84R7354 JSL-F
 
  By: Coleman H.B. No. 4210
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to authorizing the East Downtown Management District to
  impose a tax, fee, or assessment on a residential property.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 3808.157, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 3808.157.  PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXES, IMPACT FEES, AND
  ASSESSMENTS. The district may not impose:
               (1)  a tax, impact fee, or assessment on a residential
  property or condominium development consisting of fewer than nine
  units; or
               (2)  an impact fee or assessment on the property,
  equipment, or facilities of a person that provides to the public
  cable television, gas, light, power, telephone, sewage, or water
  service.
         SECTION 2.  (a) The legal notice of the intention to
  introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
  Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
  copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
  officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
  under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
  Government Code.
         (b)  The governor, one of the required recipients, has
  submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
         (c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
  its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
  lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
  representatives within the required time.
         (d)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
  state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
  to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
  and accomplished.
         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, 2015.