By: Hinojosa  S.B. No. 1133
         (In the Senate - Filed February 28, 2017; March 7, 2017,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
  April 18, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
  Nays 0; April 18, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the exemption from taxes and special assessments of
  property of a navigation district.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 60, Water Code, is amended
  by adding Section 60.005 to read as follows:
         Sec. 60.005.  EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION AND SPECIAL
  ASSESSMENTS. The property of a district is public property used for
  essential public and governmental purposes. The district and the
  district's property are exempt from all taxes and special
  assessments imposed by this state or a political subdivision of
  this state.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2017.
 
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