87R18627 MP-D
By: Meza H.B. No. 4062
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4062:
By: Minjarez C.S.H.B. No. 4062
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a municipality to collect a records
management and preservation fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 4, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 109 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 109. FEES CHARGED BY MUNICIPALITIES
Sec. 109.001. RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION FEE. (a)
Except as provided by Subsection (b), a municipality may collect a
records management and preservation fee not to exceed $1 for any
municipal authorization, permit, license, registration,
certification, filing, or other municipal action or approval.
(b) A municipality may not collect a records management and
preservation fee under this section from a certified
telecommunications provider subject to access line fees under
Chapter 283.
(c) The records management and preservation fee must be
deposited in a separate records management and preservation account
in the general fund of the municipality.
(d) The records management and preservation fee may be used
only to provide funds for specific records management and
preservation, including municipal library and archival services.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.