By: Hegar  S.B. No. 802
         (In the Senate - Filed February 18, 2011; March 1, 2011,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and
  Homeland Security; March 17, 2011, reported favorably by the
  following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 17, 2011, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to allowing the Aransas County Commissioners Court to
  charge interest on assessments for certain county road
  improvements.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  This Act is enacted under the authority of the
  legislature to pass local laws for the maintenance of public roads
  and highways under Subsection (e), Section 9, Article VIII, Texas
  Constitution.
         SECTION 2.  Section 253.008, Transportation Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
  follows:
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), the [The]
  commissioners court may not require the payment of interest on an
  assessment.
         (d)  The Commissioners Court of Aransas County may require
  the payment of interest on an assessment.
         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, 2011.
 
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