By: Frazier	H.B. No. 196

Statutes affected:
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the creation of the Honey Creek Improvement District
	No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to
	impose assessments and fees.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subtitle C, Title 4, Special District Local Laws
	Code, is amended by adding Chapter 3796 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 3796. HONEY CREEK IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1
	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 3796.0101.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
	(1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
	(2)  "City" means the City of McKinney.
	(3)  "Director" means a board member.
	(4)  "District" means the Honey Creek Improvement
	District No. 1.
	Sec. 3796.0102.  NATURE OF DISTRICT. The Honey Creek
	Improvement District No. 1 is a special district created under
	Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
	Sec. 3796.0103.  PURPOSE: DECLARATION OF INTENT.  (a)  The
	creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of
	Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI,
	Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this
	chapter.
	(b)  By creating the district and in authorizing the city and
	other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the
	legislature has established a program to accomplish the public
	purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.
	(c)  The creation of the district is necessary to promote,
	develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce,
	transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts,
	entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public
	welfare in the district.
	(d)  This chapter and the creation of the district may not be
	interpreted to relieve the city from providing the level of
	services provided as of the effective date of the Act enacting this
	chapter to the area in the district. The district is created to
	supplement and not to supplant city services provided in the
	district.
	Sec. 3796.0104.  FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE. (a)
	All land and other property included in the district will benefit
	from the improvements and services to be provided by the district
	under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and
	Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other powers
	granted under this chapter.
	(b)  The district is created to serve a public use and
	benefit.
	(c)  The creation of the district is in the public interest
	and is essential to further the public purposes of:
	(1)  developing and diversifying the economy of the
	state;
	(2)  eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and
	(3)  developing or expanding transportation and
	commerce.
	(d)  The district will:
	(1)  promote the health, safety, and general welfare of
	residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors,
	and consumers in the district, and of the public;
	(2)  provide needed funding for the district to
	preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of
	the district territory as a community and business center;
	(3)  promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment
	of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and
	developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for
	the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty;
	and
	(4)  provide for water, wastewater, drainage, road, and
	recreational facilities for the district.
	(e)  Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at
	grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street
	landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and
	necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street
	or road improvement.