By: Coleman (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 1456
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2007;
  May 15, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Intergovernmental Relations; May 18, 2007, reported favorably by
  the following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 18, 2007, sent to
  printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the requirements for filing an annual financial
  statement by a municipality.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 103.003(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The annual financial statement, including the auditor's
  opinion on the statement, shall be filed in the office of the
  municipal secretary or clerk within 180 [120] days after the last
  day of the municipality's fiscal year.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act to Section
  103.003, Local Government Code, applies only to the filing of a
  financial statement for a fiscal year ending on or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  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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