| 1 | 1 | | 84R4668 PAM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Farias H.B. No. 960 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the exemption of school district property from certain |
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| 8 | 8 | | infrastructure fees charged for the control of excess water or |
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| 9 | 9 | | storm water. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 580.003, Local Government Code, as |
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| 12 | 12 | | redesignated by Chapter 885 (H.B. 2278), Acts of the 80th |
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| 13 | 13 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, and amended by Chapters 1356 |
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| 14 | 14 | | (H.B. 462) and 1430 (S.B. 3), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular |
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| 15 | 15 | | Session, 2007, is reenacted and amended to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 580.003. EXEMPTIONS OF CERTAIN PROPERTY FROM |
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| 17 | 17 | | INFRASTRUCTURE FEES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), no |
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| 18 | 18 | | county, municipality, or utility district may collect from a state |
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| 19 | 19 | | agency, [or a] public or private institution of higher education, |
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| 20 | 20 | | or school district any fee charged for the development or |
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| 21 | 21 | | maintenance of programs or facilities for the control of excess |
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| 22 | 22 | | water or storm water. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) A municipality with a population of 25,000 or less and |
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| 24 | 24 | | through which the Bosque River runs may collect from a state agency, |
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| 25 | 25 | | [or] public institution of higher education, or school district a |
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| 26 | 26 | | fee charged for the development or maintenance of programs or [of] |
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| 27 | 27 | | facilities for the control of excess water or storm water. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not |
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| 29 | 29 | | affect fees imposed before the effective date of this Act, and the |
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| 30 | 30 | | law in effect before that date is continued in effect for the |
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| 31 | 31 | | purpose of the liability for and collection of those fees. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 33 | 33 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 34 | 34 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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