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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing and financing certain sports and community |
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venue projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 334.001, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by amending Subdivisions (1) and (4) and adding Subdivision |
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(1-a) to read as follows: |
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(1) "Active transportation" means transportation that |
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is primarily powered by human energy. The term includes walking, |
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running, and bicycling. |
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(1-a) "Approved venue project" means a sports and |
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community venue project that has been approved under this chapter |
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by the voters of a municipality or county. |
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(4) "Venue" means: |
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(A) an arena, coliseum, stadium, or other type of |
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area or facility: |
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(i) that is used or is planned for use for |
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one or more professional or amateur sports events, community |
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events, or other sports events, including rodeos, livestock shows, |
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agricultural expositions, promotional events, and other civic or |
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charitable events; and |
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(ii) for which a fee for admission to the |
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events is charged or is planned to be charged; |
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(B) a convention center, convention center |
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facility as defined by Section 351.001(2) or 352.001(2), Tax Code, |
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or related improvement such as a civic center hotel, theater, opera |
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house, music hall, rehearsal hall, park, zoological park, museum, |
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aquarium, or plaza located in the vicinity of a convention center or |
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facility owned by a municipality or a county; |
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(C) a tourist development area [along an inland
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waterway]; |
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(D) a municipal parks and recreation system, or |
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improvements or additions to a parks and recreation system, or an |
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area or facility, including an area or facility for active |
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transportation use, that is part of a municipal parks and |
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recreation system; |
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(E) a project authorized by Section 4A or 4B, |
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Development Corporation Act of 1979 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas |
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Civil Statutes), as that Act existed on September 1, 1997; [and] |
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(F) a watershed protection and preservation |
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project; a recharge, recharge area, or recharge feature protection |
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project; a conservation easement; or an open-space preservation |
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program intended to protect water; and |
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(G) an airport facility located in a municipality |
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located on the international border. |
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SECTION 2. Section 334.1015, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 334.1015. APPLICATION. (a) Except as provided by |
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Subsection (b), this [This] subchapter does not apply to the |
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financing of a venue project that is an area or facility that is |
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part of a municipal parks and recreation system. |
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(b) This subsection applies only to a municipality located |
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on the international border. This subchapter applies to the |
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financing of a venue project that is an area or facility that is |
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part of a municipal parks and recreation system, including an area |
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of the system for active transportation use. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |