Bill Text: TX HB240 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the quorum requirement for a tax levy vote in certain counties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB240 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB240-Introduced.html

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89R65 KBT-F
By: Swanson H.B. No. 240

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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 [A] county tax
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:
(1) when five members of the court are present; or
(2) when four members of the court are present if the
absent member submits to the court a written notice of absence for
illness or other good cause before the meeting is convened.
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, 2025.