By: Dutton H.B. No. 3187
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to matters affecting municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.053(g), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(g) The municipality shall complete the inventory and make
the inventory available for public inspection on or before the 90th
[60th] day after the date the municipality receives the required
information from the service providers under Subsection (c).
SECTION 2. Section 214.163, Local Government Code is
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The governing body of the municipality may authorize the
permit department to charge a fee for a permit issued under this
subchapter.
SECTION 3. Section 252.023, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 252.023. EXEMPTIONS FROM REFERENDUM PROVISIONS. The
referendum provisions prescribed by Section 252.045 do not apply to
expenditures that are payable:
(1) from current funds;
(2) from bond funds; or
(3) by time warrants unless the amount of the time
warrants issued by the municipality for all purposes during the
current calendar year exceeds:
(A) $7,500 if the municipality's population is
5,000 or less;
(B) $10,000 if the municipality's population is
5,001 to 24,999;
(C) $25,000 if the municipality's population is
25,001 to 49,999; or
(D) $150,000 [$100,000] if the municipality's
population is more than 50,000.
SECTION 4. Section 395.052(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A political subdivision imposing an impact fee shall
update the land use assumptions and capital improvements plan at
least every three [five] years. The initial five-year period
begins on the day the capital improvements plan is adopted.
SECTION 5. Section 601.023(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A protest petition must object to the adoption of the
ordinance creating an authority and request that the ordinance be
submitted to the voters of the municipality. It must be signed by a
number of registered voters of the municipality equal to at least 15
[10] percent of the number of votes cast at the most recent general
municipal election.
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, 2011.