84R4559 JSL-D
 
  By: Wu H.B. No. 878
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to competitive bidding procedures and election
  requirements for the Westchase District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 3802.159(a) and (c), Special District
  Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  In addition to the elections required under Subchapter
  L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the district must hold an
  election in the manner provided by that subchapter to obtain voter
  approval before the district may:
               (1)  impose a maintenance tax; or
               (2)  issue a bond payable from ad valorem taxes [or
  assessments].
         (c)  The board may not call a bond [an] election under this
  chapter unless a written petition requesting the [an] election has
  been filed with the board. The petition must be signed by:
               (1)  the owners of a majority of the assessed value of
  real property in the district according to the most recent
  certified tax appraisal roll for Harris County; or
               (2)  at least 50 persons who own property in the
  district, if there are more than 50 persons who own property in the
  district according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll
  for Harris County.
         SECTION 2.  Section 3802.104, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2015.