Amend CSHB 3335 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                      
	(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the 
bill and renumber subsequent ARTICLES of the bill accordingly:

ARTICLE ___.  BASTROP COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT 
NO. 2
	SECTION ___.01.  Section 11001.007, Special District Local 
Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 11001.007.  MONTHLY CHARGES.  (a)  The board by 
resolution may impose a monthly charge in an amount not to exceed 
$15 [of five dollars] for each developed or undeveloped lot, tract, 
or reserve in the district.
	(a-1)  The board may not increase the monthly charge for a 
developed or undeveloped lot, tract, or reserve in the district by 
more than $3 in any calendar year.  The board may grant an exemption 
to an increase in the monthly charge to the owner of a lot, tract, or 
reserve in the district who:
		(1)  is 65 years of age or older and who uses the lot, 
tract, or reserve as a residence; or
		(2)  has been determined to have a disability by and has 
written documentation of the disability from the United States 
Social Security Administration or the United States Department of 
Veterans Affairs.
	(b)  Money received from the monthly charge may [must] be 
used only for:
		(1)  constructing, maintaining, or repairing public 
streets or roadways in the district; or
		(2)  purchasing equipment necessary to maintain or 
repair public streets or roadways in the district.
	(c)  Of the money received under Subsection (a) each fiscal 
year:     
		(1)  not more than 10 percent may be used for 
administrative purposes; and  
		(2)  not less [more] than 15 percent shall [may] be used 
for road maintenance.
	SECTION ___.02.  This article takes effect immediately if 
this Act 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 article takes effect September 1, 2009.
	(2)  In SECTION 3.01(a) of the bill (page 13, line 16), 
between "this section" and the comma, insert "or otherwise provided 
by this Act".



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