87R1332 MCK-D By: Cain H.B. No. 1137 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to limiting the assessment of certain fees and taxes during a declared state of disaster. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 418, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 418.0125 to read as follows: Sec. 418.0125. LIMIT ON ASSESSMENT OF FEES AND TAXES. If the governor issues an executive order, proclamation, or regulation during a declared state of disaster that restricts the operation of a business or category of businesses, a business whose operation is restricted by the order, proclamation, or regulation may not be assessed any tax or fee, including a licensing fee, by this state during the time the operation of the business is restricted by the order, proclamation, or regulation. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.