84R11312 SGA-F
 
  By: Miller of Fort Bend H.B. No. 2389
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of sales tax revenue collected under certain
  contracts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended
  by adding Section 54.605 to read as follows:
         Sec. 54.605.  USE OF SALES TAX REVENUE UNDER CERTAIN
  CONTRACTS. (a)  This section applies only to:
               (1)  a district located in a county with a population of
  550,000 or more and included in:
                     (A)  the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District; or
                     (B)  the Fort Bend Subsidence District;
               (2)  a municipality with a population of 1,000,000 or
  more that is included in the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District;
  and
               (3)  money received by a municipality under Chapter
  321, Tax Code, from sales or uses consummated within the district, a
  percentage of which is distributed to the district by the
  municipality under the terms of a contract with the municipality,
  including a strategic partnership agreement authorized by Section
  43.0751, Local Government Code.
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the municipality
  and the district must each use at least 50 percent of the money
  described by Subsection (a)(3) for drainage or road projects that:
               (1)  are located or conducted within the district or
  within five miles of the district's boundary;
               (2)  benefit residents of the district;
               (3)  are consistent with the major thoroughfare plan of
  the county in which the project is located; and
               (4)  are not required to be undertaken by the
  municipality, the district, or another person under applicable
  platting regulations of the county in which the project is located.
         (c)  This section applies to a contract or strategic
  partnership agreement entered into before September 1, 2015, only
  to the extent that the provisions of Subsection (b) do not impair
  obligations under the provisions of the contract or agreement.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.