By: Duncan S.B. No. 1637 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to operation of municipal drainage, utility systems, and 1-2 the method of establishing drainage charges for such systems. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 402.047, Local Government 1-5 Code is amended to read as follows: 1-6 In setting the schedule of charges for drainage service, the 1-7 governing body must base its calculations on an inventory of the 1-8 lots and tracts within the service area. The governing body may 1-9 use approved tax plats and assessment rolls for that purpose. The 1-10 governing body may also consider the land use made of the 1-11 benefitted property. The governing body may consider the size, in 1-12 area, the number of water meters, and topography of a parcel of 1-13 benefitted property in assessing the drainage charge to the 1-14 property. 1-15 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.