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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 property from municipal |
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drainage service charges. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 552.053, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: |
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(d-1) A municipality may exempt property used for cemetery |
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purposes from drainage charges under Section 552.047 if the |
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cemetery is closed to new interments and does not accept new |
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burials. |
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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, 2015. |