By: Hill (Senate Sponsor - Shapiro) H.B. No. 2092
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2007;
  May 2, 2007, read first time and referred to Subcommittee on
  Emerging Technologies and Economic Development; May 17, 2007,
  reported favorably from Committee on Business and Commerce by the
  following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 17, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the designation of an area in a municipality as a
  reinvestment zone under the Tax Increment Financing Act.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 311.005, Tax Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), if the proposed
  project plan for a potential zone includes the use of land in the
  zone in connection with the operation of an existing or proposed
  regional commuter or mass transit rail system, or for a structure or
  facility that is necessary, useful, or beneficial to such a
  regional rail system, the governing body of a municipality may
  designate an area as a reinvestment zone.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
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