By Barrientos S.B. No. 1103
77R5512 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 4A(a), Development Corporation Act of 1979
1-6 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read
1-7 as follows:
1-8 (a) This section applies only to a city:
1-9 (1) located in a county with a population of 900,000
1-10 [500,000] or fewer according to the most recent federal decennial
1-11 census; or
1-12 (2) with a population of fewer than 50,000 according
1-13 to the most recent federal decennial census that:
1-14 (A) is located in two or more counties, one of
1-15 which has a population of 500,000 or greater according to the most
1-16 recent federal decennial census;
1-17 (B) is located within the territorial limits but
1-18 has not elected to become a part of a metropolitan rapid transit
1-19 authority that has a principal city with a population of less than
1-20 1.2 million according to the most recent federal decennial census,
1-21 with such authority being created before January 1, 1980, under
1-22 Chapter 451, Transportation Code [141, Acts of the 63rd
1-23 Legislature, Regular Session, 1973 (Article 1118x, Vernon's Texas
1-24 Civil Statutes)]; or
2-1 (C) is located within the territorial limits but
2-2 has not elected to become a part of a metropolitan rapid transit
2-3 authority that has a principal city with a population of more than
2-4 750,000 according to the most recent federal decennial census, with
2-5 such authority being created under Chapter 452, Transportation Code
2-6 [683, Acts of the 66th Legislature, Regular Session, 1979 (Article
2-7 1118y, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes)].
2-8 SECTION 2. Section 4B(a)(1), Development Corporation Act of
2-9 1979 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to
2-10 read as follows:
2-11 (1) "Eligible city" means a city:
2-12 (A) that is located in a county with a
2-13 population of 500,000 [750,000] or more, according to the most
2-14 recent federal decennial census and in which the combined rate of
2-15 all sales and use taxes imposed by the city, the state, and other
2-16 political subdivisions of the state having territory in the city
2-17 does not exceed 8.25 percent on the date of any election held under
2-18 or made applicable to this section;
2-19 (B) that has a population of 400,000 or more,
2-20 according to the most recent federal decennial census, and that is
2-21 located in more than one county, and in which the combined rate of
2-22 all sales and use taxes imposed by the city, the state, and other
2-23 political subdivisions of the state having territory in the city,
2-24 including taxes under this section, does not exceed 8.25 percent;
2-25 or
2-26 (C) [(D)] to which Section 4A of this Act
2-27 applies.
3-1 [(E) Paragraph (C) of this subdivision expires
3-2 September 1, 1999.]
3-3 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
3-4 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
3-5 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
3-6 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
3-7 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.