By: Lucio III H.B. No. 3909       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the powers and duties of a commissioners court to levy   and collect taxes on behalf of a navigation district.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 62.160, Water Code, is amended to read as   follows:          Sec. 62.160.  MAINTENANCE TAX.  (a) The commissioners courts   of the respective counties inside each district may levy and have   assessed and collected for the maintenance, operation, and upkeep   of the district and the improvements constructed by the district an   annual tax not to exceed 10 cents on the $100 valuation on all   property inside the district.          (b)  In the event of the tax being suspended by a district   located in a county with a population of not less than 400,000 and   not more than 4 million that borders the Gulf of Mexico, or a county   that borders the Gulf of Mexico and is adjacent to such a county,   the tax may be reinstated upon request by the district to the county   tax assessor-collector.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.