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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a municipality to impose a fine or fee |
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in certain areas in the municipality's extraterritorial |
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jurisdiction. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 42, Local Government Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 42.9025 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.9025. RESTRICTION ON IMPOSING FEE OR FINE IN |
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CERTAIN AREAS IN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. (a) This section |
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applies only to an area located in a municipality's |
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extraterritorial jurisdiction and: |
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(1) that has been disannexed from the municipality |
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under Subchapter G, Chapter 43; or |
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(2) for which the municipality has attempted and |
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failed to obtain consent for annexation under Subchapter C-4 or |
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C-5, Chapter 43. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality may not |
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impose under a municipal ordinance a fine or fee on a person on the |
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basis of: |
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(1) an activity that occurs wholly in an area |
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described by Subsection (a); or |
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(2) the management or ownership of property located |
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wholly in an area described by Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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