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Amend CSSB 1688 as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Sec. 432.001,
Transportation Code (committee printing page 1, lines 24-25),
strike "(4) "Principal municipality" means the most populous
municipality in a county." and substitute the following:
(4) "District voters" means qualified voters within
the district. Property owners qualify as district voters as
determined from the most recent certified county property tax
rolls.
(5) "Principal municipality" means the most populous
municipality in a county.
(2) In SECTION 1, in the proposed Subchapter B, Chapter 432,
Transportation Code (committee printing, page 2, lines 14-16),
strike the proposed Sec. 432.051(a)(2) and substitute the
following:
(2) within five miles to the west and within two miles
to the east of the center line of a toll project that passes through
the extraterritorial jurisdiction or corporate limits of the
principal municipality; and
(3) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in the proposed Subchapter B,
Chapter 432, Transportation Code (committee printing, page 2,
between lines 59 and 60), add the following new Section 432.055:
Sec. 432.055. DISTRICT VOTERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN MUNICIPAL
ELECTIONS. Upon creation of a district as authorized by this
subchapter, the qualified district voters who are residents of the
district are entitled to vote in municipal elections regarding the
election or recall of members of the governing body of the principal
municipality, the election or recall of the controller, if the
office of controller is an elective position of the principal
municipality, and the amendment of the municipal charter of the
principal municipality.
(4) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Subchapter C,
Chapter 432, Transportation Code (committee printing page 2, line
60), strike "432.055" and substitute "432.056".
(5) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Subchapter C,
Chapter 432, Transportation Code (committee printing page 2, line
62, through page 3, line 8), strike proposed Sections 432.101 and
432.102, Transportation Code.
(6) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Subchapter C,
Chapter 432, Transportation Code (committee printing page 3, line
9), strike "432.103" and substitute "432.101".
(7) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section
432.103(b), Transportation Code, (committee printing page 3, line
13), strike "432.352" and substitute "432.402".
(8) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Subchapter C,
Chapter 432, Transportation Code (committee printing page 3, line
18), strike "432.104" and substitute "432.102".
(9) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 432.104,
Transportation Code (committee printing page 3, lines 18-24),
strike proposed Subsection (a) and substitute the following:
(a) The principal municipality may not impose a change in
its planning or zoning ordinances that applies to any area in a
district unless the governing body of the principal municipality
appoints an advisory committee composed of representatives of a
broad cross-section of the commercial interests and residents of
the district as determined by the governing body. At least 75
percent of the persons on the advisory committee must be property
owners in the district and the advisory committee must include the
persons appointed per Section 432.151(c)(3)-(5).
(10) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Subchapter C,
Chapter 432, Transportation Code (committee printing page 3, line
33), strike "432.105" and substitute "432.103".
(11) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Subchapter C,
Chapter 432, Transportation Code (committee printing page 3, line
36), strike "432.106-432.150" and substitute "432.104-432.150".
(12) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 432.151,
Transportation Code (committee printing page 3, lines 42-58),
strike proposed Subsections (c) and (d) and substitute the
following:
(c) A district's board consists of:
(1) the mayor of the principal municipality who serves
as a presiding non-voting member of the board except when necessary
to cast a vote in the event of a tie;
(2) the city council of the presiding municipality;
(3) two persons appointed by the principal
municipality's governing body from a list of at least six names
submitted by a nonprofit organization that promotes economic
development and real estate related issues in the county in which
the district is located;
(4) two persons appointed by the principal
municipality's governing body from a list of at least six names
submitted by a nonprofit organization that represents home
builders; and
(5) two persons who are residents of the district
appointed by the principal municipality's governing body after
reviewing letters of interest submitted by district residents.
(13) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 432.158,
Transportation Code (committee printing page 4, lines 30-31),
between "a" and "pecuniary" insert "direct".
(14) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 432.202,
Transportation Code (committee printing page 4, line 62), strike
"A" and substitute "If there is a net benefit to the district, the".
(15) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 432.217,
Transportation Code (committee printing page 6, line 57), strike
"A" and substitute "If there is a net benefit to the district, the".
(16) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 432.260,
Transportation Code (committee printing page 9, lines 16-25),
strike proposed Subsections (e), (f), and (g) and substitute the
following:
(e) Not later than one year after the adoption by the board
of the bond or capital improvement program, the board shall hold an
election in the district on question of:
(1) the implementation of the bond or capital
improvement program; and
(2) the application of the principal municipality's
planning and zoning ordinances under Section 432.351.
(f) If the question is approved by a majority of the
district voters voting at the election, the board shall begin to
implement the bond or capital improvement program not later than
the first anniversary of the election date at which the program was
approved.
(g) The board may call subsequent elections under this
section.
(17) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 432.263,
Transportation Code (committee printing page 9, line 41), strike
"432.353" and substitute "432.403".
(18) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 432.301,
Transportation Code (committee printing page 9, line 58), between
"a" and "benefit", insert "net".
(19) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 432.304,
Transportation Code (committee printing page 10, lines 27 and 28),
strike "by the owners of 50 percent or more of the assessed value of
the property" and substitute "by 75 percent or more of the owners of
property".
(20) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Chapter 432,
Transportation Code (committee printing page 12, between lines 42
and 43), add the following new Subchapter H:
SUBCHAPTER H. PLANNING AND ZONING AUTHORITY
Sec. 432.351. APPLICATION OF MUNICIPALITY'S PLANNING AND
ZONING ORDINANCES; ELECTION. (a) The election held under Section
432.260 must also propose, as part of the same ballot question, the
question of the imposition of the principal municipality's planning
and zoning ordinances in the district.
(b) If approved by a majority of the voters voting in the
election, the principal municipality's planning and zoning
ordinances apply in the district.
Sec. 432.352. INTERIM PLANNING AND ZONING AUTHORITY. Until
a bond or capital improvement program and the application of the
principal municipality's planning and zoning ordinances in the
district are approved at an election held under Section 432.260,
the principal municipality's planning and zoning ordinances apply
within 1,000 feet of the center line of the toll project that made
the area eligible for creation of a district under Section 432.051.
[Sections 432.353-432.400 reserved for expansion]
(21) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in the heading of proposed
Subchapter H, Chapter 432, Transportation Code (committee printing
page 12, line 43), strike "H" and substitute "I".
(22) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 432.351,
Transportation Code (committee printing page 12, line 44), strike
"432.351" and substitute "432.401".
(23) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 432.352,
Transportation Code (committee printing page 12, line 50), strike
"432.352" and substitute "432.402".
(24) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 432.353,
Transportation Code (committee printing page 12, line 56), strike
"432.353" and substitute "432.403".
(25) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 432.353,
Transportation Code (committee printing page 12, line 57), strike
"dissolution" and substitute "annexation of any part or dissolution
of any part of the district".
(26) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 432.353,
Transportation Code (committee printing page 12, line 59), strike
"dissolution" and substitute "annexation of any part or dissolution
of any part of the district".
(27) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 432.351,
Transportation Code (committee printing page 12, between lines 49
and 50), insert a new subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Upon dissolution of the district by the principal
municipality under this section, the application of the principal
municipality's planning and zoning ordinances, as authorized by an
election under Section 432.260(e), is repealed.
(28) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Chapter 432,
Transportation Code (committee printing page 12, between lines 62
and 63), add the following new Section 432.404:
Sec. 432.404. A district shall automatically expire within
six years of the date of its creation under Section 432.053 if the
question under Section 432.260(e) is not approved by a majority of
the district voters during that six-year period.