BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 139 |
By: Raymond |
Urban Affairs |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Revitalization efforts in blighted areas lead to increased economic development and better quality of life in those areas. Interested parties point to certain areas of the state where social, physical, and economic problems that plague these areas would be mitigated by such efforts. C.S.H.B. 139 seeks to provide these benefits by making changes to statutes relating to the exercise of urban renewal powers by certain counties.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 139 amends the Local Government Code to authorize a county with a population of more than 250,000 located along an international border, in addition to a county with a population of more than 1.3 million, to exercise the powers provided for a municipality under the Texas Urban Renewal Law with respect to areas of the county that are not within the corporate boundaries of a municipality. The bill authorizes such a county to exercise the same powers in areas of the county located within the corporate boundaries of a municipality if the municipality approves the county's participation in an urban renewal project through an interlocal agreement under the Interlocal Cooperation Act.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2013.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 139 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and highlighted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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