H.B. No. 4559
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the application of statutes that classify political
  subdivisions according to population.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 147.003(a), Agriculture Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  A person pursuing the business of selling mules, horses,
  jacks, or jennets in a county with a population of not less than 2.1
  [1.8] million nor more than 2.2 [1.9] million is not subject to this
  chapter as a livestock auction commission merchant.
         SECTION 2.  Section 148.001, Agriculture Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 148.001.  DEFINITION. In this chapter, "slaughterer"
  means a person engaged in the business of:
               (1)  slaughtering livestock for profit; or
               (2)  selling livestock, as a primary business, to be
  slaughtered by the purchaser on premises owned or operated by the
  seller, in a county:
                     (A)  with a population of 1.2 [one] million or
  more;
                     (B)  in which [that contains] two or more
  municipalities with a population of 280,000 [250,000] or more are
  wholly or primarily located;
                     (C)  that is adjacent to a county described by
  Paragraph (B); or
                     (D)  that is adjacent to a county described by
  Paragraph (C) and:
                           (i)  has a population of not more than 55,000
  [50,000] and contains a municipality with a population of at least
  20,000; or
                           (ii)  in which [contains, wholly or partly,]
  two or more municipalities with a population of 280,000 [250,000]
  or more are partly located.
         SECTION 3.  Section 109.57(e), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (e)  A municipality located in a county that has a population
  of 2.2 million or more and that is adjacent to a county with a
  population of more than 850,000 [600,000] or a municipality located
  in a county with a population of 850,000 [600,000] or more and that
  is adjacent to a county with a population of 2.2 million or more may
  regulate, in a manner not otherwise prohibited by law, the location
  of an establishment issued a permit under Chapter 32 if:
               (1)  the establishment derives 35 percent or more of
  the establishment's gross revenue from the on-premises sale or
  service of alcoholic beverages and the premises of the
  establishment are located in a dry area; and
               (2)  the permit is not issued to a fraternal or veterans
  organization or the holder of a food and beverage certificate.
         SECTION 4.  Section 251.726(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a municipality that has
  within its boundaries all or part of an international airport
  operated jointly by two municipalities and:
               (1)  that is:
                     (A)  partially located in three counties, two of
  which have a population of 2.1 [1.8] million or more; and
                     (B)  primarily located in a county with a
  population of 2.1 [1.8] million or more; or
               (2)  that:
                     (A)  is partially located in five counties, one of
  which:
                           (i)  has a population of 2.1 [1.8] million or
  more; and
                           (ii)  is adjacent to a county with a
  population of 2.2 million or more;
                     (B)  is subject to a limited purpose annexation
  and development agreement under Subchapter G, Chapter 212, Local
  Government Code; and
                     (C)  may annex an area on request of the owners of
  land in the area under Subchapter C-3, Chapter 43, Local Government
  Code.
         SECTION 5.  Section 251.727(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to:
               (1)  a municipality that contains U.S. Highway 287 and
  State Highway 294 and is located in a county with a population of
  not less than 57,000 and not more than 59,000 on September 1, 2021;
  or
               (2)  a municipality that:
                     (A)  has a municipal boundary located not more
  than 1.5 miles from an automobile racetrack with a seating capacity
  of more than 100,000;
                     (B)  has a population of more than 5,000 [1,000]
  and less than 5,500 [3,000]; and
                     (C)  is located entirely within a county with a
  population of more than 650,000 that is adjacent to two counties,
  each of which has a population of more than 1.8 million.
         SECTION 6.  Section 251.742(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  This section applies only to a municipality that:
               (1)  has a population of 15,000 or more; and
               (2)  is located in two counties one of which:
                     (A)  has a population of 340,000 or more;
                     (B)  contains a municipality in which at least 85
  percent of the county's population resides; and
                     (C) [(B)]  borders the Gulf of Mexico.
         SECTION 7.  Article 2.21(g), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (g)  A clerk in a county with a population of less than 2.5
  [two] million must provide written notice by mail to the attorney
  representing the state in the case and the attorney representing
  the defendant before disposing of an eligible exhibit.
         SECTION 8.  Article 45.014(d), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (d)  In a county with a population of more than 2.5 [two]
  million that does not have a county attorney, a justice or judge may
  not issue a warrant under this section for an offense under Section
  32.41, Penal Code, unless the district attorney has approved the
  complaint or affidavit on which the warrant is based.
