By: Isaac (Senate Sponsor - Hegar) H.B. No. 1517
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2011;
May 9, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation and Homeland Security; May 21, 2011, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2011, sent
to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disposition of fines for traffic violations
collected by certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 542.402, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) A municipality may include the revenue of a utility
company operating within the municipality as municipal revenue for
a fiscal year under Subsection (b) if:
(1) the municipality has a population of more than
1,000 but less than 1,200; and
(2) part of the municipality's boundary is a river that
forms part of the boundary between two counties.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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