Bill Text: TX HB1662 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the exemption of certain property from municipal drainage service charges.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-05-28 - Effective immediately [HB1662 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1662-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 1662

AN ACT
relating to the exemption of certain property from municipal
drainage service charges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 552.053, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to
read as follows:
(d) A municipality may exempt property owned by a religious
organization that is exempt from taxation pursuant to Section
11.20, Tax Code, from all or a portion of drainage charges under
this subchapter, as the governing body of the municipality
considers appropriate.
(d-1) A municipality may exempt property used for cemetery
purposes from drainage charges under Section 552.047 if the
cemetery is closed to new interments and does not accept new
burials.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1662 was passed by the House on April
23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1662 was passed by the Senate on May
15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor