By: Fallon S.B. No. 2535
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the powers and duties of the Lakehaven Municipal
  Utility District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing
  authority to impose a tax.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8093 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 8093. LAKEHAVEN MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
  SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8093.0101.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
               (2)  "City" means the City of Farmersville, Texas.
               (3)  "District" means the Lakehaven Municipal Utility
  District.
         Sec. 8093.0102.  NATURE AND PURPOSES OF DISTRICT. (a)  The
  district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59,
  Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
         (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, improvement, operation,
  or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or
  improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
  SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES
         Sec. 8093.0201.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district
  has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for
  which the district is created.
         Sec. 8093.0202.  MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
  DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the
  general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
  applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
  Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 8093.0203.  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. 8093.0204.  ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a)  A
  road project must meet all applicable construction standards 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 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. 8093.0205.  ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES. The district may:
               (1)  enforce in the district animal control ordinances
  adopted by the city; and
               (2)  contract with the city to enforce an animal
  control ordinance adopted by the city in the same manner as the
  ordinance is enforced in the corporate limits of the city.
  SUBCHAPTER C. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
         Sec. 8093.0301.  AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
  OBLIGATIONS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. (a)  Except as provided by Section
  8093.0303, the district may issue bonds or other obligations
  payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, revenue, contract
  payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of
  those sources, to pay for a road project authorized by Section
  8093.0203.
         (b)  The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
  taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a
  vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an
  election held for that purpose.
         (c)  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.
         Sec. 8093.0302.  TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district
  issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
  board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
  direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all
  or part of the bonds are outstanding.
         Sec. 8093.0303.  CONDITION PRECEDENT TO ISSUING BONDS OR
  OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a)  The district may not issue bonds or other
  obligations under this subchapter unless the district has entered
  into a contract with the city, Collin County, or another entity:
               (1)  for adequate supplemental police, fire,
  emergency, and animal control services for the district; and
               (2)  that is approved by the Commissioners Court of
  Collin County under Subsection (c).
         (b)  A contract under Subsection (a) may include a provision
  that the contract takes effect only on the approval of the
  Commissioners Court of Collin County and the voters in the district
  voting in an election held for that purpose.
         (c)  The Commissioners Court of Collin County shall review a
  contract under Subsection (a) and evaluate the supplemental police,
  fire, emergency, and animal control services provided in the
  contract.  If the commissioners court determines that the contract
  provides adequate services, the commissioners court shall adopt a
  resolution stating that the contract has met the requirements of
  Subsection (a).
  SUBCHAPTER D.  CITY PERMITTING AUTHORITY IN DISTRICT
         Sec. 8093.0401.  CITY AUTHORITY. (a)  The city has
  exclusive authority in the district to issue all building permits,
  certificates of occupancy, and any certificate or permit issued by
  the city relating to business activities.
         (b)  A fee for a permit or certificate issued by the city for
  use in the district may not exceed the fees charged for the same
  permit or certificate issued for use in the corporate limits of the
  city.
         (c)  A permit or certificate issued by the city for use in the
  district is subject to the terms of a development agreement made
  under Section 212.172, Local Government Code.
         SECTION 2.  The Lakehaven Municipal Utility District retains
  all the rights, powers, privileges, authority, duties, and
  functions that it had before the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  (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 4.  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.