Honorable David Dewhurst , Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Tom Craddick, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB167 by Smith, Wayne (Relating to the creation and authority of municipal development districts. ), Conference Committee Report
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Local Government Code to authorize a municipal development district in a county with a population of 3.3 million or more to pay the costs of planning, acquiring, establishing, developing, constructing, or renovating one or more development projects beneficial to the district if the projects are in the district boundaries or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality where the district is located. According to the 2000 federal census, Harris County is the only county that meets the population stipulation; therefore, only a district located in Harris County would be affected.
Local Government Impact
Because the bill would not have statewide impact on units of local government of the same type or class, no comment from this office is required by the rules of the House/Senate as to its probable fiscal implication on units of local government.