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

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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-Introduced.html

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84R9275 PAM-D
By: Sheets H.B. No. 1662

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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 adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:
(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.