S.B. No. 609
AN ACT
relating to the exemption of certain property from municipal
drainage service charges and from related ordinances, resolutions,
and rules.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (e), Section 552.053, Local
Government Code, as added by Chapters 278 (S.B. 874) and 539 (S.B.
1522), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is
reenacted and amended to read as follows:
(e) The following property is exempt from drainage charges
under Section 552.047 and all ordinances, resolutions, and rules
adopted under this subchapter:
(1) property owned by a county in which a municipality
described by Section 552.044(8)(A) is located;
(2) property owned by a school district located wholly
or partly in a municipality described by Section 552.044(8)(A); and
(3) property owned by a municipal housing authority of
a municipality described by Section 552.044(8)(A).
SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
over another Act of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011,
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
codes.
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 609 passed the Senate on
April 21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 609 passed the House on
May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, one
present not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
______________________________
Date
______________________________
Governor