86R12024 SLB-F
 
  By: Goodwin H.B. No. 4671
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the powers and duties of the Ranch at Cypress Creek
  Municipal Utility District No. 1.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 21, Acts of the 71st Legislature, 6th
  Called Session, 1990, is amended by amending Section 5 and adding
  Sections 6B, 6C, and 6D to read as follows:
         Sec. 5.  FINDING OF BENEFIT.  (a)  All of the land and other
  property included within the boundaries of the district will be
  benefited by the works and projects that are to be accomplished by
  the district under powers conferred by Article XVI, Section 59, of
  the Texas Constitution.  The district is created to serve a public
  use and benefit.
         (b)  The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:
               (1)  a municipal utility district and a water control
  and improvement 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.
         Sec. 6B.  AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section 52,
  Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire,
  construct, finance, 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. 6C.  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.
         Sec. 6D.  APPOINTMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE. (a) In
  order to carry out the provisions of Section 54.237, Water Code,
  except as provided by Subsection (b), the district may appoint an
  architectural committee for a subdivision located wholly inside the
  district that does not have an architectural committee or an area of
  the district not located in a subdivision. 
         (b)  The district may not appoint an architectural committee
  for a subdivision for which the governing provisions prohibit the
  appointment of an architectural committee by the district or
  otherwise.
         SECTION 2.  (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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.