H.B. No. 4043

	AN ACT
	relating to the powers and duties of the Sunfield Municipal Utility
	District No. 1 regarding elections and road projects; providing
	authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
	Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8200 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 8200.  SUNFIELD MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1
	SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 8200.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "district"
	means the Sunfield Municipal Utility District No. 1.
	Sec. 8200.002.  ELECTION DATE. Section 41.001(a), Election
	Code, does not apply to an election:
	(1)  to confirm the district's creation;
	(2)  to elect initial directors; or
	(3)  to approve a maintenance tax, a bond, or a
	contract.
	[Sections 8200.003-8200.050 reserved for expansion]
	SUBCHAPTER B.  POWERS AND DUTIES
	Sec. 8200.051.  ROAD PROJECTS. (a)  To the extent authorized
	by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may
	construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized,
	graveled, or paved roads or turnpikes, or improvements in aid of
	those roads or turnpikes, inside or outside the district.
	(b)  A road project must meet all applicable construction
	standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations
	of:
	(1)  each municipality in whose corporate limits or
	extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located; and
	(2)  each county in which the district is located.
	Sec. 8200.052.  CONVEYANCE OF ROAD TO MUNICIPALITY OR
	COUNTY.  On completion of a road or road facility authorized by this
	section, the district, with the consent of a municipality or
	county, may convey the road or road facility to the municipality or
	county if the conveyance is free of all indebtedness of the
	district. If the municipality or county becomes the owner of a road
	or road facility, the municipality or county is responsible for all
	future maintenance and upkeep and the district has no further
	responsibility for the road or road facility or its maintenance or
	upkeep, unless otherwise agreed to by the district and the
	municipality or county.
	Sec. 8200.053.  REIMBURSEMENT FOR ROAD PROJECT.  (a)  The
	district may:
	(1)  reimburse a private person for money spent to
	construct a road or road facility that is dedicated or otherwise
	transferred to public use; or
	(2)  purchase a road or road facility constructed by a
	private person.
	(b)  The amount paid for the reimbursement or for the
	purchase of a road or road facility under Subsection (a) may:
	(1)  include all construction costs, including
	engineering, legal, financing, and other expenses incident to the
	construction; or
	(2)  be at a price not to exceed the replacement cost of
	the road or road facility as determined by the board.
	(c)  The reimbursement or purchase of a road or road facility
	may be paid for with proceeds from the sale of the district's bonds
	or from any other money available to the district.
	(d)  The district may enter into an agreement to use the
	proceeds of a subsequent bond sale to reimburse a private person
	under this section. The agreement may provide the terms under which
	the road or road facility is to be dedicated or transferred for the
	benefit of the public.
	[Sections 8200.054-8200.100 reserved for expansion]
	SUBCHAPTER C. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 8200.101.  TAX TO REPAY BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. The
	district may impose an ad valorem tax to pay the principal of or
	interest on bonds issued under Section 8200.151.
	[Sections 8200.102-8200.150 reserved for expansion]
	SUBCHAPTER D.  BONDS
	Sec. 8200.151.  AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER
	OBLIGATIONS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. (a)  The district may issue bonds or
	other obligations as provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, and
	to finance the construction, maintenance, or operation of projects
	under Section 8200.051.
	(b)  The district may not issue bonds or other obligations to
	finance projects authorized by Section 8200.051 unless the issuance
	is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the voters of the
	district voting at an election called for that purpose.
	(c)  Bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance
	projects authorized by Section 8200.051 may not exceed one-fourth
	of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
	SECTION 2.  (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 3.  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, 2007.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 4043 was passed by the House on May 9,
	2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 4043 was passed by the Senate on May
	23, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor