TITLE: Relating to the powers and duties of a commissioners court to levy and collect taxes on behalf of a navigation district.

SUMMARY: Relating to the powers and duties of a commissioners court to levy and collect taxes on behalf of a navigation district.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the powers and duties of a commissioners court to levy and collect taxes on behalf of a navigation district. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 62.160, Water Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 62.160. MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) The commissioners courts of the respective counties inside each district may levy and have assessed and collected for the maintenance, operation, and upkeep of the district and the improvements constructed by the district an annual tax not to exceed 10 cents on the $100 valuation on all property inside the district. (b) In the event of the tax being suspended by a district located in a county with a population of not less than 400,000 and not more than 4 million that borders the Gulf of Mexico, or a county that borders the Gulf of Mexico and is adjacent to such a county, the tax may be reinstated upon request by the district to the county tax assessor-collector. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.