Amend HB 3029 by inserting the following appropriately
numbered section and renumbering subsequent sections appropriately:
      SECTION ___. Section 4B(a)(1), Development Corporation Act of
1979 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil  Statutes), is amended
to read as follows:
            (1)  "Eligible city" means a city:
                  (A)  that is located in a county with a
population of 750,000 or more, according to the most recent federal
decennial census and in which the combined rate of all sales and
use taxes imposed by the city, the state, and other political
subdivisions of the state having territory in the city does not
exceed 8.25 <7.25> percent on the date of any election held under
or made applicable to this section;
                  (B)  that has a population of 400,000 or more,
according to the most recent federal decennial census, and that is
located in more than one county, and in which the combined rate of
all sales and use taxes imposed by the city, the state, and other
political subdivisions of the state having territory in the city,
including taxes under this section, does not exceed 8.25 percent;
                  (C)  that is located in a county with a
population of more than 1,100,000 according to the most recent
federal decennial census, in which there are more than 29
incorporated municipalities according to the most recent federal
decennial census, and in which the combined rate of all sales and
use taxes imposed by the city, the state, and other political
subdivisions of the state having territory in the city does not
exceed 7.75 percent on the date of any election held under or made
applicable to this section; or
                  (D)  to which Section 4A of this Act applies.
                  (E)  Paragraph (C) of this subdivision expires
September 1, 1999.