81R6318 SGA-D
By: Wentworth S.B. No. 2471
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain exemptions from ad valorem taxes imposed by the
Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 3.0111(f) and (h), Chapter 966, Acts of
the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, are amended to read as
follows:
(f) The district may adopt rules providing for granting
exemptions [shall grant an exemption or other relief] from ad
valorem taxes on property on which a water conservation initiative
has been implemented as provided by Section 11.32, Tax Code. [The
district shall adopt rules to implement this Subsection. A retail
public utility shall receive the same exemption or relief from ad
valorem taxes on property as any other customer of the district
would receive.]
(h) The total amount of the exemption [or other relief] from
ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-half of the tax imposed [levied]
by the district.
SECTION 2. Sections 11(f) and (i), Chapter 1349, Acts of the
77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, are amended to read as
follows:
(f) The district may [shall] adopt rules providing for
granting exemptions from ad valorem taxes on property on which a
water conservation initiative has been implemented as provided by
[. The rules adopted by the district must be consistent with the
rules adopted by the comptroller to implement] Section 11.32, Tax
Code.
(i) The total amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxes
may [shall] not exceed one-half of the tax imposed by the district.
SECTION 3. The following laws are repealed:
(1) Section 3.0111(g), Chapter 966, Acts of the 77th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2001; and
(2) Sections 11(g) and (h), Chapter 1349, Acts of the
77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001.
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
ad valorem taxes imposed by the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation
District for a tax year beginning on or after January 1, 2010.
SECTION 5. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
Government Code.
(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
representatives within the required time.
(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
and accomplished.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.