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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a municipality to add property to a |
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common characteristic public improvement district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 372.0121, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 372.0121. INCLUSION OF PROPERTY [AREA] IN COMMON |
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CHARACTERISTIC PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. (a) Notwithstanding |
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Section 372.012 or any other requirement in this chapter, the |
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governing body of a municipality may include property in a public |
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improvement district described by Section 372.0035 after the |
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establishment of the district if: |
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(1) the property is a hotel; and |
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(2) a sufficient number of the record owners of the |
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real property currently included and proposed to be included in the |
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district have consented to be included in the district by signing |
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the original petition to establish the district or by signing a |
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petition or written consent to include property in the district |
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[the property could have been included in the district without |
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violating Section 372.005(b-1) when the district was created |
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regardless of whether the record owners of the property signed the |
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original petition]. |
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(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(2), the number of |
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consenting record owners is sufficient if the record owners own |
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more than 60 percent of appraised value of taxable real property |
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liable for assessment in the district, as determined by the current |
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appraisal roll of the appraisal district in which the property is |
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located, and: |
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(1) constitute more than 60 percent of all record |
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owners of taxable real property liable for assessment in the |
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district; or |
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(2) own, in aggregate, more than 60 percent of the area |
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of all taxable real property liable for assessment in the district. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |