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 imposed on certain property owners by a county for the establishment of street lights along a county road.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Transportation Code to permit a commissioners court of a county to adopt an order that may provide for the collection of a fee imposed by the county tax-assessor. Under the provisions of the bill, a county tax assessor collector would be required to include a fee in a tax bill for each landowner who has benefited from the street law. The bill provides requirements for the tax bill. The bill would permit a commissioners court to file a notice with the county clerk of a county and obtain a lien against real property benefited by street lights to secure payment of the fee. The bill provides requirements of the lien. The bill would prohibit a county from foreclosing a lien authorized under the provisions of the bill if the lien is the only lien attached to the property.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.