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.