6 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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7 | 5 | | relating to the exemption from taxes and special assessments of |
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8 | 6 | | property of a navigation district. |
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9 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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10 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 60, Water Code, is amended |
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11 | 9 | | by adding Section 60.005 to read as follows: |
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12 | 10 | | Sec. 60.005. EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION AND SPECIAL |
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13 | 11 | | ASSESSMENTS. The property of a district is public property used for |
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14 | 12 | | essential public and governmental purposes. The district and the |
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15 | 13 | | district's property are exempt from all taxes and special |
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16 | 14 | | assessments imposed by this state or a political subdivision of |
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17 | 15 | | this state. |
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18 | 16 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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19 | 17 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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20 | 18 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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21 | 19 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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22 | 20 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 21 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 22 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 23 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1133 passed the Senate on |
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| 24 | + | April 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 25 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 26 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 27 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1133 passed the House on |
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| 28 | + | May 11, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 14, two |
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| 29 | + | present not voting. |
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| 30 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 31 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 32 | + | Approved: |
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| 33 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 34 | + | Date |
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| 35 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 36 | + | Governor |
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