SB 884 (2014) -  Special Assessment for Law Enforcement Services

General Bill by Smith
Special Assessment for Law Enforcement Services: Authorizing municipalities to levy a special assessment to fund the costs of providing law enforcement services; requiring a municipality to adopt an ordinance and reduce its ad valorem millage to levy the special assessment; providing a methodology for the apportionment of the special assessment and the reduction of the ad valorem millage; requiring the property appraiser to list the special assessment on the notice of property taxes; specifying exceptions to the reduction of the ad valorem millage by more than a certain percentage, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2014
Last Event: 05/02/14 S Died in Criminal Justice on Friday, May 2, 2014 10:39 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Community Affairs
    • On agenda for: 04/01/14 3:00 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 8   Nays 1
  • Criminal Justice
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax
  • Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 371 Subject: Law Enforcement Services Assessment Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 4/1/2014 5:55:18 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 3/31/2014 3:26:29 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Criminal Justice Time: 05/02/2014 - 10:39 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: __
Event: S Now in Criminal Justice -SJ 441 Time: 04/02/2014 - 9:22 AM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 1 -SJ 441 Time: 04/01/2014 - 5:15 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 04/01/14, 3:00 pm, 301 Senate Office Building Time: 03/27/2014 - 4:04 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 71 Time: 03/04/2014 - 8:13 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Community Affairs; Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax; Appropriations -SJ 71 Time: 02/10/2014 - 6:11 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 02/05/2014 - 3:33 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
166.212 HB 371