By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 874
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the exemption of certain counties from the drainage
charge imposed by a municipal drainage utility system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 552.053, Local Government Code, as
effective April 1, 2009, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read
as follows:
(e) Property owned by a county in which a municipality
described by Section 552.044(8)(A) is located is exempt from
drainage charges under Section 552.047 and all ordinances,
resolutions, and rules adopted under this subchapter.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a charge assessed, billed, or collected by a municipality on or
after the effective date of this Act. A charge assessed, billed, or
collected by a municipality before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the charge was assessed,
billed, or collected, and the former law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 3. 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.