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	Amend CSSB 771 (house committee printing) by inserting the 
following appropriately numbered section and renumbering the 
subsequent sections of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION      .  Chapter 311, Tax Code, is amended by adding 
Section 311.0087 to read as follows:
	Sec. 311.0087. RESTRICTION ON POWERS OF CERTAIN 
MUNICIPALITIES.   (a)  this section applies only to a proposed 
reinvestment zone:
		(1)  the designation of which is requested in a petition 
submitted under Section 311.005(a) (5) before July 31, 2004, to the 
governing body of a home rule municipality that:
			(A)  has a population of more than 1.1 million; and                   
			(B)  is located primarily in a county with a 
population of 1.5 million or less; and
			(C)  as created at least 20 reinvestment zones 
under this chapter; and
		(2)  that is the subject of a resolution of intent that 
was adopted before October 31, 2004 by the governing body of the 
municipality.
	(b)  If the municipality imposes a fee of more than $25,000 
for processing the petition, the municipality may not require a 
property owner who submitted the petition, as a condition of 
designating the reinvestment zone or approving a development 
agreement, interlocal agreement, or project plan for the proposed 
reinvestment zone:
		(1)  to waive any rights of the owner under Chapter 245, 
Local Government Code, or under any agreed order or settlement 
agreement to which the municipality is a party;
		(2)  to dedicate more than 20 percent of the owner's land 
in the area described in the petition as open-space land; or
		(3)  to use a nonconventional use pattern for a 
development to be located within the proposed reinvestment zone.