Amend CSSB 715 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter Z, Chapter 43, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 43.909 to read as follows:
Sec. 43.909. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROJECT DEVELOPER. Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality that is annexing an area or that retains control over an area in which a multifamily housing development project is located may authorize the municipality's economic development corporation to provide financial assistance to the developer of the project, and the corporation may provide that assistance.