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  By: Uresti  S.B. No. 1932
         (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2007; March 22, 2007, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
  April 18, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 10,
  Nays 0; April 18, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the assessment of charges by certain local governments
  to fund a stormwater permitting program under federal law.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 423.002, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 423.002.  GENERAL AUTHORITY. (a)  A county, district,
  or authority may take any necessary or proper action to comply with
  the requirements of the stormwater permitting program under the
  national pollutant discharge elimination system (Section 402,
  Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1342)),
  including:
               (1)  developing and implementing controls to reduce the
  discharge of pollutants from any conveyance or system of conveyance
  owned or operated by the county, district, or authority that is
  designed for collecting or conveying stormwater;
               (2)  developing, implementing, and enforcing
  stormwater management guidelines, design criteria, or rules to
  reduce the discharge of pollutants into any conveyance or system of
  conveyance owned or operated by the county, district, or authority
  that is designed for collecting or conveying stormwater;
               (3)  assisting residents with the proper management of
  used oil and toxic materials, including the holding of household
  hazardous waste collection events; [and]
               (4)  developing and providing educational tools and
  activities designed to reduce or lead to the reduction of the
  discharge of pollutants into stormwater; and
               (5)  assessing reasonable charges to fund the
  implementation, administration, and operation of the stormwater
  permitting program as necessary to comply with federal or state
  program requirements.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(5), a county, district,
  or authority may not assess a charge against property that is:
               (1)  exempt from ad valorem taxation; or
               (2)  subject to an assessment for the same purpose by
  another entity.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
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