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AN ACT
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relating to the collection, receipt, and use of assessments and |
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other types of revenue for certain public improvement projects in |
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certain municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 372.0035, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) A municipality that undertakes a project under this |
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section may: |
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(1) adopt procedures for the collection of assessments |
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under this chapter that are consistent with the municipality's |
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procedures for the collection of a hotel occupancy tax under |
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Chapter 351, Tax Code; and |
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(2) pursue remedies for the failure to pay an |
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assessment under this chapter that are available to the |
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municipality for failure to pay a hotel occupancy tax under Chapter |
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351, Tax Code. |
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SECTION 2. Section 351.106, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) A municipality to which this section applies: |
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(1) is entitled to receive in the same manner all funds |
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and revenue that a municipality to which Section 351.1015 applies |
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may receive under that section; and |
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(2) may pledge the funds and revenue for the payment of |
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obligations incurred for the construction of qualified projects |
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authorized under that section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 660 passed the Senate on |
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April 4, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 20, 2013, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 660 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 9, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 132, |
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Nays 0, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |