82R7050 JXC-F
 
  By: Bohac H.B. No. 2772
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the Spring Branch Area Community Improvement District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Chapter 3830, Special District
  Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 3830. SPRING BRANCH MANAGEMENT [AREA COMMUNITY
  IMPROVEMENT] DISTRICT
         SECTION 2.  Section 3830.001(2), Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
               (2)  "District" means the Spring Branch Management
  [Area Community Improvement] District.
         SECTION 3.  Section 3830.002, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 3830.002.  SPRING BRANCH MANAGEMENT [AREA COMMUNITY
  IMPROVEMENT] DISTRICT. The Spring Branch Management [Area
  Community Improvement] District is a special district created under
  Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
         SECTION 4.  Subchapter C, Chapter 3830, Special District
  Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3830.107 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 3830.107.  TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES. (a) The
  district may create tax increment reinvestment zones as provided by
  Chapter 311, Tax Code, in the same manner as a municipality.
         (b)  All or any part of the district may be included in a tax
  increment reinvestment zone, regardless of the percentage of total
  value the land represents to the district as a whole or whether the
  land is used for residential purposes.
         (c)  Section 311.006, Tax Code, does not apply to a
  reinvestment zone that contains land in the district.  The total
  appraised value of taxable real property in a reinvestment zone
  that contains land in the district may not be considered under
  Section 311.006, Tax Code, in determining whether the municipality
  may create a reinvestment zone that does not include land in the
  district.
         SECTION 5.  (a)  The legislature validates and confirms all
  governmental acts and proceedings of the Spring Branch Area
  Community Improvement District, now known as the Spring Branch
  Management District, that were taken before the effective date of
  this Act.  An act or proceeding may not be held invalid because the
  act or proceeding was not in accordance with Chapter 3830, Special
  District Local Laws Code, or other law.
         (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 6.  A reference in law to the Spring Branch Area
  Community Improvement District means the Spring Branch Management
  District.
         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,
  lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
  within the required time.
         (d)  The general law relating to consent by political
  subdivisions to the creation of districts with conservation,
  reclamation, and road powers and the inclusion of land in those
  districts has been complied with.
         (e)  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 have been
  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, 2011.