Bill Text: TX HB3187 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to matters affecting municipalities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-27 - Meeting cancelled [HB3187 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3187-Introduced.html
| By: Dutton | H.B. No. 3187 | |
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| relating to matters affecting municipalities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 43.053(g), Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (g) The municipality shall complete the inventory and make | ||
| the inventory available for public inspection on or before the 90th | ||
| [60th] day after the date the municipality receives the required | ||
| information from the service providers under Subsection (c). | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 214.163, Local Government Code is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The governing body of the municipality may authorize the | ||
| permit department to charge a fee for a permit issued under this | ||
| subchapter. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 252.023, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 252.023. EXEMPTIONS FROM REFERENDUM PROVISIONS. The | ||
| referendum provisions prescribed by Section 252.045 do not apply to | ||
| expenditures that are payable: | ||
| (1) from current funds; | ||
| (2) from bond funds; or | ||
| (3) by time warrants unless the amount of the time | ||
| warrants issued by the municipality for all purposes during the | ||
| current calendar year exceeds: | ||
| (A) $7,500 if the municipality's population is | ||
| 5,000 or less; | ||
| (B) $10,000 if the municipality's population is | ||
| 5,001 to 24,999; | ||
| (C) $25,000 if the municipality's population is | ||
| 25,001 to 49,999; or | ||
| (D) $150,000 [$100,000] if the municipality's | ||
| population is more than 50,000. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 395.052(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) A political subdivision imposing an impact fee shall | ||
| update the land use assumptions and capital improvements plan at | ||
| least every three [five] years. The initial five-year period | ||
| begins on the day the capital improvements plan is adopted. | ||
| SECTION 5. Section 601.023(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) A protest petition must object to the adoption of the | ||
| ordinance creating an authority and request that the ordinance be | ||
| submitted to the voters of the municipality. It must be signed by a | ||
| number of registered voters of the municipality equal to at least 15 | ||
| [10] percent of the number of votes cast at the most recent general | ||
| municipal election. | ||
| SECTION 6. 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, 2011. | ||
