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| 1 | 1 | 83R2579 JTS-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Anchia H.B. No. 1508 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to assessment collection in certain public improvement | |
| 8 | 8 | districts. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 372.0035, Local Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (d) A municipality that undertakes a project under this | |
| 13 | 13 | section may: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) adopt procedures for the collection of assessments | |
| 15 | 15 | under this chapter that are consistent with the municipality's | |
| 16 | 16 | procedures for the collection of a hotel occupancy tax under | |
| 17 | 17 | Chapter 351, Tax Code; and | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) pursue remedies for the failure to pay an | |
| 19 | 19 | assessment under this chapter that are available to the | |
| 20 | 20 | municipality for failure to pay a hotel occupancy tax under Chapter | |
| 21 | 21 | 351, Tax Code. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |