HB240 - Relating to the quorum requirement for a tax levy vote in certain counties.

  89R65 KBT-F     By: Swanson H.B. No. 240       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the quorum requirement for a tax levy vote in certain   counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 81.006, Local Government Code, is   amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to   read as follows:          (b)   Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), a [ A ] county tax   may be levied at any regularly scheduled meeting of the court when   at least four members of the court are present.           (b-1)     In a county with a population of 3.3 million or more, a   county tax may be levied at any regularly scheduled meeting of the   court only:                 (1)  when five members of the court are present; or                 (2)     when four members of the court are present if the   absent member submits to the court a written notice of absence for   illness or other good cause before the meeting is convened.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a commissioners court meeting held on or after the effective date   of this Act.          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, 2025.