By Giddings                                            H.B. No. 820
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the number of qualified businesses designated as
 1-3     enterprise projects in certain municipalities.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 2303.403, Government Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 2303.403.  PROHIBITION ON QUALIFIED BUSINESS
 1-8     CERTIFICATION. If the department determines that the governing body
 1-9     of an enterprise zone is not complying with this chapter, the
1-10     department shall prohibit the certification of a qualified business
1-11     in the zone until the department determines that the governing body
1-12     is complying with this chapter.  The department may not designate
1-13     more than 85 [65] businesses as enterprise projects during any
1-14     biennium.
1-15           SECTION 2. Section 2303.406, Government Code, is amended by
1-16     adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-17           (d)  The maximum number of qualified businesses that the
1-18     department may designate as enterprise projects in each
1-19     municipality during any biennium is:
1-20                 (1)  four, plus two additional bonus projects the
1-21     department may award in a municipality with a population of less
1-22     than 250,000; or
1-23                 (2)  six, if the governing body of the enterprise zone
1-24     is the governing body of a municipality with a population of
 2-1     250,000 or more.
 2-2           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.