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  H.B. No. 2617
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the fiscal year of certain political subdivisions.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 140, Local Government Code, is amended
  by adding Section 140.012 to read as follows:
         Sec. 140.012.  FISCAL YEAR OF CERTAIN POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
  CREATED ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER 1, 2019.  (a)  This section does not
  apply to a political subdivision that is a special district created
  under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas
  Constitution.
         (b)  A political subdivision that is created on or after
  September 1, 2019, and that has authority to impose a tax must have
  the same fiscal year as the county in which the political
  subdivision is wholly or primarily located.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2617 was passed by the House on May 3,
  2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2617 was passed by the Senate on May
  20, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor