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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the exemption of certain school district property from |
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certain infrastructure fees charged for the control of excess water |
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or storm water. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 580.003, Local Government Code, as |
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redesignated by Chapter 885 (H.B. 2278), Acts of the 80th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, and amended by Chapters 1356 |
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(H.B. 462) and 1430 (S.B. 3), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2007, is reenacted and amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 580.003. EXEMPTIONS OF CERTAIN PROPERTY FROM |
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INFRASTRUCTURE FEES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), no |
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county, municipality, or utility district may collect from a state |
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agency, [or] a public or private institution of higher education, |
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or a school district described by Subsection (c) any fee charged for |
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the development or maintenance of programs or facilities for the |
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control of excess water or storm water. |
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(b) A municipality with a population of 25,000 or less and |
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through which the Bosque River runs may collect from a state agency |
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or public institution of higher education a fee charged for the |
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development or maintenance of programs or [of] facilities for the |
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control of excess water or storm water. |
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(c) This section applies only to a school district located |
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in a county with a population of more than 1.5 million that contains |
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a municipality in which at least 75 percent of the county's |
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population resides. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not |
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affect fees imposed before the effective date of this Act, and the |
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law in effect before that date is continued in effect for the |
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purpose of the liability for and collection of those fees. |
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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, 2015. |