Bill Text: TX SB422 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a municipality to impose a fine or fee in certain areas in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-16 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB422 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB422-Engrossed.html

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By: Campbell, et al. S.B. No. 422

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a municipality to impose a fine or fee
in certain areas in the municipality's extraterritorial
jurisdiction.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 42, Local Government Code,
is amended by adding Section 42.9025 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.9025. RESTRICTION ON IMPOSING FEE OR FINE IN
CERTAIN AREAS IN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. (a) This section
applies only to an area located in a municipality's
extraterritorial jurisdiction and:
(1) that has been disannexed from the municipality
under Subchapter G, Chapter 43; or
(2) for which the municipality has attempted and
failed to obtain consent for annexation under Subchapter C-4 or
C-5, Chapter 43.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality may not
impose under a municipal ordinance a fine or fee on a person on the
basis of:
(1) an activity that occurs wholly in an area
described by Subsection (a); or
(2) the management or ownership of property located
wholly in an area described by Subsection (a).
(c) This section does not apply to a regulation or
compatible development standard adopted by a regional military
sustainability commission under Chapter 397A.
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 September 1, 2019.