Bill Text: TX HB771 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the exemption of school district property from charges for drainage service imposed by certain municipalities and from related ordinances, resolutions, and rules adopted by those municipalities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-28 - Referred to Natural Resources [HB771 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB771-Introduced.html

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82R1852 ATP-F
By: Vo H.B. No. 771

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the exemption of school district property from charges
for drainage service imposed by certain municipalities and from
related ordinances, resolutions, and rules adopted by those
municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 552.053(e), Local Government Code, as
added by Chapters 278 (S.B. 874) and 539 (S.B. 1522), Acts of the
81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is reenacted and amended
to read as follows:
(e) The following property is exempt from drainage charges
under Section 552.047 and all ordinances, resolutions, and rules
adopted under this subchapter:
(1) property owned by a county in which a municipality
described by Section 552.044(8)(A) is located; and
(2) property owned by a school district located wholly
or partly in a municipality that:
(A) is described by Section 552.044(8)(A); or
(B) has a population of 1.9 million or more.
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, 2011.