2025 bills / H.B. 295
H.B. 295 Municipal Services Fees and Political Subdivision Lien Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote (stopped here)
- Signed into law
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
The bill would let cities and other municipalities bill customers for water, sewer, and similar utility services directly or through a contractor, and place a lien on a property for unpaid fees. It would also allow municipalities and special districts to charge interest and a one-time penalty on past due fees.
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Official description
- defines terms and modifies definitions
- authorizes a municipality that sets a fee schedule by ordinance or resolution for water, sewer, or utility-related services provided by the municipality, or a third-party contracted by the municipality, to bill a customer receiving the water, sewer, or utility-related services, directly or through a third-party contracted by the municipality
- authorizes a municipality to hold a political subdivision lien on a property for past due water, sewer, or utility-related service fees
- authorizes a municipality or special district to:
- charge interest on a past due fee
- charge and collect a one-time penalty on a past due fee
- makes technical and conforming changes
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What members get
- An alert the day H.B. 295 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
- When H.B. 295 is rewritten, exactly which words changed
- Its hearings in your own calendar
- Your own scorecard: pick the side you favor and see how every legislator voted
Every vote
- 7 yes, 0 no, 3 absentHouse Political Subdivisions Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 19, 2025Who voted how
- 8 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Political Subdivisions Committee: Amendment Recommendation · Feb 19, 2025Who voted how
- 8 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Political Subdivisions Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 19, 2025Who voted how
- 44 yes, 20 no, 11 absentFinal House vote · Feb 25, 2025Who voted how
- 5 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Revenue and Taxation Committee: vote to approve it · Mar 4, 2025Who voted how