86R16345 SLB-F
 
  By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 2511
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal
  Utility District No. 478; providing authority to issue bonds;
  providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 8334.005(b), Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The district is created 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, [or] improvement,
  operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads
  [described by Section 54.234, Water Code], or improvements,
  including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
         SECTION 2.  Section 8334.103(a), Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  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 [described by Section 54.234, Water Code], or
  improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter C, Chapter 8334, Special District
  Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Sections 8334.1035 and
  8334.107 to read as follows:
         Sec. 8334.1035.  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. 8334.107.  DIVISION OF DISTRICT.  (a)  The district may
  be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:
               (1)  has never issued any bonds; and
               (2)  is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
         (b)  This chapter applies to any new district created by the
  division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and
  duties of the district.
         (c)  Any new district created by the division of the district
  may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
  outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this
  chapter.
         (d)  The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition
  signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of
  the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the
  district.
         (e)  An order dividing the district must:
               (1)  name each new district;
               (2)  include the metes and bounds description of the
  territory of each new district;
               (3)  appoint temporary directors for each new district;
  and
               (4)  provide for the division of assets and liabilities
  between or among the new districts.
         (f)  On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of
  an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order
  with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the
  order in the real property records of each county in which the
  district is located.
         (g)  Any new district created by the division of the district
  shall hold a confirmation and directors' election.
         (h)  Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to
  the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section
  8334.004 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new
  district under this section and the inclusion of land in the new
  district.
         (i)  Any new district created by the division of the district
  must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter
  approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue
  bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
         (j)  If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the
  new district shall provide the election date and results to the
  Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
         SECTION 4.  Sections 8334.003, 8334.103(b), and 8334.104,
  Special District Local Laws Code, are repealed.
         SECTION 5.  The Harris County Municipal Utility District
  No. 478 retains all the rights, powers, privileges, authority,
  duties, and functions that it had before the effective date of this
  Act.
         SECTION 6.  (a)  The legislature validates and confirms all
  governmental acts and proceedings of the Harris County Municipal
  Utility District No. 478 that were taken before the effective date
  of this Act.
         (b)  This section does not apply to any matter that on the
  effective date of this Act:
               (1)  is involved in litigation if the litigation
  ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court
  judgment; or
               (2)  has been held invalid by a final court judgment.
         SECTION 7.  (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 8.  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, 2019.