S.B. No. 353




AN ACT

relating to tax increment financing under the Tax Increment 
Financing Act in certain cities that border Mexico.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (h), Section 311.013, Tax Code, is 
repealed.          
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.

                                                                              




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President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 353 passed the Senate on 
March 20, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.




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   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 353 passed the House on 
April 10, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, two 
present not voting.




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   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


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            Date



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          Governor