Amend HB 2032 (house committee report) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 334, Local Government 
Code, is amended by adding Section 334.0082 to read as follows:
	Sec. 334.0082.  VENUE PROJECTS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.  
(a)  This section applies only to a municipality that has a 
population of at least 176,000, that borders the Rio Grande, and 
that approved a sports and community venue project before January 
1, 2009.
	(b)  Notwithstanding any other law, including Section 
334.089, after complying with Section 334.022, a municipality to 
which this section applies may hold an election under Section 
334.024 on the question of approving and implementing a resolution 
to:
		(1)  authorize the municipality to plan, acquire, 
establish, develop, construct, or renovate a convention center and 
related infrastructure in the city limits of the municipality as 
part of an existing or previously approved sports and community 
venue project, regardless of whether the convention center is 
located on the premises of the existing or previously approved 
venue project;
		(2)  impose a tax under Subchapter H at a rate not to 
exceed two percent of the cost of a room; and
		(3)  authorize the municipality to finance, operate, 
and maintain the venue project described by Subdivision (1), 
including the convention center, using the revenue from any taxes 
imposed by the municipality under this chapter, including taxes 
previously approved in relation to the existing or previously 
approved venue project.
	(c)  If the resolution is approved by a majority of the votes 
cast in the election, the municipality may implement the 
resolution.