         SECTION 9.  Article 45.019(g), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (g)  In a county with a population of more than 2.5 [two]
  million that does not have a county attorney, a complaint for an
  offense under Section 32.41, Penal Code, must be approved by the
  district attorney, regardless of whether a collection proceeding is
  initiated by the district attorney under Section 32.41(e), Penal
  Code.
         SECTION 10.  Article 46B.084(a)(2), Code of Criminal
  Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
               (2)  Notwithstanding Subdivision (1), in a county with
  a population of less than 1.2 [one] million or in a county with a
  population of four million or more, as soon as practicable
  following the date of the defendant's return to the court, the court
  shall provide the notice required by that subdivision to the
  attorney representing the state and the attorney for the defendant,
  and the attorney for the defendant shall meet and confer with the
  defendant as soon as practicable after the date of receipt of that
  notice.
         SECTION 11.  Article 46B.084(a-1)(2), Code of Criminal
  Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
               (2)  Notwithstanding Subdivision (1), in a county with
  a population of less than 1.2 [one] million or in a county with a
  population of four million or more, the court shall make the
  determination described by that subdivision not later than the 20th
  day after the date on which the court received notification under
  Article 46B.079, regardless of whether a party objects to the
  report as described by that subdivision and the issue is set for a
  hearing under Subsection (b).
         SECTION 12.  Article 46B.084(d)(2), Code of Criminal
  Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
               (2)  Notwithstanding Subdivision (1), in a county with
  a population of less than 1.2 [one] million or in a county with a
  population of four million or more, on the court's own motion
  criminal proceedings in the case against the defendant shall be
  resumed as soon as practicable after the date of the court's
  determination under this article that the defendant's competency
  has been restored.
         SECTION 13.  Section 1, Article 49.25, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 1.  OFFICE AUTHORIZED.  Subject to the provisions of
  this article, the commissioners court of any county having a
  population of more than 2.5 [two] million shall establish and
  maintain the office of medical examiner, and the commissioners
  court of any county may establish and provide for the maintenance of
  the office of medical examiner.  Population shall be according to
  the last preceding federal census.
         SECTION 14.  Articles 102.014(a), (b), (f), and (g), Code of
  Criminal Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The governing body of a municipality with a population
  greater than 1.3 million [850,000] according to the most recent
  federal decennial census that has adopted an ordinance, regulation,
  or order regulating the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles
  as allowed by Section 542.202, Transportation Code, or Chapter 682,
  Transportation Code, shall by order assess on each parking
  violation a fine of not less than $2 and not to exceed $5.
         (b)  The governing body of a municipality with a population
  less than 1.3 million [850,000] according to the most recent
  federal decennial census that has adopted an ordinance, regulation,
  or order regulating the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles
  as allowed by Section 542.202, Transportation Code, or Chapter 682,
  Transportation Code, may by order assess on each parking violation
  a fine not to exceed $5.
         (f)  In a municipality with a population greater than 1.3
  million [850,000] according to the most recent federal decennial
  census, the officer collecting a fine in a municipal court case
  shall deposit money collected under this article in the municipal
  child safety trust fund established as required by Chapter 106,
  Local Government Code.
         (g)  In a municipality with a population less than 1.3
  million [850,000] according to the most recent federal decennial
  census, the money collected under this article in a municipal court
  case must be used for a school crossing guard program if the
  municipality operates one. If the municipality does not operate a
  school crossing guard program or if the money received from fines
  from municipal court cases exceeds the amount necessary to fund the
  school crossing guard program, the municipality may:
               (1)  deposit the additional money in an
  interest-bearing account;
               (2)  expend the additional money for programs designed
  to enhance child safety, health, or nutrition, including child
  abuse prevention and intervention and drug and alcohol abuse
  prevention; or
               (3)  expend the additional money for programs designed
  to enhance public safety and security.
         SECTION 15.  Section 11.0581(a), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  An election for trustees of an independent school
  district shall be held on the same date as:
               (1)  the election for the members of the governing body
  of a municipality located in the school district;
               (2)  the general election for state and county
  officers;
               (3)  the election for the members of the governing body
  of a hospital district, if the school district:
                     (A)  is wholly or partly located in a county with a
  population of less than 50,000 [40,000] that is adjacent to a county
  with a population of more than three million; and
                     (B)  held its election for trustees jointly with
  the election for the members of the governing body of the hospital
  district before May 2007; or
               (4)  the election for the members of the governing
  board of a public junior college district in which the school
  district is wholly or partly located.
