By: Anderson (Senate Sponsor - Birdwell) H.B. No. 1474

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2019; April 24, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; May 17, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a common characteristic or use project in a public improvement district in certain municipalities.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. 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; or

(C) has a population of more than 105,000 and is wholly located in a county with a population of less than 250,000; and

(2) a public improvement district established under this subchapter and solely composed of territory in which the only businesses are:

(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) or (C).

(e) A municipality may undertake a project under this section only for a purpose described by Section 372.003(b)(13).

SECTION 2. The limitation on authority imposed by Section 372.0035(e), Local Government Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a common characteristic or use project undertaken by a municipality on or after the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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