Bill Text: TX HB3909 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of a commissioners court to levy and collect taxes on behalf of a navigation district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-04 - Referred to Ways & Means [HB3909 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB3909-Introduced.html

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By: Lucio III H.B. No. 3909

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the powers and duties of a commissioners court to levy
and collect taxes on behalf of a navigation district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 62.160, Water Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 62.160. MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) The commissioners courts
of the respective counties inside each district may levy and have
assessed and collected for the maintenance, operation, and upkeep
of the district and the improvements constructed by the district an
annual tax not to exceed 10 cents on the $100 valuation on all
property inside the district.
(b) In the event of the tax being suspended by a district
located in a county with a population of not less than 400,000 and
not more than 4 million that borders the Gulf of Mexico, or a county
that borders the Gulf of Mexico and is adjacent to such a county,
the tax may be reinstated upon request by the district to the county
tax assessor-collector.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.