         SECTION 16.  Section 11.065(a), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  Sections 11.052(g) and (h) and Sections 11.059(a) and
  (b) do not apply to the board of trustees of a school district if:
               (1)  the district's central administrative office is
  located in a county with a population of more than 2.5 [two]
  million; and
               (2)  the district's student enrollment is more than
  125,000 and less than 200,000.
         SECTION 17.  Section 11.151(f), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (f)  For purposes of this section, a county board of
  education, as defined by a board of county school trustees, and
  office of county school superintendent in a county with a
  population of 2.5 [2.2] million or more and that is adjacent to a
  county with a population of more than one million [800,000] are
  included within the definition of a school district and subject to
  the oversight of the agency.
         SECTION 18.  Section 25.093(b), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  The attendance officer or other appropriate school
  official shall file a complaint against the parent in:
               (1)  the constitutional county court of the county in
  which the parent resides or in which the school is located, if the
  county has a population of 2.1 [1.75] million or more;
               (2)  a justice court of any precinct in the county in
  which the parent resides or in which the school is located; or
               (3)  a municipal court of the municipality in which the
  parent resides or in which the school is located.
         SECTION 19.  Sections 37.011(a-2) and (a-3), Education Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (a-2)  For purposes of this section and Section 37.010(a), a
  county with a population greater than 125,000 is considered to be a
  county with a population of 125,000 or less if the county:
               (1)  has a population of 195,000 [180,000] or less;
               (2)  is adjacent to two counties, each of which has a
  population of more than 1.7 million; and
               (3)  has seven or more school districts located wholly
  within the county's boundaries.
         (a-3)  For purposes of this section and Section 37.010(a), a
  county with a population greater than 125,000 is considered to be a
  county with a population of 125,000 or less if the county:
               (1)  has a population of more than 200,000 and less than
  233,500 [220,000];
               (2)  has five or more school districts located wholly
  within the county's boundaries; and
               (3)  has located in the county a juvenile justice
  alternative education program that, on May 1, 2011, served fewer
  than 15 students.
         SECTION 20.  Section 38.007(b), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  The board of trustees of a school district shall attempt
  to provide a safe alcohol-free environment to students coming to or
  going from school. The board of trustees may cooperate with local
  law enforcement officials and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage
  Commission in attempting to provide this environment and in
  enforcing Sections 101.75, 109.33, and 109.59, Alcoholic Beverage
  Code. Additionally, the board, if a majority of the area of a
  district is located in a municipality with a population of 1.3
  million [900,000] or more, may petition the commissioners court of
  the county in which the district is located or the governing board
  of an incorporated city or town in which the district is located to
  adopt a 1,000-foot zone under Section 109.33, Alcoholic Beverage
  Code.
         SECTION 21.  Section 45.105(e), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (e)  The governing body of an independent school district
  that governs a junior college district under Subchapter B, Chapter
  130, in a county with a population of more than 2.5 [two] million
  may dedicate a specific percentage of the local tax levy to the use
  of the junior college district for facilities and equipment or for
  the maintenance and operating expenses of the junior college
  district.  To be effective, the dedication must be made by the
  governing body on or before the date on which the governing body
  adopts its tax rate for a year.  The amount of local tax funds
  derived from the percentage of the local tax levy dedicated to a
  junior college district from a tax levy may not exceed the amount
  that would be levied by five percent of the no-new-revenue tax rate
  for the tax year calculated as provided by Section 26.04, Tax Code,
  on all property taxable by the school district.  All real property
  purchased with these funds is the property of the school district,
  but is subject to the exclusive control of the governing body of the
  junior college district for as long as the junior college district
  uses the property for educational purposes.
         SECTION 22.  Section 51.214(a), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  In any municipality with a population of 1.18 million or
  more located primarily in a county with a population of 2.5 [2]
  million or more, the governing board of a private, nonprofit
  medical corporation, or of the parent corporation of such medical
  corporation, that provides police or security services for an
  institution of higher education or a private postsecondary
  educational institution located within one of the medical
  corporation's or parent corporation's medical complexes, or that
  provides police or security services for another medical complex
  legally affiliated with or owned, leased, managed, or controlled by
  the medical corporation or parent corporation, may employ and
  commission police or security personnel to enforce the law of this
  state within the jurisdiction designated by Subsection (c).
