Bill Text: TX SB1357 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to deadlines associated with proposing and adopting a budget for certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB1357 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1357-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1357 |
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relating to deadlines associated with proposing and adopting a | ||
budget for certain counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 111.003(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Not later than August 15 [ |
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clerk, shall prepare a budget to cover all proposed expenditures of | ||
the county government for the succeeding fiscal year. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 111.006(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Not later than August 15 [ |
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file a copy of the proposed budget with the county clerk. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 111.007(b) and (c), Local Government | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The commissioners court shall hold [ |
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later than the 25th [ |
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under [ |
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the county's ad valorem tax rate for the current tax year [ |
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(c) The commissioners court shall give public notice that it | ||
will consider the proposed budget on the date of the hearing. The | ||
notice must state the date, time, and location of the hearing. The | ||
notice must include, in type of a size at least equal to the type | ||
used for other items in the notice, any statement required to be | ||
included in the proposed budget under Section 111.003(b). The | ||
commissioners court shall give notice under this subsection: | ||
(1) not earlier than the 30th day before the date of | ||
the hearing; and | ||
(2) not later than the 10th day before the date of the | ||
hearing. | ||
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a | ||
budget proposed by a county commissioners court for a fiscal year | ||
beginning on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1357 passed the Senate on | ||
May 4, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1357 passed the House on | ||
May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 7, two present | ||
not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |