85R10302 PAM-D     By: Stucky, Parker, Simmons, Darby H.B. No. 2654       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the personal liability of certain elected officials   under local government programs to fund water and energy savings   improvements through assessments.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 399.015, Local Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 399.015.  CONTRACT FOR COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS; NO   PERSONAL LIABILITY. (a) The governing body of a local government   may contract with the governing body of another taxing unit, as   defined by Section 1.04, Tax Code, or another entity, including a   county assessor-collector, to perform the duties of the local   government relating to collection of assessments imposed by the   local government under this chapter.          (b)  A county assessor-collector who performs the duties of a   local government relating to collection of assessments imposed by a   local government under this chapter is not personally liable as a   result of exercising those duties under this chapter.          SECTION 2.  Section 399.019, Local Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 399.019.  NO PERSONAL LIABILITY.  The members of the   governing body of a local government, other elected officials of a   local government, employees of a local government, and board   members, executives, employees, and contractors of a third party   who enter into a contract with a local government to provide   administrative services for a program under this chapter are not   personally liable as a result of exercising any rights or   responsibilities granted under this chapter.          SECTION 3.  Section 399.015, Local Government Code, as   amended by this Act, applies only to a contract executed on or after   the effective date of this Act. A contract executed before the   effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the   contract was executed, and the former law is continued in effect for   that purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.