Bill Text: TX SB1950 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the fee imposed on certain property owners by a county for the establishment of street lights along a county road.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-26 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB1950 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1950-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the fee imposed on certain property owners by a county for the establishment of street lights along a county road.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-26 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB1950 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1950-Engrossed.html
By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 1950 |
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relating to the fee imposed on certain property owners by a county | ||
for the establishment of street lights along a county road. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 280.003, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) The commissioners court of a [ |
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provide for the establishment of street lights along a county road | ||
located in a subdivision. The order may provide for: | ||
(1) the installation, operation, and maintenance of | ||
the street lights by: | ||
(A) the county; or | ||
(B) another public or private entity with which | ||
the county may contract; | ||
(2) the imposition of a fee on landowners in the | ||
subdivision who benefit from the street lights; | ||
(3) the collection of a fee imposed under this | ||
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(4) any other matter the commissioners court finds | ||
necessary to the installation, operation, or maintenance of the | ||
street lights. | ||
(d) The county tax assessor-collector of a county in which a | ||
fee is imposed under this section shall include the fee in the tax | ||
bill prepared under Section 31.01, Tax Code, for each landowner | ||
whose real property is benefited by the street lights for which the | ||
fee is imposed. The tax bill must separately state the amount of | ||
the fee imposed under this section. The county tax | ||
assessor-collector shall collect the fee for the county in the same | ||
manner that the county tax assessor-collector collects ad valorem | ||
taxes for the county. | ||
(e) A commissioners court may obtain a lien against real | ||
property benefited by the street lights for which a fee is imposed | ||
under this section to secure payment of the fee. To obtain the | ||
lien, the commissioners court must file a notice with the county | ||
clerk of the county in which the property is located that includes: | ||
(1) a statement that the fee has been imposed on the | ||
landowner and the amount of the fee; | ||
(2) a legal description of the property on which the | ||
lien is to be attached sufficient to identify the property; and | ||
(3) the name of the landowner, if known. | ||
(f) The lien authorized by this section exists in favor of | ||
the county. The lien attaches to the real property on the date the | ||
notice of lien is filed with the county clerk. The lien is inferior | ||
to a mortgage lien recorded with the county clerk before the date | ||
the lien authorized by this section attaches to the property. A | ||
county may not foreclose a lien authorized by this section if the | ||
lien is the only lien attached to the property. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a fee imposed by a county under Section 280.003, Transportation | ||
Code, as amended by this Act, on or after the effective date of this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |