82R4470 VOO-D By: Hunter H.B. No. 3318 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to allowing the Aransas County Commissioners Court to charge interest on assessments for certain county road improvements. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. This Act is enacted under the authority of the legislature to pass local laws for the maintenance of public roads and highways under Section 9(e), Article VIII, Texas Constitution. SECTION 2. Section 253.008, Transportation Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the [The] commissioners court may not require the payment of interest on an assessment. (d) The Commissioners Court of Aransas County may require the payment of interest on an assessment. 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, 2011.