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.