By: Miller (Senate Sponsor - Fraser) H.B. No. 462
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2007;
  May 2, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
  Resources; May 16, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 16, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
 
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.
 
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