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HB 1259: Fair Associations

GENERAL BILL by Rodrigues, R.

Fair Associations; Prohibits county from levying specified taxes, special assessments, or fees against land owned by fair association; prohibits county, municipality, or special district from imposing impact or mobility fee on fair association; prohibits municipality from levying special assessment for specified purposes against real property owned by fair association; exempts specified personal & real property of fair association from ad valorem taxes; prohibits water control district from levying special assessments for proposed works & improvements against real property owned by fair association; exempts real property owned by fair association from maintenance tax by water control district; exempts fair associations from certain assessments or fees by local or regional governmental entities; declares important state interest.

Effective Date: 7/1/2014
Last Action: 5/2/2014 House - Died in Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/28/2014 House • Filed
    3/4/2014 House • Introduced -HJ 103
    3/11/2014 House • Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; Finance and Tax Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 270
    5/2/2014 House • Died in Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee

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  • HB 1259, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/28/2014 at 4:39 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 624 (c1) Fair Associations Simpson Similar Last Action: 5/2/2014 S Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax
    Location: In committee/council (AFT)

    Citations - Statutes (7)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    157.37 Page 2 (pdf)
    163.31801 Impact fees; short title; intent; definitions; ordinances levying impact fees. Page 2 (pdf)
    170.01 Authority for providing improvements and levying and collecting special assessments against property benefited. Page 2 (pdf)
    196.1988 Page 3 (pdf)
    298.305 Assessing land for development; apportionment of assessment. Page 4 (pdf)
    298.54 Maintenance tax. Page 5 (pdf)
    403.0893 Stormwater funding; dedicated funds for stormwater management. Page 6 (pdf)

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