1-1     By:  Giddings (Senate Sponsor - West)                  H.B. No. 820
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 2, 2001;
 1-3     May 3, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Intergovernmental Relations; May 11, 2001, reported favorably, as
 1-5     amended, by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent
 1-6     to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                                 By:  West
 1-8           Amend H.B. No. 820 (house engrossment) as follows:
 1-9           (1)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 2303.406(d),
1-10     Government Code (page 1, lines 36-37), strike "in each
1-11     municipality" and substitute "for each nominating body".
1-12           (2)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section
1-13     2303.406(d)(1), Government Code (page 1, line 39), between
1-14     "municipality" and "with" insert "or county".
1-15           (3)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section
1-16     2303.406(d)(2), Government Code (page 1, line 42), between
1-17     "municipality" and "with" insert "or county".
1-18                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-19                                   AN ACT
1-20     relating to the number of qualified businesses designated as
1-21     enterprise projects in certain municipalities.
1-22           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-23           SECTION 1. Section 2303.403, Government Code, is amended to
1-24     read as follows:
1-25           Sec. 2303.403.  PROHIBITION ON QUALIFIED BUSINESS
1-26     CERTIFICATION. If the department determines that the governing body
1-27     of an enterprise zone is not complying with this chapter, the
1-28     department shall prohibit the certification of a qualified business
1-29     in the zone until the department determines that the governing body
1-30     is complying with this chapter.  The department may not designate
1-31     more than 85 [65] businesses as enterprise projects during any
1-32     biennium.
1-33           SECTION 2. Section 2303.406, Government Code, is amended by
1-34     adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-35           (d)  The maximum number of qualified businesses that the
1-36     department may designate as enterprise projects in each
1-37     municipality during any biennium is:
1-38                 (1)  four, plus two additional bonus projects the
1-39     department may award in a municipality with a population of less
1-40     than 250,000; or
1-41                 (2)  six, if the governing body of the enterprise zone
1-42     is the governing body of a municipality with a population of
1-43     250,000 or more.
1-44           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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