By: Rodriguez H.B. No. 4031
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the eligibility of certain municipalities to establish
  homestead preservation districts and reinvestment zones.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 373A.003, Local Government Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
  read as follows:
         (a)  This chapter applies to a municipality with a population
  of more than 750,000 that is located in a uniform state service
  region with fewer than 850,000 [550,000] occupied housing units as
  determined by the most recent United States decennial census.
         (a-1)  If this chapter applies to a municipality as provided
  by Subsection (a), the application of this chapter to the
  municipality is not affected if the municipality's population or
  number of occupied housing units changes and the municipality no
  longer meets the population requirement of Subsection (a).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.