Add the following language in Section 12 of HB 3172:
      Amend Section 372.014(a), Local Government Code to read as
follows:
      (a)  An assessment Plan must provide that at least 10% of the
cost of an improvement be paid by special assessments against
property in the improvement district.  The assessment plan must be
included in the annual service plan.
      Amend Section 16 by inserting the following sentence just
prior to the final sentence of Section 16:
"Delinquent installments of the assessment shall incur interest,
penalties and attorneys' fees in the same manner as delinquent ad
valorem taxes."