CS/HB 789: Local Government Finance
GENERAL BILL by Finance and Tax Committee ; Pilon ; Rogers ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Cortes, B.
Local Government Finance; Authorizes municipality to levy special assessment to fund law enforcement services under certain circumstances; provides methodology to apportion special assessment & reduce ad valorem millage; requires property appraiser to list special assessment on TRIM notices; provides for termination of municipality's special assessment; requires certain municipalities to issue procurement requests for delinquent revenues; provides that municipalities issuing procurement requests are not required to enter into contract; excludes certain delinquent revenues from threshold calculations; requires bid copies to be filed with DFS; requires that discussion of capital recovery efforts be included in management letter accompanying municipality's annual financial audit report.
Last Action: 3/11/2016 House - Died in State Affairs Committee
Bill Text: PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 11/24/2015 | House |
• Filed |
| 12/10/2015 | House |
• Referred to Finance and Tax Committee; Local and Federal Affairs Committee -HJ 69 |
| 1/12/2016 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 69 |
| 2/5/2016 | House |
• PCS on Committee agenda-- Finance and Tax Committee, 02/09/16, 3:00 pm, Morris Hall |
| 2/9/2016 | House |
• CS by Finance and Tax Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 -HJ 459 |
| 2/12/2016 | House |
• Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c) • CS by Finance and Tax Committee read 1st time -HJ 457 |
| 2/15/2016 | House |
• Original reference(s) removed: Local and Federal Affairs Committee • CS referred to State Affairs Committee -HJ 462 • Now in State Affairs Committee -HJ 462 |
| 2/23/2016 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 02/25/16, 1:00 pm, Morris Hall --Temporarily postponed |
| 3/11/2016 | House |
• Died in State Affairs Committee |
