By Najera H.B. No. 1390
77R4329 CBH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the authority of certain municipalities to create an
1-3 industrial development district.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 4B(a)(1), Development Corporation Act of
1-6 1979 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to
1-7 read as follows:
1-8 (1) "Eligible city" means a city:
1-9 (A) that is located in a county with a
1-10 population of 500,000 [750,000] or more, according to the most
1-11 recent federal decennial census and in which the combined rate of
1-12 all sales and use taxes imposed by the city, the state, and other
1-13 political subdivisions of the state having territory in the city
1-14 does not exceed 8.25 percent on the date of any election held under
1-15 or made applicable to this section;
1-16 (B) that has a population of 400,000 or more,
1-17 according to the most recent federal decennial census, and that is
1-18 located in more than one county, and in which the combined rate of
1-19 all sales and use taxes imposed by the city, the state, and other
1-20 political subdivisions of the state having territory in the city,
1-21 including taxes under this section, does not exceed 8.25 percent;
1-22 or
1-23 (C) [(D)] to which Section 4A of this Act
1-24 applies.
2-1 [(E) Paragraph (C) of this subdivision expires
2-2 September 1, 1999.]
2-3 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-4 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-5 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-6 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-7 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.