S.B. No. 802
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 Subsection (e), Section 9, 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) Beginning on the second anniversary of the date of an
assessment, the Commissioners Court of Aransas County by order may
require the payment of interest on the assessment at the rate
determined under Section 304.003, Finance Code.
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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 802 passed the Senate on
March 31, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2011, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 802 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142,
Nays 0, one present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor