HBA-NIK S.B. 1175 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 1175 By: Wentworth Land and Resource Management 5/6/1999 Engrossed BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, counties with certain road districts and refinanced bond indebtedness are the ultimate guarantors of millions of dollars in bonds. These road districts may be negatively impacted by the changes in impervious cover limits that a city may impose, if some of the territory of the road district lies within a city. Repayment of bonds may become difficult if the amount of land to be developed within the district is limited. S.B. 1175 assures that land could be developed at a current impervious cover limit. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Chapter 3, Title 22, V.T.C.S., by adding Article 726a, as follows: Art. 726a. LAND DEVELOPMENT IN ROAD DISTRICT WITH OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS Sec. 1. DEFINITIONS. Defines "affected area," "assessment road district," "land development," and "regulation." Sec. 2. CHANGES IN REGULATION OF LAND DEVELOPMENT. (a) Requires a political subdivision to pay the outstanding bonded indebtedness of the assessment road district if, after March 9, 1999, and before March 9, 2019, the political subdivision changes regulations regarding land development that apply to more than 20 percent of the land in an assessment road district in a manner that reduces the amount of impervious cover, as defined in the regulations, or that reduces the total allowable floor area of a building on developed land. Requires the political subdivision to pay the outstanding indebtedness before the change takes effect. (b) Provides that Subsection (a) does not apply to an affected land owner who agrees in writing to a regulation that reduces the amount of impervious cover or that reduces the total allowable floor area of a building on developed land. Sec. 3. ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY TO AN ASSESSMENT ROAD DISTRICT. Authorizes a person who owns land in an affected area to request that the governing body of an assessment road district annex any part of the owner's land that is within two miles of the district's boundaries. Authorizes the governing body of the district by resolution to annex the land upon request, made under Subsection (a). Requires the governing body of the district to reapportion the remaining assessment on the owner's land on a per acre basis for all of the owner's land in the district. Sec. 4. EXPIRATION. Provides that this article expires March 10, 2019. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999.