JKM S.B. 293 75(R)BILL ANALYSIS


ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
S.B. 293
By: Carona (Tillery)
4-22-97
Committee Report (Unamended)



BACKGROUND 
 Currently, Texas law excludes the City of Mesquite from adopting
additional sales tax for economic development purposes. Mesquite is one of
four cities in Texas which is a half cent under the constitutional sales
tax limit of 8.25 percent, but is not eligible to consider additional
sales tax. This bill allows Mesquite to levy additional sales tax. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 293 to redefine "eligible city" to mean a city located
in a county in which there are more than 29 incorporated municipalities. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or
institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 4B, Subsection (a), Subdivision (1), Article
5190.6, V.T.C.S. (Development Corporation Act of 1979), to provide that,
among other qualifications, an "eligible city" is located in a county in
which there are more than 29, rather than more than 40, incorporated
municipalities according to the most recent federal decennial census.
Deletes text providing that Paragraph (C) of this subdivision expires
September 1, 1997. 

SECTION 2. Emergency clause.