85R17597 SMT-F
 
  By: Oliverson H.B. No. 1800
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the powers of the Harris County Improvement District
  No. 17.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 3891, Special District
  Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3891.109 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 3891.109.  ENFORCEMENT OF REAL PROPERTY RESTRICTIONS.  
  The district may enforce a real property restriction in the manner
  provided by Section 54.237, Water Code, if, in the reasonable
  judgment of the board, the enforcement of the restriction is
  necessary.
         SECTION 2.  Section 3891.153, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 3891.153.  AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
  OBLIGATIONS. (a) The district may issue bonds, notes, or other
  obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, sales
  and use taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract
  payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of
  those sources of money, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
         (b)  The limitation on the outstanding principal amount of
  bonds, notes, and other obligations provided by Section 49.4645,
  Water Code, does not apply to the district.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter D, Chapter 3891, Special District
  Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3891.159 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 3891.159.  POWERS OF MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT TO
  ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS AND DESIGNATED PROPERTY; TAXES; BONDS. (a)
  The district has the powers of a municipal utility district under
  Subchapter J, Chapter 54, Water Code, including the power to:
               (1)  implement a plan;
               (2)  issue bonds; and
               (3)  impose a tax in a defined area established under
  that subchapter.
         (b)  The district may exercise the powers described by
  Subsection (a) regardless of whether the district is composed of
  the minimum number of acres provided by Section 54.801, Water Code.
         SECTION 4.  (a) The legal notice of the intention to
  introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
  Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
  copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
  officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
  under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
  Government Code.
         (b)  The governor, one of the required recipients, has
  submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
         (c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
  its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor,
  lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
  within the required time.
         (d)  The general law relating to consent by political
  subdivisions to the creation of districts with conservation,
  reclamation, and road powers and the inclusion of land in those
  districts has been complied with.
         (e)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
  state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
  to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act have been
  fulfilled and accomplished.
         SECTION 5.  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, 2017.