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By: Howard, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Eckhardt) |
H.B. No. 2421 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2025; |
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May 16, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Local |
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Government; May 20, 2025, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 20, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the date of dissolution of the Save Historic Muny |
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District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 3988.0302(d), Special District Local |
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Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(d) The district may enter into a contract with the city to |
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allow the city to provide to the district revenue from fees |
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collected by the city from municipally owned utility customers in |
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the district in exchange for the district providing an improvement |
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project or service that provides a public benefit to the city. The |
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district may not enter into a contract described by this subsection |
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unless the district enters into an agreement before May 31, 2027 |
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[2025], with the owner of the land used for the historic Lions |
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Municipal Golf Course that provides for the purchase of the land or |
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a method of preserving the land as a public golf course, publicly |
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available parkland, or a combination of those uses. |
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SECTION 2. Section 3988.0901, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 3988.0901. DISSOLUTION. Except as limited by Section |
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375.264, Local Government Code, the board shall dissolve the |
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district not later than May 31, 2027 [2025], unless, as of that |
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date, the district has entered into an agreement with the owner of |
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the land used for the historic Lions Municipal Golf Course that |
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provides for the purchase of the land or a method of preserving the |
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land as a public golf course, publicly available parkland, or a |
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combination of those uses. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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