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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use tax |
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revenue for certain venue projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 334, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 334.0082 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 334.0082. VENUE PROJECTS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. |
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(a) This section applies only to a municipality that: |
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(1) has a population of at least 176,000 that borders |
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the Rio Grande, and that approved a sports and community venue |
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project before January 1, 2009; or |
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(2) is located in a county adjacent to the |
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Texas-Mexico border if: |
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(A) the county has a population of at least |
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500,000; |
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(B) the county does not have a city located |
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within it that has a population of at least 500,000; and |
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(C) the municipality is the largest municipality |
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in the county described by this subdivision. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other law, including Section |
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334.089, after complying with Section 334.022, a municipality to |
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which this section applies may hold an election under Section |
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334.024 on the question of approving and implementing a resolution |
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to: |
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(1) authorize the municipality to plan, acquire, |
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establish, develop, construct, or renovate a convention center and |
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related infrastructure in the city limits of the municipality as |
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part of an existing or previously approved sports and community |
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venue project, regardless of whether the convention center is |
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located on the premises of the existing or previously approved |
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venue project; |
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(2) impose a tax under Subchapter H at a rate not to |
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exceed two percent of the cost of a room; and |
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(3) authorize the municipality to finance, operate, |
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and maintain the venue project described by Subdivision (1), |
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including the convention center, using the revenue from any taxes |
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imposed by the municipality under this chapter, including taxes |
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previously approved in relation to the existing or previously |
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approved venue project. |
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(c) If the resolution is approved by a majority of the votes |
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cast in the election, the municipality may implement the |
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resolution. |
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SECTION 2. Section 334.2516(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to a municipality that: |
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(1) is located in three counties; |
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(2) has a population of less than 130,000 as shown by |
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the 2000 federal decennial census [120,000]; and |
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(3) acquires by purchase or lease with a term of not |
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less than 20 years an interest in real property that by the terms of |
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the acquisition is required to be maintained as park property. |
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SECTION 3. Section 351.001(7), Tax Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(7) "Eligible central municipality" means a |
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municipality with a population of more than 140,000 [440,000] but |
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less than 1.5 million that is located in a county with a population |
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of one million or more and that has adopted a capital improvement |
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plan for the expansion of an existing convention center facility. |
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SECTION 4. Section 1504.003(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) Bonds issued under this subchapter must be secured by a |
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pledge of and be payable from all or a designated part of the |
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revenue from the facility for which the bonds are issued or from |
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additional sources made available by the municipality for that |
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purpose, as provided in the ordinance authorizing or approving the |
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issuance of the bonds. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2032 was passed by the House on April |
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24, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2032 on May 18, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2032 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |