By: Menendez (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte) H.B. No. 3066

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013; May 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations; May 17, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 17, 2013, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the qualification of an area inside a base defense authority as an enterprise zone.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 2303.101, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 2303.101. QUALIFICATION FOR ENTERPRISE ZONE DESIGNATION. An area automatically qualifies for designation as an enterprise zone if the area is:

(1) a block group, as defined by the most recent federal decennial census available at the time of designation, in which at least 20 percent of the residents of the block group have an income at or below 100 percent of the federal poverty level;

(2) an area designated by the federal government as a renewal community, a federal empowerment zone, or a federal enterprise community, including any developable area approved by the federal agency responsible for making that designation; [or]

(3) an area located in a distressed county; or

(4) an area inside the boundaries of a defense base development authority established under Chapter 379B, Local Government Code.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013.

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