84R23554 TJB-D

By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1950

(Martinez)

Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1950: No.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the fee imposed on certain property owners by a county for the establishment of street lights along a county road.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 280.003, Transportation Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:

(b) The commissioners court of a [the] county may by order provide for the establishment of street lights along a county road located in a subdivision. The order may provide for:

(1) the installation, operation, and maintenance of the street lights by:

(A) the county; or

(B) another public or private entity with which the county may contract;

(2) the imposition of a fee on landowners in the subdivision who benefit from the street lights;

(3) the collection of a fee imposed under this subsection by[:

[(A)] the county tax assessor-collector[; or

[(B) another public or private entity with which the county may contract]; and

(4) any other matter the commissioners court finds necessary to the installation, operation, or maintenance of the street lights.

(d) The county tax assessor-collector of a county in which a fee is imposed under this section shall include the fee in the tax bill prepared under Section 31.01, Tax Code, for each landowner whose real property is benefited by the street lights for which the fee is imposed. The tax bill must separately state the amount of the fee imposed under this section. The county tax assessor-collector shall collect the fee for the county in the same manner that the county tax assessor-collector collects ad valorem taxes for the county.

SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to a fee imposed by a county under Section 280.003, Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, on or after the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.