84R2772 JSL-D
 
  By: Dutton H.B. No. 2345
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the boundaries and territory of the Near Northside
  Management District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2, Chapter 358, Acts of the 82nd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 2.  BOUNDARIES. The Near Northside Management District
  [initially] includes all the territory contained in the following
  area:
  In Harris County, Texas, the territory enclosed by Loop 610 as the
  north boundary, Lockwood Dr. as the east boundary, Buffalo Bayou
  [Interstate 10] as the south boundary, and Jensen Dr. as the west
  boundary.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 3905, Special District
  Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3905.009 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 3905.009.  OVERLAPPING TERRITORY. (a) If territory in
  the district overlaps with the boundaries of another district
  created before June 17, 2011, that has the powers of a district
  created under Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the overlapping
  territory is excluded from the territory of the district that was
  created first, regardless of whether the territory overlapped on
  June 17, 2011.
         (b)  The exclusion of territory under this section does not
  diminish or impair the rights of the holders of any outstanding and
  unpaid bonds, warrants, or other district obligations. The district
  that was created first shall continue to impose fees, taxes, or
  assessments, if any, on the excluded territory at the same rate
  imposed on other territory in the district until the total amount of
  fees, taxes, or assessments collected from the excluded territory
  equals its pro rata share of the indebtedness of the district at the
  time the territory was excluded. All fees, taxes, or assessments
  collected in the excluded territory by the district that was
  created first shall be applied to the payment of the excluded
  territory's pro rata share of indebtedness. The owner of all or part
  of the excluded territory at any time may pay in full the owner's
  share of the excluded territory's pro rata share of the
  indebtedness at the time the territory was excluded.
         (c)  If the district that was created first does not have any
  outstanding and unpaid bonds, warrants, or other district
  obligations, but imposes assessments under an assessment plan
  adopted before May 1, 2015, the district may continue to impose
  those assessments on the excluded territory at the same rate
  imposed on other territory in the district to satisfy the
  requirements of that assessment plan. All assessments collected in
  the excluded territory by the district that was created first shall
  be applied to satisfy the requirements of the assessment plan.
         SECTION 3.  (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 4.  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, 2015.