By: Hinojosa  S.B. No. 1133          (In the Senate - Filed February 28, 2017; March 7, 2017,   read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;   April 18, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,   Nays 0; April 18, 2017, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the exemption from taxes and special assessments of   property of a navigation district.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 60, Water Code, is amended   by adding Section 60.005 to read as follows:          Sec. 60.005.  EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION AND SPECIAL   ASSESSMENTS. The property of a district is public property used for   essential public and governmental purposes. The district and the   district's property are exempt from all taxes and special   assessments imposed by this state or a political subdivision of   this state.          SECTION 2.  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, 2017.     * * * * *