H.B. No. 3099
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the effect of municipal annexation of the Venable Ranch
  Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Denton County; affecting the
  authority to impose a tax.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 8469.251(a), Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Notwithstanding any other law, if all of the territory
  of the district or a district created by the division of the
  district is annexed by the city into the corporate limits of the
  city [before the date of the election held to confirm the creation
  of the district and the district is confirmed at that election], the
  district may not be dissolved and continues in existence following
  annexation until:
               (1)  water, sanitary sewer, and drainage improvements
  and roads have been constructed to serve at least 90 percent of the
  territory of the district capable of development; or
               (2)  the board adopts a resolution consenting to the
  dissolution of the district.
         SECTION 2.  Section 8469.251(b), Special District Local Laws
  Code, as added by Chapter 1244 (S.B. 1877), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  After annexation by the city:
               (1)  [the district may not impose an ad valorem tax;
               [(2)]  the district may impose a special assessment in
  the manner provided by Subchapter F, Chapter 375, Local Government
  Code; and
               (2) [(3)]  Section 375.161, Local Government Code,
  does not apply to the district.
         SECTION 3.  Section 8469.251(b), Special District Local Laws
  Code, as added by Chapter 1308 (H.B. 3914), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is redesignated as Section
  8469.251(c) to read as follows:
         (c) [(b)]  Notwithstanding Section 54.016(f)(2), Water
  Code, an allocation agreement between the city and the district
  that provides for the allocation of the taxes or revenues of the
  district and the city following the date of inclusion of the
  district's territory in the corporate limits of the city may
  provide that the total annual ad valorem taxes collected by the city
  and the district from taxable property within the city's corporate
  limits may exceed the city's ad valorem tax on that property.
         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 September 1, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3099 was passed by the House on May
  22, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 1, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3099 was passed by the Senate on May
  27, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor