77R11475 SMJ-D By Kitchen H.B. No. 2937 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2937: By Ramsay C.S.H.B. No. 2937 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to a county's authority to set a fee for certain permits. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 251, Transportation Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Section 251.017 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 251.017. COUNTY AUTHORITY TO SET FEE. The 1-7 commissioners court of a county may set a reasonable fee for the 1-8 county's issuance of a permit authorized by this chapter for which 1-9 a fee is not specifically prescribed. The fee must be set and 1-10 itemized in the county's budget as part of the budget preparation 1-11 process. 1-12 SECTION 2. Subchapter I, Chapter 16, Water Code, is amended 1-13 by adding Section 16.324 to read as follows: 1-14 Sec. 16.324. COUNTY AUTHORITY TO SET FEE. The commissioners 1-15 court of a county may set a reasonable fee for the county's 1-16 issuance of a permit authorized by this subchapter for which a fee 1-17 is not specifically prescribed. The fee must be set and itemized 1-18 in the county's budget as part of the budget preparation process. 1-19 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.