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AN ACT
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relating to a common characteristic or use project in a public |
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improvement district in certain municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 372.0035, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to: |
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(1) a municipality that: |
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(A) has a population of more than 650,000 and |
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less than two million; [or] |
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(B) has a population of more than 325,000 and |
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less than 625,000; or |
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(C) has a population of more than 105,000 and is |
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wholly located in a county with a population of less than 250,000; |
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and |
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(2) a public improvement district established under |
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this subchapter and solely composed of territory in which the only |
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businesses are: |
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(A) hotels with 100 or more rooms ordinarily used |
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for sleeping, if the district is established by a municipality |
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described by Subdivision (1)(A); or |
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(B) hotels with 75 or more rooms ordinarily used |
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for sleeping, if the district is established by a municipality |
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described by Subdivision (1)(B) or (C). |
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(e) A municipality may undertake a project under this |
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section only for a purpose described by Section 372.003(b)(13). |
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SECTION 2. The limitation on authority imposed by Section |
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372.0035(e), Local Government Code, as added by this Act, applies |
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only to a common characteristic or use project undertaken by a |
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municipality on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1474 was passed by the House on April |
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18, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 21, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1474 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |