88R25306 LRM-F
 
  By: Wilson H.B. No. 5397
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the name, powers, and duties of the 3 B&J Municipal
  Utility District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Chapter 8221, Special District
  Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 8221. WILLIAMSON COUNTY [3 B&J] MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
  NO. 51
         SECTION 2.  Section 8221.001(3), Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
               (3)  "District" means the Williamson County [3 B&J]
  Municipal Utility District No. 51.
         SECTION 3.  Section 8221.202, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 8221.202.  TAXES FOR BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. At
  the time bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad
  valorem taxes are issued,[:
               [(1)]  the board shall provide for the annual
  imposition of [impose] a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax,
  without limit to the rate or amount of the tax while all or part of
  the bonds are outstanding as provided by Sections 54.601 and
  54.602, Water Code [at a rate not to exceed the rate approved at an
  election held under Section 8221.151, for each year that all or part
  of the bonds are outstanding; and
               [(2)  the district annually shall impose an ad valorem
  tax on all taxable property in the district in an amount sufficient
  to:
                     [(A)  pay the interest on the bonds or other
  obligations as the interest becomes due;
                     [(B)  create a sinking fund for the payment of the
  principal of the bonds or other obligations when due or the
  redemption price at any earlier required redemption date; and
                     [(C)  pay the expenses of imposing the taxes].
         SECTION 4.  Sections 8221.003(b), 8221.105, 8221.106,
  8221.107, and 8221.108, Special District Local Laws Code, are
  repealed.
         SECTION 5.  The Williamson County Municipal Utility District
  No. 51 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 Williamson County
  Municipal Utility District No. 51 that were taken before the
  effective date of this Act.
         (b)  The legislature validates and confirms all governmental
  acts and proceedings relating to the creation and the consent to the
  creation of the Williamson County Municipal Utility District
  No. 51.
         (c)  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, 2023.