S.B. No. 660
AN ACT
relating to the collection, receipt, and use of assessments and
other types of revenue for certain public improvement projects in
certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 372.0035, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) A municipality that undertakes a project under this
section may:
(1) adopt procedures for the collection of assessments
under this chapter that are consistent with the municipality's
procedures for the collection of a hotel occupancy tax under
Chapter 351, Tax Code; and
(2) pursue remedies for the failure to pay an
assessment under this chapter that are available to the
municipality for failure to pay a hotel occupancy tax under Chapter
351, Tax Code.
SECTION 2. Section 351.106, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) A municipality to which this section applies:
(1) is entitled to receive in the same manner all funds
and revenue that a municipality to which Section 351.1015 applies
may receive under that section; and
(2) may pledge the funds and revenue for the payment of
obligations incurred for the construction of qualified projects
authorized under that section.
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, 2013.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 660 passed the Senate on
April 4, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 20, 2013, by the
following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 660 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 9, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 132,
Nays 0, two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor