Bill Text: TX HB75 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the exemption of certain property from municipal drainage service charges.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-07 - Filed [HB75 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB75-Introduced.html
| By: Bucy | H.B. No. 75 | |
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| relating to the exemption of certain property from municipal | ||
| drainage service charges. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 552.053, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsections (d-2) and (d-3) to read as follows: | ||
| (d-2) A municipality may exempt property from all or a | ||
| portion of drainage charges under Section 552.047 if the property | ||
| is used as the principal residence of an individual who is: | ||
| (1) disabled as defined by Section 11.13(m), Tax Code; | ||
| (2) 65 years of age or older; | ||
| (3) a veteran of the armed services of the United | ||
| States; or | ||
| (4) a member of the armed services of the United States | ||
| on active deployment. | ||
| (d-3) The municipality may impose additional eligibility | ||
| requirements for an exemption authorized under Subsection (d-2). | ||
| SECTION 2. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
