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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 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 373A.003. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. (a) Except as |
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provided by Subsection (b), this [This] chapter applies to a |
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municipality with a population of more than 750,000 [that is
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located in a uniform state service region with fewer than 550,000
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occupied housing units as determined by the most recent United
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States decennial census]. |
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(b) Subchapter E does not [Subchapters A, B, C, and D] apply |
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to any municipality with a population of 1.18 million or more which |
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is located predominantly in a county that has a total area of less |
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than 1,000 square miles and has adopted an urban land bank |
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demonstration program under Chapter 379C, Local Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 373A.052(a) and (b), Local Government |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) To be designated as a district within a municipality |
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described by Section 373A.003(a) under this subchapter, an area |
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must be composed of census tracts forming a spatially compact area |
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with: |
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(1) fewer than 75,000 residents; |
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(2) an overall poverty rate of at least 25 percent |
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[that is at least two times the poverty rate for the entire
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municipality]; and |
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(3) in each census tract within the area, a median |
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family income that is less than 80 percent of the median family |
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income for the entire municipality. |
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(b) To be designated as a district within a municipality |
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described by Section 373A.003(b) under this subchapter, an area |
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must be composed of census tracts forming a spatially compact area |
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contiguous to a central business district and with: |
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(1) fewer than 75,000 residents; |
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(2) a median family income that is less than $30,000 |
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according to the last decennial census; and |
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(3) an overall poverty rate of at least 25 percent |
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[that is at least two times the poverty rate for the entire
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municipality]. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |