By: Gutierrez H.B. No. 3447
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to establishment and functions of certain urban land bank
  programs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 379C, Texas LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE,
  is
  amended by amending Section 379C.002 to read as follows:
         Sec. 379C.002.  APPLICABILITY.  This chapter applies only to
  home-rule municipalities that:
               (1)  have a population of 1.18 million or more; and
               (2)  are located predominantly in a county that has a
  total area of less than 1,300 [1,000] square miles.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.