Bill Text: TX HB1891 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the quorum requirement for a tax levy vote in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-19 - Left pending in committee [HB1891 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1891-Introduced.html
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| By: Swanson | H.B. No. 1891 | |
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| relating to the quorum requirement for a tax levy vote in certain | ||
| counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 81.006, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), a [ |
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| may be levied at any regularly scheduled meeting of the court when | ||
| at least four members of the court are present. | ||
| (b-1) In a county with a population of 3.3 million or more, a | ||
| county tax may be levied at any regularly scheduled meeting of the | ||
| court only when five members of the court are present. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a commissioners court meeting held on or after the effective date | ||
| of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2023. | ||
