BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

S.B. 1365

By: Kolkhorst

Special Purpose Districts

Committee Report (Unamended)

 

 

 

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

 

Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 465 (district) was created in the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005.  The district is located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston. The initial boundaries of the district as designated in the creation legislation inadvertently included land that was not intended to be part of the development in the district and that is owned by a different landowner than the developer of the district.  The bill amends the boundaries of the district to exclude the land that was inadvertently included.

 

S.B. 1365 amends current law relating to the territory of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 465.

 

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

 

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

 

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

 

SECTION 1. Amends Section 2, Chapter 465, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, as follows:

 

Sec. 2.  Sets forth amended boundaries of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 465.

 

Deletes existing text describing the initial territory of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 465.

 

SECTION 2. (a) Provides that the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 465 retains all rights, powers, privileges, authority, duties, and functions that it had before the effective date of this Act.

 

(b)  Authorizes the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 465, notwithstanding any other law, to continue to rely on any bond election held before the effective date of this Act.

 

SECTION 3.  (a) Provides that any act or proceeding of the district, including an election, not excepted by this section and taken before the effective date of this Act, is validated and confirmed in all respects.

 

(b)  Provides that this section does not apply to an act, proceeding, director, other official, bond, or other obligation the validity of which or of whom is the subject of litigation that is pending on the effective date of this Act, or an act or proceeding that, under a statute of this state or the United States, was a misdemeanor or felony at the time the act or proceeding occurred.

 

SECTION 4.  Provides that all requirements of the constitution and the 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 5. Effective date: September 1, 2015

 

EFFECTIVE DATE

 

This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.