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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.

Effective Date: 7/1/2016
 Last Action: 3/11/2016 House - Died in State Affairs Committee
Bill Text: PDF

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  • 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

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  • CS/HB 789, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/12/2016 at 4:51 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   State Affairs Committee (Post-Meeting) 2/23/2016 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 7009 Local Government Capital Recovery Finance and Tax Committee Compare Last Action: 1/13/2016 H Unfavorable by State Affairs Committee, laid on Table; YEAS 9 NAYS 9 -HJ 217
    Location: Laid on Table     		Track This Bill
    S 264 (c1) Special Assessment for Law Enforcement Services Smith Compare Last Action: 3/11/2016 S Died in Finance and Tax
    Location: In committee/council (FT)     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    325781 - Amendment
    Remove lines 46-49 and insert:     		Pilon 2/24/2016
    5:07 PM     		Adopted
    2/25/2016     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    166.225 Page 2 (pdf)
    166.30 Page 5 (pdf)
    218.39 Annual financial audit reports. Page 8 (pdf)

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  • HB 789, Original Filed Version Posted 11/24/2015 at 5:01 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Finance and Tax Committee (Post-Meeting) 2/12/2016 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 264 Special Assessment for Law Enforcement Services Smith Similar Last Action: 3/11/2016 S Died in Finance and Tax
    Location: In committee/council (FT)     		Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    166.225 Page 1 (pdf)

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