Amend HB 2445 by Stucky (senate committee printing) by adding the appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 351.001(7), Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:

(7)  "Eligible central municipality" means:

(A)  a municipality with a population of more than 140,000 but less than 1.5 million that is located in a county with a population of one million or more and that has adopted a capital improvement plan for the construction or expansion of a convention center facility;

(B)  a municipality with a population of 250,000 or more that:

(i)  is located wholly or partly on a barrier island that borders the Gulf of Mexico;

(ii)  is located in a county with a population of 300,000 or more; and

(iii)  has adopted a capital improvement plan to expand an existing convention center facility;

(C)  a municipality with a population of 116,000 or more that:

(i)  is located in two counties both of which have a population of 660,000 or more; and

(ii)  has adopted a capital improvement plan for the construction or expansion of a convention center facility;

(D)  a municipality with a population of less than 50,000 that contains a general academic teaching institution that is not a component institution of a university system, as those terms are defined by Section 61.003, Education Code; [or]

(E)  a municipality with a population of 640,000 or more that:

(i)  is located on an international border; and

(ii)  has adopted a capital improvement plan for the construction or expansion of a convention center facility;