Bill Text: TX HB2977 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to issues affecting counties and certain other governmental entities; authorizing fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-27 - Placed on intent calendar [HB2977 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2977-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to issues affecting counties and certain other governmental entities; authorizing fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-27 - Placed on intent calendar [HB2977 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2977-Engrossed.html
By: Coleman | H.B. No. 2977 |
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relating to counties and certain other political subdivisions; | ||
authorizing fees. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 51, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 51.712 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 51.712. ADDITIONAL FILING FEE FOR CIVIL CASES IN | ||
KAUFMAN COUNTY. (a) This section applies only to district courts, | ||
statutory probate courts, county courts at law, and justice courts | ||
in Kaufman County. | ||
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this section and in | ||
addition to all other fees authorized or required by other law, the | ||
clerk of a court shall collect a filing fee of not more than $15 in | ||
each civil case filed in the court to be used for the construction, | ||
renovation, or improvement of the facilities that house the Kaufman | ||
courts collecting the fee. | ||
(c) Court fees due under this section shall be collected in | ||
the same manner as other fees, fines, or costs are collected in the | ||
case. | ||
(d) The clerk shall send the fees collected under this | ||
section to the county treasurer or to any other official who | ||
discharges the duties commonly assigned to the county treasurer at | ||
least as frequently as monthly. The treasurer or other official | ||
shall deposit the fees in a special account in the county treasury | ||
dedicated to the construction, renovation, or improvement of the | ||
facilities that house the courts collecting the fee. | ||
(e) This section applies only to fees for a 12-month period | ||
beginning July 1, if the commissioners court: | ||
(1) adopts a resolution authorizing a fee of not more | ||
than $15; and | ||
(2) files the resolution with the county treasurer or | ||
with any other official who discharges the duties commonly assigned | ||
to the county treasurer not later than June 1 immediately preceding | ||
the first 12-month period during which the fees are to be collected. | ||
(f) A resolution adopted under Subsection (e) continues | ||
from year to year until July 1, 2030, allowing the county to collect | ||
fees under the terms of this section until the resolution is | ||
rescinded. | ||
(g) The commissioners court may rescind a resolution | ||
adopted under Subsection (e) by adopting a resolution rescinding | ||
the resolution and submitting the rescission resolution to the | ||
county treasurer or to any other official who discharges the duties | ||
commonly assigned to the county treasurer not later than June 1 | ||
preceding the beginning of the first day of the county fiscal year. | ||
The commissioners court may adopt an additional resolution in the | ||
manner provided by Subsection (e) after rescinding a previous | ||
resolution under that subsection. | ||
(h) A fee established under a particular resolution is | ||
abolished on the earlier of: | ||
(1) the date a resolution adopted under Subsection (e) | ||
is rescinded as provided by Subsection (g); or | ||
(2) July 1, 2030. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 101, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 101.061193 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 101.061193. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT COURT FEES FOR COURT | ||
FACILITIES: GOVERNMENT CODE. The clerk of a district court in | ||
Kaufman County shall collect an additional filing fee of not more | ||
than $15 under Section 51.712, Government Code, in civil cases to | ||
fund the construction, renovation, or improvement of court | ||
facilities, if authorized by the county commissioners court. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter E, Chapter 101, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 101.081196 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 101.081196. ADDITIONAL STATUTORY COUNTY COURT FEES FOR | ||
COURT FACILITIES: GOVERNMENT CODE. The clerk of a statutory county | ||
court in Kaufman County shall collect an additional filing fee of | ||
not more than $15 under Section 51.712, Government Code, in civil | ||
cases to fund the construction, renovation, or improvement of court | ||
facilities, if authorized by the county commissioners court. | ||
SECTION 4. Subchapter F, Chapter 101, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 101.101191 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 101.101191. ADDITIONAL STATUTORY PROBATE COURT FEES | ||
FOR COURT FACILITIES: GOVERNMENT CODE. The clerk of a statutory | ||
probate court in Kaufman County shall collect an additional filing | ||
fee of not more than $15 under Section 51.712, Government Code, in | ||
civil cases to fund the construction, renovation, or improvement of | ||
court facilities, if authorized by the county commissioners court. | ||
SECTION 5. Subchapter H, Chapter 101, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 101.143 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 101.143. ADDITIONAL JUSTICE COURT FEE FOR COURT | ||
FACILITIES COLLECTED BY CLERK. The clerk of a justice court in | ||
Kaufman County shall collect an additional filing fee of not more | ||
than $15 under Section 51.712, Government Code, in civil cases to | ||
fund the construction, renovation, or improvement of court | ||
facilities, if authorized by the county commissioners court. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 1001.201, Health and Safety Code, as | ||
added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2013, is amended by adding Subdivisions (4) and | ||
