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.