CS/HB 789 (2016) -  Local Government Finance

General Bill by Finance & Tax Committee and Pilon and Rogers (CO-SPONSORS) 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: July 1, 2016
Last Event: Died in State Affairs Committee on Friday, March 11, 2016 6:45 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

House Referrals

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 7009 Subject: Local Government Capital Recovery Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/SB 264 Subject: Special Assessment for Law Enforcement Services Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: House Committee: State Affairs Committee 2/23/2016 4:12:55 PM
Chamber: House Committee: Finance & Tax Committee 2/12/2016 4:50:19 PM
Chamber: House Committee: Finance & Tax Committee 2/6/2016 2:53:46 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died in State Affairs Committee Time: 03/11/2016 - 6:45 PM Member: Committee: State Affairs Committee Version: c1
Event: H Added to State Affairs Committee agenda Time: 02/23/2016 - 3:50 PM Member: Committee: State Affairs Committee Version: c1
Event: H Now in State Affairs Committee Time: 02/15/2016 - 1:18 PM Member: Committee: State Affairs Committee Version: c1
Event: H Referred to State Affairs Committee Time: 02/15/2016 - 1:18 PM Member: Committee: State Affairs Committee Version: c1
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 02/12/2016 - 5:26 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: H CS Filed Time: 02/12/2016 - 4:51 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: H Laid on Table under Rule 7.19(a) Time: 02/12/2016 - 4:51 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Reported out of Finance & Tax Committee Time: 02/12/2016 - 4:50 PM Member: Committee: Finance & Tax Committee Version: __
Event: H Favorable with CS by Finance & Tax Committee Time: 02/09/2016 - 4:40 PM Member: Committee: Finance & Tax Committee Version: __
Event: H PCS added to Finance & Tax Committee agenda Time: 02/05/2016 - 4:17 PM Member: Committee: Finance & Tax Committee Version: __
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 01/12/2016 - 8:37 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Now in Finance & Tax Committee Time: 12/10/2015 - 1:52 PM Member: Committee: Finance & Tax Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Local & Federal Affairs Committee Time: 12/10/2015 - 1:52 PM Member: Committee: Local & Federal Affairs Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Finance & Tax Committee Time: 12/10/2015 - 1:52 PM Member: Committee: Finance & Tax Committee Version: __
Event: H Filed Time: 11/24/2015 - 5:01 PM Member: Pilon Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
166.225 CS/SB 264
166.30 HB 7009
218.39 CS/CS/HB 593, CS/CS/SB 686, CS/SB 1038, CS/SB 1636*, HB 7009, HB 7049

(*) Not the latest version