By: Ramsay H.B. No. 2298 73R6129 DWS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the payment of certain fees to a county by the state or 1-3 a state agency or institution. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 130, Local Government Code, 1-6 is amended by adding Section 130.909 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 130.909. FEE FOR SERVICES TO STATE. (a) A county may 1-8 charge and collect from the state or a state agency or institution 1-9 owning property in the county an annual fee to compensate the 1-10 county for any services that the county provides or makes available 1-11 to the property or persons using the property, including law 1-12 enforcement, public health and safety, transportation, sanitation, 1-13 recreation, and information services. 1-14 (b) The commissioners court of the county shall determine 1-15 the amount of the fee. The fee may be based on the actual cost to 1-16 the county of providing the services or may be a flat fee based on 1-17 the size of the property or the number of persons using the 1-18 property. The fee may not exceed the amount of county property 1-19 taxes that would have been applicable to the property for that year 1-20 if the property were subject to taxation. 1-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-22 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.