85R14693 DMS-F
 
  By: Metcalf H.B. No. 4305
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to granting road powers to the Montgomery County Municipal
  Utility District No. 100; providing authority to issue bonds.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 8119.002, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 8119.002.  NATURE OF DISTRICT; FINDINGS OF PUBLIC
  PURPOSE AND BENEFIT. (a)  The district is created to serve a public
  purpose and benefit [a municipal utility district in Montgomery
  County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of
  Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution].
         (b)  The creation of the district is essential to accomplish
  the purposes of:
               (1)  a municipal utility district as provided by
  general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
               (2)  Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that
  relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation,
  or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
  improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 8119, Special District
  Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Sections 8119.104 and
  8119.105 to read as follows:
         Sec. 8119.104.  AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section
  52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,
  acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,
  maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for
  operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
  improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
         Sec. 8119.105.  ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a)  A road
  project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and
  subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in
  whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road
  project is located.
         (b)  If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
  or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
  project must meet all applicable construction standards,
  subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
  the road project is located.
         (c)  If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
  Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
  specifications of the road project.
         SECTION 3.  Chapter 8119, Special District Local Laws Code,
  is amended by adding Subchapter D to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER D.  BONDS
         Sec. 8119.151.  BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. At the time of
  issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations
  issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad
  valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the
  real property in the district.
         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, the
  lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
  representatives within the required time.
         (d)  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 are 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.