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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