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          A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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          AN ACT
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        relating to the eligibility of certain municipalities to establish  | 
      
      
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        homestead preservation districts and reinvestment zones. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Section 373A.003, Local Government Code, is  | 
      
      
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        amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to  | 
      
      
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        read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (a)  This chapter applies to a municipality with a population  | 
      
      
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        of more than 750,000 that is located in a uniform state service  | 
      
      
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        region with fewer than 800,000 [550,000] occupied housing units as  | 
      
      
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        determined by the most recent United States decennial census. | 
      
      
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               (a-1)  If this chapter applies to a municipality as provided  | 
      
      
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        by Subsection (a), the application of this chapter to the  | 
      
      
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        municipality is not affected if the municipality's population or  | 
      
      
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        number of occupied housing units changes and the municipality no  | 
      
      
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        longer meets the population requirement of Subsection (a). | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |