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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain counties to use county revenue |
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or incur debt to improve or redevelop certain sports facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 330, Local Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 330.002 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 330.002. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN COUNTIES |
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TO IMPROVE OR REDEVELOP CERTAIN SPORTS FACILITIES. (a) In this |
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section: |
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(1) "County revenue" includes revenue from property |
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taxes, hotel occupancy taxes, fees, and fines. |
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(2) "Obsolete sports facility" means a multipurpose |
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arena, coliseum, or stadium designed to be used in part as a venue |
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for professional sports events and that opened to the public before |
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1966. |
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(b) This section applies only to a county with a population |
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of 3.3 million or more. |
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(c) A county may not fund, in whole or in part, the |
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improvement or redevelopment of an obsolete sports facility with |
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county revenue or debt if the improvement or redevelopment will |
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cost $10 million or more, unless the funding is approved by the |
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voters of the county at an election held for that purpose. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |