By: Sheets (Senate Sponsor - Perry)	H.B. No. 1662
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2015;
	May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Intergovernmental Relations; May 11, 2015, reported favorably by
	the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 11, 2015, sent to printer.)
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	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 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.
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