By: Hegar S.B. No. 802
(Hunter)
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 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) 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.