H.B. No. 5418

AN ACT

relating to the powers, duties, operation, administration, and board of directors of the Karis Municipal Management District of Tarrant County; providing authority to impose assessments.

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 8026A to read as follows:

CHAPTER 8026A. KARIS MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT OF

TARRANT COUNTY

Sec. 8026A.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Karis Municipal Management District of Tarrant County.

Sec. 8026A.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a municipal management district created by order of the commission under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution and operating under Chapter 375, Local Government Code.

Sec. 8026A.0103. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is governed by a board of five directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8026A.0104, directors serve staggered four-year terms.

(c) The initial directors were appointed with terms by the commission to serve until their successors are elected or have been appointed in accordance with applicable law.

(d) Subsequent directors shall be elected in the manner provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Water Code.

(e) Section 375.064, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.

Sec. 8026A.0104. DIRECTORS. (a) The current terms of directors initially appointed by the commission to serve two-year terms shall expire on the date of the general May election in 2024, and the current terms of directors initially appointed by the commission to serve four-year terms shall expire on the date of the general May election in 2026.

(b) If successor directors have not been elected and the terms of the initial directors have expired, successor directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (c) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date successor directors are elected; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(c) If Subsection (b) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor directors the five persons named in the petition.

Sec. 8026A.0105. COMPENSATION. A director is entitled to receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses as provided by Section 49.060, Water Code. Sections 375.069 and 375.070, Local Government Code, do not apply to the board.

Sec. 8026A.0106. ASSESSMENT. The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by law in all or any part of the district. Section 375.161, Local Government Code, does not apply to an assessment imposed by the district.

SECTION 2. The Karis Municipal Management District of Tarrant County retains all the rights, powers, privileges, authority, duties, and functions that it had before the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. (a) The legislature validates and confirms the creation of the Karis Municipal Management District of Tarrant County and all governmental acts and proceedings that were taken by the district 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 4. (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 5. 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.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 5418 was passed by the House on May 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 120, Nays 23, 2 present, not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 5418 was passed by the Senate on May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________

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Governor