Amend HB 470 (Senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 2 of the bill, strike amended Section
373A.003, Local Government Code (page 1, lines 35 through 43), and
substitute:
Sec. 373A.003. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. (a) This chapter
applies [only] to a municipality with a population of more than
650,000 that is located in a uniform state service region with fewer
than 550,000 occupied housing units as determined by the most
recent United States decennial census.
(b) Subchapters A, B, C, and D apply to any municipality
with a population of 1.18 million or more that is located
predominantly in a county that has a total area of less than 1,000
square miles.
(2) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION and
renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ___. Section 373A.052, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 373A.052. ELIGIBILITY FOR DESIGNATION. (a) To be
designated as a district within a municipality described by Section
373A.003(a) under this subchapter, an area must be composed of
census tracts forming a spatially compact area contiguous to a
central business district and with:
(1) fewer than 25,000 residents;
(2) fewer than 8,000 households;
(3) a number of owner-occupied households that does
not exceed 50 percent of the total households in the area;
(4) housing stock at least 55 percent of which was
built at least 45 years ago;
(5) an unemployment rate that is greater than 10
percent;
(6) an overall poverty rate that is at least two times
the poverty rate for the entire municipality; and
(7) in each census tract within the area, a median
family income that is less than 60 percent of the median family
income for the entire municipality.
(b) To be designated as a district within a municipality
described by Section 373A.003(b) under this subchapter, an area
must be composed of census tracts forming a spatially compact area
contiguous to a central business district and with:
(1) fewer than 75,000 residents;
(2) a median family income that is less than $30,000
according to the last decennial census; and
(3) an overall poverty rate that is at least two times
the poverty rate for the entire municipality.
(c) An area that is designated as a district under this
subchapter may retain its designation as a district regardless of
whether the area continues to meet the eligibility criteria
provided by this section, except that an area that does not elect to
retain its designation as permitted by this subsection must meet
all eligibility criteria to be considered for subsequent
redesignation as a district.