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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the East Montgomery County Improvement District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 3846.001(3), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(3) "Venue" means: |
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(A) an arena, coliseum, stadium, or other type of |
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area or facility: |
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(i) that is used or is planned for use for |
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one or more professional or amateur sports events, community |
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events, or other sports events, including rodeos, livestock shows, |
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agricultural expositions, promotional events, and other civic or |
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charitable events; and |
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(ii) for which a fee for admission to the |
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events is charged or is planned to be charged; or |
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(B) a convention center facility or related |
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improvement such as a convention center, civic center, civic center |
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building, civic center hotel, auditorium, theater, opera house, |
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music hall, exhibition hall, rehearsal hall, park, zoological park, |
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museum, aquarium, tourist development area along an inland |
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waterway, or plaza. |
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SECTION 2. Section 3846.155(c), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, |
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lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives |
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within the required time. |
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(d) The general law relating to consent by political |
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subdivisions to the creation of districts with conservation, |
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reclamation, and road powers and the inclusion of land in those |
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districts has been complied with. |
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(e) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act have been |
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fulfilled and accomplished. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2011. |
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