         SECTION 23.  Section 53A.49(a), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  In the same manner that a corporation may issue bonds
  under this chapter for an institution of higher education, a
  corporation created under Section 53A.35(b) may issue bonds to
  finance or refinance educational facilities to be used by a school
  that:
               (1)  is located in a county with a population of more
  than 2.5 [two] million;
               (2)  is located within three miles of an area
  designated as an enterprise zone under Chapter 2303, Government
  Code;
               (3)  provides primary and secondary education to at
  least 1,000 students;
               (4)  is accredited by an organization approved by the
  Texas Education Agency for private school accreditation; and
               (5)  is owned and operated by a corporation created
  under the Texas Nonprofit Corporation Law, as described by Section
  1.008(d), Business Organizations Code [Texas Non-Profit
  Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil
  Statutes)].
         SECTION 24.  Section 61.0764(b), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  The board shall select one licensed hospital located in
  a county that borders the United Mexican States and that has a
  population of [at least 700,000 and not] more than 870,000
  [800,000] to participate in the pilot program.  The hospital must
  be accredited by The Joint Commission and:
               (1)  have been issued:
                     (A)  a certificate of approval to offer a program
  of instruction by the Texas Workforce Commission under Subchapter
  C, Chapter 132; or
                     (B)  a certificate of authority to award a degree
  for a program of study by the board under Subchapter G of this
  chapter;
               (2)  be accredited to offer a degree program by the
  appropriate recognized regional accrediting agency; or
               (3)  must:
                     (A)  have entered into a partnership with an
  institution of higher education to offer dual credit courses under
  the pilot program; and
                     (B)  be seeking authorization to offer a program
  of instruction or study as described by Subdivision (1) or
  accreditation to offer a degree program as described by Subdivision
  (2).
         SECTION 25.  Section 130.082(i), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (i)  The election of trustees of a countywide junior or
  community college district that contains a city with a population
  of more than 1.18 million located primarily in a county with a
  population of 2.5 [2] million or more shall be held on the first
  Saturday in April of each even-numbered year.  When a runoff
  election is necessary, the board may order the election for a date
  to coincide with the date of the runoff election for city officials,
  if the city is holding a runoff election;  otherwise, the board
  shall set the date of the runoff election for not later than three
  weeks following the regular election.
         SECTION 26.  Section 31.039(g), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (g)  Section 31.035(b) does not apply to a person employed on
  a full-time basis by the administrator's office in a county with a
  population of 1.2 [one] million or less that has an election
  administrator.
         SECTION 27.  Section 31.160(e), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (e)  The joint elections administrator for a county with a
  population of 1.2 [one] million or more that has an elections
  administrator is subject to Section 31.035 in the same manner as a
  county elections administrator.  A person employed on a full-time
  basis by the joint elections administrator's office for that county
  is subject to Section 31.035 in the same manner as the joint
  elections administrator.
         SECTION 28.  Section 85.066(b), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  For a countywide election in a county with a population
  of more than 3.3 [2.5] million and a primary election in a county
  with a population of more than 1 million in which temporary branch
  polling places are established under Section 85.062(d)(1), the
  commissioners court may limit voting at a temporary branch polling
  place to the voters of particular state representative districts.
  To the extent practicable, the state representative districts shall
  be grouped so that the temporary branch polling places in each group
  serve substantially equal numbers of voters. A maximum of four
  groups of state representative districts may be established under
  this subsection.
         SECTION 29.  Section 143.005(e), Election Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (e)  If the city charter of a home-rule city with a
  population of more than 1.18 million located primarily in a county
  with a population of 2.5 [2] million or more that holds nonpartisan
  elections for its offices requires both a petition and a $50 fee to
  be filed for a candidate's name to be placed on the ballot, those
  requirements supersede this section.
