By: Miller H.B. No. 462
 
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 462:
 
  By:  Puente C.S.H.B. No. 462
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of certain municipalities to collect an
infrastructure fee from certain governmental entities.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 430.003, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
             Sec. 430.003.  EXEMPTIONS OF STATE PROPERTY FROM
INFRASTRUCTURE FEES.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), no
[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 of
facilities for the control of excess water or storm water.
       (b)  A municipality with a population of 25,000 or less and
through which the Bosque River runs may collect from a state agency
or public institution of higher education a fee charged for the
development or maintenance of programs of facilities for the
control of excess water or storm water.
       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2007.