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Senate Bill 1357 |
Senate Author: Hughes |
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Effective: 6-14-21 |
House Sponsor: Dean |
Senate Bill 1357 amends the Local Government Code to change certain statutory deadlines applicable to the budget preparation and proposal process for a county with a population of 225,000 or less that does not operate under an alternate method of budget preparation for a county with a population of more than 125,000. The bill sets August 15 as the deadline for that budget preparation and for the filing by the county judge of a copy of the proposed budget with the county clerk. In addition, the bill changes the deadline for a public hearing on the proposed budget to the 25th day after the day the budget is filed with the county clerk but before the commissioners court adopts the county's property tax rate for the current tax year. The bill also provides for notice of the public hearing. These changes apply to a budget proposed by a commissioners court for a fiscal year beginning on or after the bill's effective date.