By Turner of Harris                                   H.B. No. 3371
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to a limitation on the use of the general fund of certain
 1-3     counties.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 113, Local Government Code,
 1-6     is amended by adding Section 113.904 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 113.904.  USE OF GENERAL REVENUE IN POPULOUS COUNTY. (a)
 1-8     This section applies only to a county with a population of three
 1-9     million or more.
1-10           (b)  The county may not use more than one-half of the total
1-11     expenditures from the general fund of the county during a county
1-12     fiscal year in a manner that benefits only the area in the county
1-13     located outside the most populous municipality located wholly or
1-14     partly in the county.
1-15           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.