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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a municipality or county to impose |
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certain taxes to finance certain 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(4), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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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 that is part of a [municipal] parks and recreation |
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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. |
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SECTION 2. Section 334.024(f), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(f) If the venue project is authorized by Section |
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334.001(4)(D) and the venue project does not include improvements |
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and/or additions to all parks and/or recreation facilities of the |
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municipality or county, the description of the venue project in the |
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proposition, if for improvements or additions to an existing park |
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or recreation facility, shall identify by name or location each |
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park or recreation facility and, if for acquisition and/or |
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improvement of a new park or recreation facility, the general |
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location within the municipality or county of the new park, |
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recreational system, or facility. |
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SECTION 3. Section 334.2515, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 334.2515. APPLICATION. Except as provided by Section |
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334.2516, this subchapter does not apply to the financing of a venue |
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project that is[:
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[(1)
an area or facility that is part of a municipal
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parks and recreation system as described by Section 334.001(4)(D);
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or
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[(2)] a project described by Section 334.001(4)(E), |
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except for projects described in Section 334.001(4)(A). |
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SECTION 4. Sections 334.008, 334.1015, and 334.2517, Local |
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Government Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 5. 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, 2017. |