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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain municipalities to undertake a |
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qualified hotel project. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2303.003(8), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(8) "Qualified hotel project" means: |
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(A) a hotel proposed to be constructed by a |
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municipality or a nonprofit municipally sponsored local government |
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corporation created under the Texas Transportation Corporation |
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Act, Chapter 431, Transportation Code, that is within 1,000 feet of |
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a convention center owned by a municipality having a population of |
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1,500,000 or more, including shops, parking facilities, and any |
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other facilities ancillary to the hotel; [and] |
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(B) a hotel proposed to be constructed, |
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remodeled, or rehabilitated by a municipality or a nonprofit |
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municipally sponsored local government corporation created under |
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the Texas Transportation Corporation Act, Chapter 431, |
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Transportation Code, that is within 3,000 feet of the property line |
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of a convention center owned by a municipality having a population |
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of more than 500,000 and that borders the United Mexican States; and |
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(C) a hotel, including a privately owned hotel |
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adjoining a convention center owned by a political subdivision of |
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this state, proposed to be constructed by or in conjunction with a |
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municipality having a population of more than 145,000 that is |
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located within 50 miles of this state's border with Oklahoma, or by |
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a nonprofit municipally sponsored local government corporation |
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created under the Texas Transportation Corporation Act, Chapter |
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431, Transportation Code, by that municipality, including shops, |
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parking facilities, and any other facilities ancillary to the |
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hotel. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2015. |