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.