85R9720 JCG-F     By: Coleman H.B. No. 4342       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to authorizing the East Downtown Management District to   impose a tax, fee, or assessment on certain property.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 3808.157, Special District Local Laws   Code, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 3808.157.  PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXES, IMPACT FEES, AND   ASSESSMENTS. The district may not impose:                (1)  a tax, impact fee, or assessment on a kind of   property that Chapter 375, Local Government Code, provides is   exempt from the imposition of a tax, impact fee, or assessment by a   district governed by that chapter [a residential property or   condominium]; or                (2)  an impact fee or assessment on the property,   equipment, or facilities of a person that provides to the public   cable television, gas, light, power, telephone, sewage, or water   service.          SECTION 2.  (a) The legal notice of the intention to   introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this   Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a   copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,   officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished   under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,   Government Code.          (b)  The governor, one of the required recipients, has   submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on   Environmental Quality.          (c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed   its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the   lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of   representatives within the required time.          (d)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this   state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect   to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled   and accomplished.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.