BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 4721

By: Zerwas

County Affairs

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

It has been noted that the Fulshear Parkway Improvement District was created several years ago in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Fulshear in Fort Bend County but that details relating to the district's purpose have taken longer to finalize than anticipated, resulting in a need to amend the district's governing provisions. H.B 4721 seeks to address this issue by amending such provisions, including renaming the district as the Texas Heritage Parkway Improvement District.

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. 4721 amends the Special District Local Laws Code to rename the Fulshear Parkway Improvement District as the Texas Heritage Parkway Improvement District. The bill provides for the nomination, appointment, and terms of the initial voting directors of the district. The bill authorizes the district to define areas or designate certain property of the district to pay for improvements, facilities, or services that primarily benefit that area or property and do not generally and directly benefit the district as a whole and sets out provisions relating to such defined areas and designated property, including provisions providing for the imposition of a property tax after an election, the issuance of bonds, and the addition and exclusion of land.

H.B. 4721 amends Chapter 827, Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, to change the district's territory.

H.B. 4721 establishes that the district retains all the rights, powers, privileges, authority, duties, and functions that the district had before the bill's effective date. The bill provides for the validation and confirmation of certain district actions and proceedings taken before the bill's effective date. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2019.