BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 1709

By: Gooden

Special Purpose Districts

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Interested parties contend that the Bois D'Arc Island Levee Improvement District should be dissolved if certain conditions are met. H.B. 1709 provides for the dissolution of the district by a specified deadline if those conditions are met.

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

H.B. 1709 amends the Special District Local Laws Code to authorize the Commissioners Courts of Dallas and Kaufman Counties to dissolve the Bois D'Arc Island Levee Improvement District of Dallas and Kaufman Counties not later than 18 months after the next regularly scheduled election of the district's board of directors if certain conditions are met. The bill sets out procedures for the district's dissolution. The bill's provisions expire January 1, 2020.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2017.