By: Shapleigh  S.B. No. 1380
         (In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2007; March 20, 2007, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
  Relations; April 27, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 3, Nays 0;
  April 27, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1380 By:  Nichols
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to fees charged for public health services by certain
  governmental entities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 121.006, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
         (c-1)  A fee for a public health service charged in the
  jurisdiction of a public health district may be uniform throughout
  the district regardless of which governmental entity member of the
  district charges the fee.  The fee may be set at an amount up to the
  highest amount charged by any governmental entity member of the
  district.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
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