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.