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79R6936 MXM-D

By:  Wong                                                         H.B. No. 1830



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the notice provided for the establishment of municipal 
management districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 313, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Section 313.006 to read as follows:
	Sec. 313.006.  NOTICE AND HEARING FOR LAWS ESTABLISHING 
MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS.  (a)  In addition to the other 
requirements of this chapter, a person who intends to apply for the 
passage of a law establishing a special district that incorporates 
a power from Chapter 375, Local Government Code, must provide 
notice and a hearing as provided by this section.
	(b)  The person shall notify by mail each person who owns 
real property in the proposed district, according to the most 
recent certified tax appraisal roll for the county in which the real 
property is owned.  The notice, properly addressed with postage 
paid, must be deposited with the United States Postal Service not 
later than the 30th day before the date on which the intended law is 
introduced in the legislature.
	(c)  The notice is sufficient if it contains a statement of 
the general purpose and substance of the intended law and provides 
notice of the hearing required by Subsection (d).  Notice of the 
particular form of the intended law or the terms used in the 
intended law is not required.
	(d)  Not later than the seventh day before the date on which 
the intended law is introduced in the legislature, the 
commissioners court of each county in which the district is wholly 
or partly located must hold a public hearing regarding the creation 
of the special district.  Any interested person may appear before 
the commissioners court in person or by attorney and offer 
testimony on the special district and whether the district is 
feasible and necessary and would benefit all or any part of the land 
proposed to be included in the district.
	SECTION 2.  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, 2005.