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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility of certain municipalities to designate |
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homestead preservation districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 373A.052(b), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) To be designated as a district within a municipality |
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described by Section 373A.003(b) under this subchapter, an area |
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must be composed of census tracts forming a spatially compact area |
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[contiguous to a central business district and] with: |
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(1) fewer than 75,000 residents; and |
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(2) a median family income that is less than 70 percent |
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of the area median family income, adjusted for household size, as |
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determined annually by the United States Department of Housing and |
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Urban Development [$30,000 according to the last decennial census;
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and
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[(3)
an overall poverty rate that is at least two times
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the poverty rate for the entire municipality]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |