By Allen                                              H.B. No. 2683
         77R7649 MXM-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to public improvement projects to enforce deed
 1-3     restrictions and perform architectural control.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 372.003(b), Local Government Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (b)  A public improvement project may include:
 1-8                 (1)  landscaping;
 1-9                 (2)  erection of fountains, distinctive lighting, and
1-10     signs;
1-11                 (3)  acquiring, constructing, improving, widening,
1-12     narrowing, closing, or rerouting of sidewalks or of streets, any
1-13     other roadways, or their rights-of-way;
1-14                 (4)  construction or improvement of pedestrian malls;
1-15                 (5)  acquisition and installation of pieces of art;
1-16                 (6)  acquisition, construction, or improvement of
1-17     libraries;
1-18                 (7)  acquisition, construction, or improvement of
1-19     off-street parking facilities;
1-20                 (8)  acquisition, construction, improvement, or
1-21     rerouting of mass transportation facilities;
1-22                 (9)  acquisition, construction, or improvement of
1-23     water, wastewater, or drainage facilities or improvements;
1-24                 (10)  the establishment or improvement of parks;
 2-1                 (11)  projects similar to those listed in Subdivisions
 2-2     (1)-(10);
 2-3                 (12)  acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, of real
 2-4     property in connection with an authorized improvement;
 2-5                 (13)  special supplemental services for improvement and
 2-6     promotion of the district, including services relating to
 2-7     advertising, promotion, health and sanitation, water and
 2-8     wastewater, public safety, security, business recruitment,
 2-9     development, recreation, and cultural enhancement; [and]
2-10                 (14)  payment of expenses incurred in the
2-11     establishment, administration, and operation of the district;
2-12                 (15)  enforcement of a deed restriction, as that term
2-13     is defined by Section 27.034(h), Government Code, relating to
2-14     property in the district, including the initiation, defense, or
2-15     intervention in litigation or an administrative proceeding to
2-16     enjoin or abate the violation of a deed restriction; and
2-17                 (16)  approval or denial of applications for proposed
2-18     original construction or modification of a building, structure, or
2-19     improvement located in the district according to applicable
2-20     guidelines adopted by a property owners' association under Section
2-21     204.010, Property Code, and recorded in the real property records
2-22     of the county in which the property is located.
2-23           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-24     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-25     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-26     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-27     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.