         SECTION 30.  Section 172.024(a), Election Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The filing fee for a candidate for nomination in the
  general primary election is as follows:
               (1)  United States senator $5,000
               (2)  office elected statewide, except United States
  senator 3,750
               (3)  United States representative 3,125
               (4)  state senator 1,250
               (5)  state representative 750
               (6)  member, State Board of Education 300
               (7)  chief justice or justice, court of appeals, other
  than a justice specified by Subdivision (8) 1,875
               (8)  chief justice or justice of a court of appeals that
  serves a court of appeals district in which a county with a
  population of more than 1.2 [one] million is wholly or partly
  situated 2,500
               (9)  district judge or judge specified by Section
  52.092(d) for which this schedule does not otherwise prescribe a
  fee 1,500
               (10)  district or criminal district judge of a court in
  a judicial district wholly contained in a county with a population
  of more than 1.5 million 2,500
               (11)  judge, statutory county court, other than a judge
  specified by Subdivision (12) 1,500
               (12)  judge of a statutory county court in a county with
  a population of more than 1.5 million 2,500
               (13)  district attorney, criminal district attorney,
  or county attorney performing the duties of a district attorney
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,250
               (14)  county commissioner, district clerk, county
  clerk, sheriff, county tax assessor-collector, county treasurer,
  or judge, constitutional county court:
                     (A)  county with a population of 200,000 or more
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,250
                     (B)  county with a population of under 200,000
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750
               (15)  justice of the peace or constable:
                     (A)  county with a population of 200,000 or more
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000
                     (B)  county with a population of under 200,000
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
               (16)  county surveyor 75
               (17)  office of the county government for which this
  schedule does not otherwise prescribe a fee 750
         SECTION 31.  Section 65.004(a), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The following are designated as truancy courts:
               (1)  in a county with a population of 2.1 [1.75] million
  or more, the constitutional county court;
               (2)  justice courts; and
               (3)  municipal courts.
         SECTION 32.  Section 84.002(a), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  On the request of the prosecuting attorney in a county
  with a population of more than 2.5 [two] million or in a county in a
  judicial district that is composed of more than one county, the
  district court shall set the hearing on a date and time not later
  than 20 days after the date the application is filed or 20 days
  after the date a request is made to reschedule a hearing under
  Section 84.003.
         SECTION 33.  Section 105.009(m), Family Code, as added by
  Chapter 1171 (H.B. 3531), Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2005, is amended to read as follows:
         (m)  A course under this section in a suit filed in a county
  with a population of more than 2.5 [two] million that is adjacent to
  a county with a population of more than one million must be
  available in both English and Spanish.
         SECTION 34.  Section 26.045(d), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (d)  A county court in a county with a population of 2.1
  [1.75] million or more has original jurisdiction over cases
  alleging a violation of Section 25.093, Education Code, or alleging
  truant conduct under Section 65.003(a), Family Code.
         SECTION 35.  Section 27.055(g), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (g)  This subsection applies to a county with a population of
  at least 135,000 [120,000] but not more than 145,000 [130,000],
  with territory less than 940 square miles that includes a state
  park, and with not more than two justice precincts provided that at
  least one of the precincts contains all or part of a municipality
  with a population of at least 195,000 [190,000] but not more than
  205,000 [200,000].  The county judge of a county to which this
  subsection applies may appoint a qualified person to serve as a
  temporary justice of the peace for the precinct within which a
  municipality or part of a municipality is located to hold court and
  perform the duties of the justice when necessary to dispose of
  accumulated business in the precinct.
         SECTION 36.  Section 51.501(c), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  The commissioners court of a county that has a
  population of 5,415 [5,800] to 5,515 [5,900] shall determine
  whether the county shall have a joint clerk but may not take action
  to prevent a district clerk, county clerk, or joint clerk from
  serving the full term of office to which the clerk was elected.
         SECTION 37.  Section 54.1171, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 54.1171.  APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER.  This subchapter
  applies to a constitutional county court in a county with a
  population of 2.1 [1.75] million or more.
         SECTION 38.  Section 54.1951, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 54.1951.  APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER.  This subchapter
  applies to a constitutional county court in a county that:
               (1)  has a population of more than 820,000 [585,000];
  and
               (2)  is contiguous to a county with a population of at
  least four million.
         SECTION 39.  Section 62.011(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  A plan authorized by this section for the selection of
  names of prospective jurors must:
               (1)  be proposed in writing to the commissioners court
  by a majority of the district and criminal district judges of the
  county at a meeting of the judges called for that purpose;
               (2)  specify that the source of names of persons for
  jury service is the same as that provided by Section 62.001 and that
  the names of persons listed in a register of persons exempt from
  jury service may not be used in preparing the record of names from
  which a jury list is selected, as provided by Sections 62.108 and
  62.109;
               (3)  provide a fair, impartial, and objective method of
  selecting names of persons for jury service with the aid of
  electronic or mechanical equipment;
               (4)  designate the district clerk, or in a county with a
  population of at least 1.7 million and in which more than 70 [75]
  percent of the population resides in a single municipality, a
  bailiff appointed as provided under Section 62.019, as the officer
  in charge of the selection process and define the officer's duties;
  and
               (5)  provide that the method of selection either will
  use the same record of names for the selection of persons for jury
  service until that record is exhausted or will use the same record
  of names for a period of time specified by the plan.
