BILL ANALYSIS

S.B. 1098

By: Hinojosa

Special Purpose Districts

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Interested parties contend that the Padre Isles area would benefit from the creation of a management district. S.B. 1098 seeks to address this issue.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

S.B. 1098 amends the Special District Local Laws Code to create the Padre Isles Management District to provide certain improvements, projects, and services for public use and benefit. The bill establishes that an action of the district or the district's board of directors does not create a liability against the City of Corpus Christi or any other political subdivision and provides for, among other provisions, license and certification requirements for certain district contractors and employees and dissolution of the district by the City of Corpus Christi. The district's powers and duties include, subject to certain requirements, the authorization to issue obligations. The district is prohibited from exercising the power of eminent domain.

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2013.