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AN ACT
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relating to a common characteristic or use project in a public |
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improvement district in certain municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 372.0035(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to: |
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(1) a municipality that: |
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(A) has a population of more than 650,000 and |
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less [one million and a council-manager form of government and that
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is located wholly or partly in a county with a population of more] |
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than two million; or |
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(B) has a population of more than 325,000 and |
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less than 625,000; and |
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(2) a public improvement district established under |
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this subchapter and solely composed of territory in which the only |
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businesses are: |
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(A) hotels with 100 or more rooms ordinarily used |
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for sleeping, if the district is established by a municipality |
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described by Subdivision (1)(A); or |
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(B) hotels with 75 or more rooms ordinarily used |
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for sleeping, if the district is established by a municipality |
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described by Subdivision (1)(B). |
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SECTION 2. Section 372.005, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a petition for the |
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establishment of a public improvement district described by Section |
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372.0035(a)(2) is sufficient only if signed by record owners of |
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taxable real property liable for assessment under the proposal who |
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constitute: |
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(1) more than 60 percent of the appraised value of |
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taxable real property liable for assessment under the proposal, as |
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determined by the current roll of the appraisal district in which |
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the property is located; and |
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(2) more than 60 percent of: |
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(A) all record owners of taxable real property |
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that are liable for assessment under the proposal; or |
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(B) the area of all taxable real property that is |
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liable for assessment under the proposal. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 837 passed the Senate on |
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May 6, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 19, Nays 12; and that the |
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Senate concurred in House amendment on May 22, 2015, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 17, Nays 14. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 837 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 18, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 94, |
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Nays 43, one present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |