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House Bill 1400 |
House Author: Elkins |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
Senate Sponsor: West |
House Bill 1400 amends the Local Government Code to include expenses related to the operation and maintenance of mass transportation facilities as authorized expenses incurred in the establishment, administration, and operation of a public improvement district.
The bill authorizes a municipality that has a population of more than one million and a council-manager form of government and that is located wholly or partly in a county with a population of more than two million to undertake a public improvement project that confers a special benefit on areas, which may be noncontiguous, that share a common characteristic or use. These provisions apply only to certain public improvement districts.
The bill requires the governing body of the municipality or county, before holding a public hearing on the advisability of a proposed improvement that includes a deferred assessment, to estimate the appraised value of taxable real property liable for assessment in the district and the cost of the improvement. The bill authorizes the governing body of a municipality or county to defer an assessment until a date the governing body specifies in the ordinance or order levying the assessment as a special assessment on the property. The bill expands the purposes for which a home-rule municipality is authorized to create an improvement district to include financing an authorized improvement.