86R13210 SMT-D
 
  By: Price, Clardy, Krause, King of Hemphill, H.B. No. 1136
      Anchia, et al.
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to territory included in a common characteristic or use
  project in a public improvement district established by a
  municipality.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 372.0035, Local
  Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 372.0035.  COMMON CHARACTERISTIC OR USE FOR PROJECTS IN
  [CERTAIN] MUNICIPALITIES.
         SECTION 2.  Section 372.0035, Local Government Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to
  read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to[:
               [(1)  a municipality that:
                     [(A)     has a population of more than 650,000 and
  less than two million; or
                     [(B)     has a population of more than 325,000 and
  less than 625,000; and
               [(2)]  a public improvement district established by a
  municipality under this subchapter and solely composed of territory
  in which the only businesses are one or more[:
                     [(A)]  hotels [with 100 or more rooms ordinarily
  used for sleeping, if the district is established by a municipality
  described by Subdivision (1)(A); or
                     [(B)     hotels with 75 or more rooms ordinarily used
  for sleeping, if the district is established by a municipality
  described by Subdivision (1)(B)].
         (e)  A district created after September 1, 2019, may
  undertake a project under this section only for advertising,
  promotion, or business recruitment, as authorized by Section
  372.003(b)(13), directly related to hotels.
         SECTION 3.  Section 372.005(b-1), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a petition for the
  establishment of a public improvement district described by Section
  372.0035(a) [372.0035(a)(2)] is sufficient only if signed by record
  owners of taxable real property liable for assessment under the
  proposal who constitute:
               (1)  more than 60 percent of the appraised value of
  taxable real property liable for assessment under the proposal, as
  determined by the current roll of the appraisal district in which
  the property is located; and
               (2)  more than 60 percent of:
                     (A)  all record owners of taxable real property
  that are liable for assessment under the proposal; or
                     (B)  the area of all taxable real property that is
  liable for assessment under the proposal.
         SECTION 4.  Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Local Government
  Code, is amended by adding Section 372.0121 to read as follows:
         Sec. 372.0121.  INCLUSION OF AREA IN COMMON CHARACTERISTIC
  PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. Notwithstanding Section 372.012 or
  any other requirement in this chapter, the governing body of a
  municipality may include property in a public improvement district
  described by Section 372.0035 if:
               (1)  the property is a hotel; and
               (2)  the property could have been included in the
  district without violating Section 372.005(b-1) when the district
  was created regardless of whether the record owners of the property
  signed the original petition.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.