Bill Text: TX HB2389 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of sales tax revenue collected under certain contracts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-16 - Left pending in committee [HB2389 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2389-Introduced.html
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By: Miller of Fort Bend | H.B. No. 2389 |
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relating to the use of sales tax revenue collected under certain | ||
contracts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 54.605 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 54.605. USE OF SALES TAX REVENUE UNDER CERTAIN | ||
CONTRACTS. (a) This section applies only to: | ||
(1) a district located in a county with a population of | ||
550,000 or more and included in: | ||
(A) the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District; or | ||
(B) the Fort Bend Subsidence District; | ||
(2) a municipality with a population of 1,000,000 or | ||
more that is included in the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District; | ||
and | ||
(3) money received by a municipality under Chapter | ||
321, Tax Code, from sales or uses consummated within the district, a | ||
percentage of which is distributed to the district by the | ||
municipality under the terms of a contract with the municipality, | ||
including a strategic partnership agreement authorized by Section | ||
43.0751, Local Government Code. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the municipality | ||
and the district must each use at least 50 percent of the money | ||
described by Subsection (a)(3) for drainage or road projects that: | ||
(1) are located or conducted within the district or | ||
within five miles of the district's boundary; | ||
(2) benefit residents of the district; | ||
(3) are consistent with the major thoroughfare plan of | ||
the county in which the project is located; and | ||
(4) are not required to be undertaken by the | ||
municipality, the district, or another person under applicable | ||
platting regulations of the county in which the project is located. | ||
(c) This section applies to a contract or strategic | ||
partnership agreement entered into before September 1, 2015, only | ||
to the extent that the provisions of Subsection (b) do not impair | ||
obligations under the provisions of the contract or agreement. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |