By: Nelson S.B. No. 385
 
  (Holland)
 
   
 
 
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 115,000 and
  borders Lake Lewisville; 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 described by Subsection (a)(1)(C) may
  undertake a project under this section only for a purpose described
  by Section 372.003(b)(13). 
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.