74 acres of land.

SECTION ___. (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 ___. (a) If this Act does not receive a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to each house, Subchapter C, Chapter 8446, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by this Act, is amended by adding Section 8446.106 to read as follows:

Sec. 8446.106. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.

(b) This section is not intended to be an expression of a legislative interpretation of the requirements of Subsection (c), Section 17, Article I, Texas Constitution.

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