The Laws of Texas, 1929-1931 [Volume 27] Page: 94 of 1,943

82 GENERAL LAWS.
be suspended and said Rule is so suspended and this Act shall
take effect and be in force from and after its passage and it is
so enacted.
Effective 20 days after adjournment.
[NOTE: H. B. No. 90 passed the House by a vote of 104 yeas,
0 nays; passed the Senate by a vote of 26 yeas, 0 nays. Was received
in the Executive Office February 18, 1930, and in the
Department of State February 18, 1930, without the Governor's
signature.]
AUTHORIZING IMPROVEMENT BONDS IN CERTAIN
CITIES BASED ON ASSESSMENT CERTIFICATES.
H. B. No. 101.] CHAPTER 43.
An Act providing that certain cities having the population requirements
set forth herein may acquire and own special assessment certificates
issued in connection with street improvements, that such cities may
pledge and impound said certificates as the basis for the issuance of
special improvement bonds subject to the limitations and provisions
of this Act; providing for use of funds from the sale of such bonds,;
providing that such bonds shall not be reckoned in determining charter,
Constitutional or Statutory bond limitations and shall not constitute
indebtedness of the city contemplated under certain provisions
of the Constitution; prescribing Statutory duties imposed on such cities
when such bonds are issued; providing for the examination and approval
of such bonds by the Attorney General, and for their registration
by the Comptroller; and declaring an emergency.
Be it enacted by the Legislature ,of the State of Texas:
SECTION 1. Cities in the State of Texas having not less than
106,000 inhabitants and not more than 110,000 inhabitants, according
to the United States Census of 1920, may proceed in accordance
with the provisions hereof, independently of and without
reference to any other applicable law or charter provision,
present or future, which, however, shall remain in force as altenative
methods. The terms "city", "such city", "said city",
and the plurals thereof, shall mean a city or cities included under
the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 2. Whenever a city improves its streets in any manner
in which streets may be improved under the provisions of its
charter or under the provisions of applicable general laws, including
improvement by filling, grading, raising, paving, repaving,
the construction or reconstruction of sidewalks, curbs,
gutters, by widening, narrowing, straightening, the laying out,
opening, establishing, extending, lighting, or by otherwise improving
said streets in such way that a part of the cost of making
said improvements shall be paid by the owners of benefited
property, and in such way that it provides for, or requires the
issuance of, assessment certificates and/or mechanic lien agreements,
evidencing a lien against the benefited property described