1-1 By: Wentworth S.B. No. 918
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 5, 1999; March 8, 1999, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
1-4 Relations; April 9, 1999, reported adversely, with favorable
1-5 Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0;
1-6 April 9, 1999, sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 918 By: Nixon
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 relating to municipalities eligible to create certain development
1-11 corporations.
1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13 SECTION 1. Subdivision (1), Subsection (a), Section 4B,
1-14 Development Corporation Act of 1979 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas
1-15 Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-16 (1) "Eligible city" means a city:
1-17 (A) that is located in a county with a
1-18 population of 750,000 or more, according to the most recent federal
1-19 decennial census and in which the combined rate of all sales and
1-20 use taxes imposed by the city, the state, and other political
1-21 subdivisions of the state having territory in the city does not
1-22 exceed 8.25 [7.25] percent on the date of any election held under
1-23 or made applicable to this section;
1-24 (B) that has a population of 400,000 or more,
1-25 according to the most recent federal decennial census, and that is
1-26 located in more than one county, and in which the combined rate of
1-27 all sales and use taxes imposed by the city, the state, and other
1-28 political subdivisions of the state having territory in the city,
1-29 including taxes under this section, does not exceed 8.25 percent;
1-30 (C) that is located in a county with a
1-31 population of more than 1,100,000 according to the most recent
1-32 federal decennial census, in which there are more than 20 [29]
1-33 incorporated municipalities according to the most recent federal
1-34 decennial census, and in which the combined rate of all sales and
1-35 use taxes imposed by the city, the state, and other political
1-36 subdivisions of the state having territory in the city does not
1-37 exceed 8.25 [7.75] percent on the date of any election held under
1-38 or made applicable to this section; or
1-39 (D) to which Section 4A of this Act applies.
1-40 [(E) Paragraph (C) of this subdivision expires
1-41 September 1, 1999.]
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