78S30096 JJT-F
By: Hughes H.B. No. 43
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to exempting private institutions of higher education from
certain fees charged for programs or facilities for the control of
excess or storm water.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 430.003, Local Government Code, as added
by Chapter 1310, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session,
2003, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 430.003. EXEMPTIONS OF CERTAIN [STATE] PROPERTY FROM
INFRASTRUCTURE FEES. (a) No county, municipality, or utility
district may collect from a state agency or public institution of
higher education any fee charged for the development or maintenance
of programs or [of] facilities for the control of excess water or
storm water.
(b) A county, municipality, or utility district may collect
from a private institution of higher education a fee charged for the
development or maintenance of programs or facilities for the
control of excess water or storm water only if the county,
municipality, or utility district imposed the fee before May 30,
2003.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
last day of the legislative session.