Honorable Kevin Eltife, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB1950 by Hinojosa (Relating to the fee collected for the provision of providing street lights in a subdivision in the unincorporated area of certain counties and the authority of said county to obtain a lien against property of a landowner to secure payment of a fee for the installation, operation, and maintenance of street lights.), As Introduced
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Transportation Code to require fees collected in certain counties to be added to the annual property tax statement for certain land owners. The county tax-assessor would be required to collect and transfer the fees to the county. The bill would also permit the commissioners court of a county to obtain a lien against a property owner to secure payment of a such fees. The bill provides procedures for the filing and attachment of a lien. The bill would prohibit the county from foreclosing a property which the only outstanding lien against the property is a lien under the provisions of the bill.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.