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| 1 | 1 | 89R65 KBT-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Swanson H.B. No. 240 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the quorum requirement for a tax levy vote in certain | |
| 10 | 10 | counties. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 81.006, Local Government Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to | |
| 14 | 14 | read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | (b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), a [A] county tax | |
| 16 | 16 | may be levied at any regularly scheduled meeting of the court when | |
| 17 | 17 | at least four members of the court are present. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b-1) In a county with a population of 3.3 million or more, a | |
| 19 | 19 | county tax may be levied at any regularly scheduled meeting of the | |
| 20 | 20 | court only: | |
| 21 | 21 | (1) when five members of the court are present; or | |
| 22 | 22 | (2) when four members of the court are present if the | |
| 23 | 23 | absent member submits to the court a written notice of absence for | |
| 24 | 24 | illness or other good cause before the meeting is convened. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 26 | 26 | to a commissioners court meeting held on or after the effective date | |
| 27 | 27 | of this Act. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 29 | 29 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 30 | 30 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 31 | 31 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 32 | 32 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |