84R23554 TJB-D
By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1950
(Martinez)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1950: No.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the fee imposed on certain property owners by a county
for the establishment of street lights along a county road.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 280.003, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
follows:
(b) The commissioners court of a [the] county may by order
provide for the establishment of street lights along a county road
located in a subdivision. The order may provide for:
(1) the installation, operation, and maintenance of
the street lights by:
(A) the county; or
(B) another public or private entity with which
the county may contract;
(2) the imposition of a fee on landowners in the
subdivision who benefit from the street lights;
(3) the collection of a fee imposed under this
subsection by[:
[(A)] the county tax assessor-collector[; or
[(B) another public or private entity with which
the county may contract]; and
(4) any other matter the commissioners court finds
necessary to the installation, operation, or maintenance of the
street lights.
(d) The county tax assessor-collector of a county in which a
fee is imposed under this section shall include the fee in the tax
bill prepared under Section 31.01, Tax Code, for each landowner
whose real property is benefited by the street lights for which the
fee is imposed. The tax bill must separately state the amount of
the fee imposed under this section. The county tax
assessor-collector shall collect the fee for the county in the same
manner that the county tax assessor-collector collects ad valorem
taxes for the county.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a fee imposed by a county under Section 280.003, Transportation
Code, as amended by this Act, on or after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.