81R11153 EAH-D
 
  By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 1522
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the exemption of certain school districts from the
  drainage charge imposed by a municipal drainage utility system.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 552.053, Local Government Code, as
  effective April 1, 2009, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read
  as follows:
         (e)  Property owned by a school district located wholly or
  partly in a municipality described by Section 552.044(8)(A) is
  exempt from drainage charges under Section 552.047 and all
  ordinances, resolutions, and rules adopted under this subchapter.
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  a charge assessed, billed, or collected by a municipality on or
  after the effective date of this Act.  A charge assessed, billed, or
  collected by a municipality before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the charge was assessed,
  billed, or collected, and the former law is continued in effect for
  that purpose.
         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, 2009.