By: Sheets (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 1662
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2015;
May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 11, 2015, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 11, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the exemption of certain property from municipal
drainage service charges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 552.053, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to
read as follows:
(d) A municipality may exempt property owned by a religious
organization that is exempt from taxation pursuant to Section
11.20, Tax Code, from all or a portion of drainage charges under
this subchapter, as the governing body of the municipality
considers appropriate.
(d-1) A municipality may exempt property used for cemetery
purposes from drainage charges under Section 552.047 if the
cemetery is closed to new interments and does not accept new
burials.
SECTION 2. 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, 2015.
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