82R32280 ALL-D
	By: Coleman	H.R. No. 2654

	R E S O L U T I O N
	BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
	Texas, 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, That House Rule 13,
	Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
	Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
	resolve the differences on House Bill 3275 (the operation and
	governance of tax increment financing reinvestment zones, the
	creation of renewable energy reinvestment zones, and the governance
	of certain special districts) to consider and take action on the
	following matter:
	House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit the
	committee to add text on a matter which is not included in either
	the house or senate version of the bill by adding the following
	sections to the bill:
	SECTION 1.  Sections 311.006(a) and (b), Tax Code, are
	amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A municipality may not designate [create] a
	reinvestment zone if:
	(1)  more than 30 [10] percent of the property in the
	proposed zone, excluding property that is publicly owned, is used
	for residential purposes; or
	(2)  the total appraised value of taxable real property
	in the proposed zone and in existing reinvestment zones exceeds:
	(A)  25 [20] percent of the total appraised value
	of taxable real property in the municipality and in the industrial
	districts created by the municipality, if the municipality has a
	population of 100,000 or more [is the county seat of a county:
	[(i)     that is adjacent to a county with a
	population of 3.3 million or more; and
	[(ii)     in which a planned community is
	located that has 20,000 or more acres of land, that was originally
	established under the Urban Growth and New Community Development
	Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. Section 4501 et seq.), and that is subject to
	restrictive covenants containing ad valorem or annual variable
	budget-based assessments on real property]; or
	(B)  50 [15] percent of the total appraised value
	of taxable real property in the municipality and in the industrial
	districts created by the municipality, if [Paragraph (A) does not
	apply to] the municipality has a population of less than 100,000.
	(b)  A municipality may not change the boundaries of an
	existing reinvestment zone to include property in excess of the
	restrictions on composition of a zone described by Subsection (a)
	[more than 10 percent of which, excluding property dedicated to
	public use, is used for residential purposes or to include more than
	15 percent of the total appraised value of taxable real property in
	the municipality and in the industrial districts created by the
	municipality].
	SECTION 8.  Section 3815.051(a), Special District Local Laws
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The district is governed by a board of 17 [21] directors
	who serve staggered terms of four years, with eight [10] directors'
	terms expiring June 1 of an odd-numbered year and nine [11]
	directors' terms expiring June 1 of the following odd-numbered
	year.
	SECTION 9.  Subchapter B, Chapter 3815, Special District
	Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3815.055 to read as
	follows:
	Sec. 3815.055.  INTERIM DIRECTORS. (a) The board serving on
	September 1, 2011, is abolished and is replaced by an interim board
	consisting of the following directors:
	Pos. No. Name of Director
	1 Alan D. Bergeron
	2 Sharone Mayberry
	3 James Donatto Sr.
	4 Hexser J. Holliday II
	5 Osama Abdullatif
	6 Skye Thompson
	7 Asmara Tekle Johnson
	8 Jaa St. Julien
	9 Jimmy Arnold
	10 Cyeoni Miles
	11 Zinetta A. Burney
	12 Chris Hageney
	13 Teddy A. McDavid
	14 Brian G. Smith
	15 Robert S. Muhammad
	16 Robert C. Combre
	17 Janice M. Sibley-Reid
	(b)  The terms of the interim directors expire June 1, 2015.
	(c)  The mayor and the members of the governing body of the
	City of Houston shall appoint successor directors not later than
	June 1, 2015, and shall stagger the terms of the directors, with
	eight of the directors' terms expiring June 1, 2017, and the
	remaining directors' terms expiring June 1, 2019.
	(d)  This section expires September 1, 2015.
	SECTION 10.  Notwithstanding H.B. No. 2853, Acts of the 82nd
	Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, Section 311.011(h), Tax Code,
	as added by that Act, does not take effect. This section prevails
	over H.B. No. 2853, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session,
	2011, or any other conflicting Act of the 82nd Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2011, regardless of the relative dates of enactment.
	Explanation: The changes are necessary to allow a
	municipality to designate a tax increment financing reinvestment
	zone that encompasses additional area or change the boundaries of
	an existing zone to encompass additional area; to modify the
	composition of the board of directors of a particular special
	district and provide for the appointment and terms of directors of
	that district; and to provide that Section 311.011(h), Tax Code, as
	added by H.B. No. 2853, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2011, which relates to considering as estimates the
	amounts contained in the project plan or reinvestment zone
	financing plan for a tax increment financing reinvestment zone,
	does not take effect.