(5) to read as follows: | ||
(4) "School district employee" means a principal, | ||
assistant principal, educator, teacher's aide, counselor, nurse, | ||
or school bus driver employed by a school district. | ||
(5) "School resource officer" has the meaning assigned | ||
by Section 1701.601, Occupations Code. | ||
SECTION 7. Sections 1001.203(a) and (c), Health and Safety | ||
Code, as added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) To the extent funds are appropriated to the department | ||
for that purpose, the department shall make grants to local mental | ||
health authorities to provide an approved mental health first aid | ||
training program, administered by mental health first aid trainers, | ||
at no cost to school district employees and school resource | ||
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(c) Subject to the limit provided by Subsection (b), out of | ||
the funds appropriated to the department for making grants under | ||
this section, the department shall grant $100 to a local mental | ||
health authority for each school district employee or school | ||
resource officer [ |
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health first aid training program provided by the authority under | ||
this section. | ||
SECTION 8. Section 1001.205, Health and Safety Code, as | ||
added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1001.205. REPORTS. (a) Not later than August 31 | ||
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to the department the number of: | ||
(1) employees and contractors of the authority who | ||
were trained as mental health first aid trainers under Section | ||
1001.202 during the preceding calendar year; | ||
(2) educators, school district employees other than | ||
educators, and school resource officers who completed a mental | ||
health first aid training program offered by the authority under | ||
Section 1001.203 during the preceding calendar year; and | ||
(3) individuals who are not school district employees | ||
or school resource officers [ |
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health first aid training program offered by the authority during | ||
the preceding calendar year. | ||
(b) Not later than September 30 [ |
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department shall compile the information submitted by local mental | ||
health authorities as required by Subsection (a) and submit a | ||
report to the legislature containing the number of: | ||
(1) authority employees and contractors trained as | ||
mental health first aid trainers during the preceding calendar | ||
year; | ||
(2) educators, school district employees other than | ||
educators, and school resource officers who completed a mental | ||
health first aid training program provided by an authority during | ||
the preceding calendar year; and | ||
(3) individuals who are not school district employees | ||
or school resource officers [ |
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health first aid training program provided by an authority during | ||
the preceding calendar year. | ||
SECTION 9. Section 263.152, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) Disposal under Subsection (a)(3) may be accomplished | ||
through a recycling program under which the property is collected, | ||
separated, or processed and returned to use in the form of raw | ||
materials in the production of new products. | ||
SECTION 10. (a) Subchapter E, Chapter 1054, Special | ||
District Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 1054.2025 to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1054.2025. GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION. (a) The | ||
district may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are | ||
authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an | ||
election held for that purpose. | ||
(b) The order calling the election shall provide for clerks | ||
as in county elections and must specify: | ||
(1) the date of the election; | ||
(2) the location of the polling places; | ||
(3) the presiding and alternate election judges for | ||
each polling place; | ||
(4) the amount of the bonds to be authorized; | ||
(5) the maximum interest rate of the bonds; and | ||
(6) the maximum maturity of the bonds. | ||
(c) Notice of a bond election shall be given as provided by | ||
Section 1251.003, Government Code. | ||
(b) Section 1054.2025, Special District Local Laws Code, as | ||
added by this section, applies only to general obligation bonds | ||
issued by the Lynn County Hospital District on or after the | ||
effective date of this section. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, this | ||
section takes effect immediately if this Act 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 this section to have immediate | ||
effect, this section takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
SECTION 11. Subchapter A, Chapter 311, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 311.009 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 311.009. COUNTY REQUEST FOR CLOSING OF ALLEY IN | ||
CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This section applies only to a | ||
municipality with a population of more than 10,000 but less than | ||
25,000 that has land area of less than four square miles and is | ||
located wholly within a county that has a population of more than | ||
2.3 million and a total area of less than 1,000 square miles. | ||
(b) If not otherwise restricted by a county, a municipality | ||
that receives a request for the abandonment of an alley located in | ||
any portion of the county shall, not later than the 30th day after | ||
the date the request was submitted, issue a final decision to grant | ||
or deny the request. | ||
(c) A request for which a final decision is not issued in the | ||
period described by Subsection (b) is considered to be granted. | ||
(d) A decision of the municipality under Subsection (b) may | ||
be appealed to a district or county court. | ||
SECTION 12. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |