1-1     By:  Najera, Pickett (Senate Sponsor - Shapleigh)     H.B. No. 1390
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
 1-3     April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Business and Commerce; May 3, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 3, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the authority of certain municipalities to create an
 1-9     industrial development district.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 4B(a)(1), Development Corporation Act of
1-12     1979 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to
1-13     read as follows:
1-14                 (1)  "Eligible city" means a city:
1-15                       (A)  that is located in a county with a
1-16     population of  500,000 [750,000] or more, according to the most
1-17     recent federal decennial census and in which the combined rate of
1-18     all sales and use taxes imposed by the city, the state, and other
1-19     political subdivisions of the state having territory in the city
1-20     does not exceed 8.25 percent on the date of any election held under
1-21     or made applicable to this section;
1-22                       (B)  that has a population of 400,000 or more,
1-23     according to the most recent federal decennial census, and that is
1-24     located in more than one county, and in which the combined rate of
1-25     all sales and use taxes imposed by the city, the state, and other
1-26     political subdivisions of the state having territory in the city,
1-27     including taxes under this section, does not exceed 8.25 percent;
1-28     or
1-29                       (C) [(D)]  to which Section 4A of this Act
1-30     applies.
1-31                       [(E)  Paragraph (C) of this subdivision expires
1-32     September 1, 1999.]
1-33           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-34     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-35     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-36     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-37     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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