| 1 | 1 | | 88R4098 KBB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Vasut H.B. No. 1154 |
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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 commissioners court quorum requirements and voting |
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| 8 | 8 | | requirements applicable to the levying of a county tax. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Sections 81.006(a) and (c), Local Government |
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| 11 | 11 | | Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) Three members of the commissioners court constitute a |
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| 13 | 13 | | quorum for conducting county business [except the levying of a |
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| 14 | 14 | | county tax]. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (c) A county may not levy a tax unless at least four [three] |
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| 16 | 16 | | members of the court vote in favor of the levy. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Section 81.006(b), Local Government Code, is |
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| 18 | 18 | | repealed. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 20 | 20 | | a vote by a commissioners court on the question of levying a tax |
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| 21 | 21 | | taken on or after the effective date of this Act. A vote by a |
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| 22 | 22 | | commissioners court on the question of levying a tax taken before |
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| 23 | 23 | | the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when |
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| 24 | 24 | | the vote was taken, and the former law is continued in effect for |
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| 25 | 25 | | that purpose. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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