BILL ANALYSIS S.B. 874 By: Shapleigh Border & Intergovernmental Affairs Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, enacted a bill that extended the application of certain cities' drainage fees to the unincorporated areas of the county within which the city was located. Funds generated by the fees are used to make improvements to reduce flooding and to address the appropriate drainage of storm water. Current law allows, but does not require, cities to exempt the property of governmental entities from the drainage fee. S.B. 874 exempts property owned by a county in which a municipality with a population over 500,000, within 50 miles of an international border, is located from municipal utility drainage service charges and all ordinances, resolutions, and rules adopted under provisions relating to municipal drainage utility systems. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS S.B. 874 amends the Local Government Code to exempt property owned by a county in which a municipality with a population over 500,000, within 50 miles of an international border, is located from municipal utility drainage service charges and all ordinances, resolutions, and rules adopted under provisions relating to municipal drainage utility systems. EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or, if the act does not receive the necessary vote, the act takes effect September 1, 2009.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
S.B. 874
By: Shapleigh
Border & Intergovernmental Affairs
Committee Report (Unamended)
S.B. 874
By: Shapleigh
Border & Intergovernmental Affairs
Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, enacted a bill that extended the application of certain cities' drainage fees to the unincorporated areas of the county within which the city was located. Funds generated by the fees are used to make improvements to reduce flooding and to address the appropriate drainage of storm water. Current law allows, but does not require, cities to exempt the property of governmental entities from the drainage fee. S.B. 874 exempts property owned by a county in which a municipality with a population over 500,000, within 50 miles of an international border, is located from municipal utility drainage service charges and all ordinances, resolutions, and rules adopted under provisions relating to municipal drainage utility systems.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS S.B. 874 amends the Local Government Code to exempt property owned by a county in which a municipality with a population over 500,000, within 50 miles of an international border, is located from municipal utility drainage service charges and all ordinances, resolutions, and rules adopted under provisions relating to municipal drainage utility systems.
EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or, if the act does not receive the necessary vote, the act takes effect September 1, 2009.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
The 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, enacted a bill that extended the application of certain cities' drainage fees to the unincorporated areas of the county within which the city was located. Funds generated by the fees are used to make improvements to reduce flooding and to address the appropriate drainage of storm water. Current law allows, but does not require, cities to exempt the property of governmental entities from the drainage fee.
S.B. 874 exempts property owned by a county in which a municipality with a population over 500,000, within 50 miles of an international border, is located from municipal utility drainage service charges and all ordinances, resolutions, and rules adopted under provisions relating to municipal drainage utility systems.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
S.B. 874 amends the Local Government Code to exempt property owned by a county in which a municipality with a population over 500,000, within 50 miles of an international border, is located from municipal utility drainage service charges and all ordinances, resolutions, and rules adopted under provisions relating to municipal drainage utility systems.
EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the act does not receive the necessary vote, the act takes effect September 1, 2009.