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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to assessment collection in certain public improvement |
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districts. |
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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. 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. |