Vote Recommendation | Economic Freedom | Property Rights | Personal Responsibility | Limited Government | Individual Liberty |
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Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral |
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
HB 3097 would make changes to Chapter 375 (Municipal
Management Districts) and Chapter 382 (Improvement Projects in Certain
Counties) of the Local Government Code. This legislation would make changes to the
petitioning requirements, under a municipal management district (MMD), for
dissolving, holding a bond election, and creating a new MMD.
Specifically, in order to create a new district, this
legislation would require a majority of the landowners who would be subject to
the MMD to petition the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). A petition to approve MMD projects would
require the owners with a majority of the assessed property value in the
district. This same threshold would be applied to the petitioning for bond
elections in an MMD. A petition to
approve the dissolution of the MMD would now require the consent of owners with
2/3’s of the assessed property value in that district.
HB 3097 would also make requirement changes to the qualifications
for a MMD director. A person would not have to be a resident of the district.
Additionally, if the MMD has a population of more than 1,000, the following would apply:
The current governing framework for MMDs is complicated, and we recognize the need to clarify some portions of the law. We also recognize that there are some strong arguments for and against MMDs that should be thoroughly explored and openly debated.
However, we remain neutral on HB 3097 because this particular bill neither affirms nor abridges our liberty principles.