SRC-JLB C.S.S.B. 1903 78(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterC.S.S.B. 1903
78R14698 MXM-FBy: Fraser
Intergovernmental Relations
5/5/2003
Committee Report (Substituted)


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, a municipality is authorized to call an election to create a
municipal development district (district) and levy a sales tax to provide
for the development of public projects in the district, if the city is
located in more than one county.  C.S.S.B. 1903 expands  the authorization
to create a district to any municipality or the municipality's
extraterritorial jurisdiction with a combined sales tax rate below the
8.25 percent tax cap. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Sections 377.001(3), Local Government Code, to redefine
"development project." 

SECTION 2.  Amends Subchapter A, Chapter 377, Local Government Code, by
adding Section 377.003, as follows: 

Sec.  377.003.  CONSTITUTIONAL PURPOSE.  Provides that this chapter
creates a program under Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution. 

SECTION 3.  Amends Section 377.021(b), Local Government Code, to require
the order calling the election to include certain information. 

SECTION 4.  Amends Section 377.022(a), Local Government Code, to provide
that a district is a political subdivision of this state and of the
municipality that called the election creating the district. 

SECTION 5.  Amends Sections 377.051(b) and (d), Local Government Code, as
follows: 
 
(b)  Provides that the board is appointed by the governing body of the
municipality that called the election creating the district. 
 
(d)  Requires a person, to qualify to serve as a director, to be a
resident of the municipality that called the election creating the
district or the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. 

SECTION 6.  Amends Section 377.053, Local Government Code, to make
conforming changes. 

SECTION 7.  Repealer:  Section 377.002 (Applicability), Local Government
Code. 

SECTION 8.  Effective date:  September 1, 2003.