Amend SB 737 (senate committee report) in SECTION 7 of the bill as follows:
(1) In the heading to added Chapter 109, Local Government Code (page 2, line 58), strike "NOTIFICATION OF".
(2) At the end of added Section 109.002, Local Government Code (page 3, between lines 29 and 30), insert the following appropriately numbered section to added Chapter 109, Local Government Code:
Sec. 109. . PUBLIC HEARING ON NEW OR INCREASED FEE. (a) The governing body of a municipality may not adopt a new fee or the increase of an existing fee unless the governing body holds a public hearing at which members of the public are given the opportunity to be heard.
(b) The hearing required by Subsection (a) must be held not earlier than the 60th day or later than the 30th day before the date the governing body adopts the new fee or the increase of the existing fee.