Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 3172 amends the Local Government Code to authorize a county to establish a public improvement district, unless within 30 days of a county's action to approve such a district a home-rule municipality objects to its establishment within the municipality's corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction. The bill deletes the provision that requires an assessment plan to provide that at least 10 percent of the cost of an improvement is to be paid by special assessments against property in the improvement district. The bill requires delinquent installments of the assessment to incur interest, penalties, and attorney's fees in the same manner as delinquent ad valorem taxes.