         SECTION 40.  Section 62.0145, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 62.0145.  REMOVAL OF CERTAIN PERSONS FROM POOL OF
  PROSPECTIVE JURORS.  Except as provided by Section 62.0146, if a
  written summons for jury service sent by a sheriff, constable, or
  bailiff is undeliverable, the county or district clerk may remove
  from the jury wheel the jury wheel card for the person summoned or
  the district clerk, or in a county with a population of at least 1.7
  million and in which more than 70 [75] percent of the population
  resides in a single municipality, a bailiff appointed as provided
  under Section 62.019, may remove the person's name from the record
  of names for selection of persons for jury service under Section
  62.011.
         SECTION 41.  Section 62.021, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 62.021.  DISMISSAL OF JUROR REMOVED FROM PANEL.  In a
  county with a population of 2.5 [two] million or more, a prospective
  juror removed from a jury panel for cause, by peremptory challenge
  or for any other reason, must be dismissed from jury
  service.  After dismissal, the person may not be placed on another
  jury panel until the person's [his] name is returned to the jury
  wheel and drawn again for jury service.
         SECTION 42.  Sections 403.302(c-1) and (e-1), Government
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (c-1)  This subsection applies only to a school district
  whose central administrative office is located in a county with a
  population of 10,000 [9,000] or less and a total area of more than
  6,000 square miles.  If after conducting the study for a tax year
  the comptroller determines that the local value for a school
  district is not valid, the comptroller shall adjust the taxable
  value determined under Subsections (a) and (b) as follows:
               (1)  for each category of property sampled and tested
  by the comptroller in the school district, the comptroller shall
  use the weighted mean appraisal ratio determined by the study,
  unless the ratio is more than four percentage points lower than the
  weighted mean appraisal ratio determined by the comptroller for
  that category of property in the immediately preceding study, in
  which case the comptroller shall use the weighted mean appraisal
  ratio determined in the immediately preceding study minus four
  percentage points;
               (2)  the comptroller shall use the category weighted
  mean appraisal ratios as adjusted under Subdivision (1) to
  establish a value estimate for each category of property sampled
  and tested by the comptroller in the school district; and
               (3)  the value estimates established under Subdivision
  (2), together with the local tax roll value for any categories not
  sampled and tested by the comptroller, less total deductions
  determined by the comptroller, determine the taxable value for the
  school district.
         (e-1)  This subsection applies only to a reinvestment zone
  created by a municipality that has a population of 83,000 [70,000]
  or less and is located in a county in which all or part of a military
  installation is located.  Notwithstanding Subsection (e), if on or
  after January 1, 2017, the municipality adopts an ordinance
  designating a termination date for the zone that is later than the
  termination date designated in the ordinance creating the zone, the
  number of years for which the total dollar amount may be deducted
  under Subsection (d)(4) is limited to the duration of the zone as
  determined under Section 311.017, Tax Code.
         SECTION 43.  Section 476.0002, Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 476.0002.  ELIGIBILITY AS ENDORSING MUNICIPALITY.  Only
  a municipality with a population of one million [850,000] or more is
  eligible as an endorsing municipality under this chapter.
         SECTION 44.  Section 477.0002, Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 477.0002.  ELIGIBILITY AS ENDORSING MUNICIPALITY.  Only
  a municipality with a population of one million [850,000] or more is
  eligible as an endorsing municipality under this chapter.
         SECTION 45.  Section 533.00257(j), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (j)  The [Notwithstanding Subsection (i), the] commission
  may not delay providing medical transportation program services
  through a managed transportation delivery model in:
               (1)  a county with a population of one million
  [750,000] or more:
                     (A)  in which all or part of a municipality with a
  population of one million or more is located; and
                     (B)  that is located adjacent to a county with a
  population of 2.5 [two] million or more; or
               (2)  a county with a population of at least 60,000
  [55,000] but not more than 70,000 [65,000] that is located adjacent
  to a county with a population of at least 500,000 but not more than
  1.5 million.
         SECTION 46.  Section 791.037(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  This section applies only to a county with a population
  of more than 1.7 [1.5] million in which more than 70 [75] percent of
  the population resides in a single municipality.
         SECTION 47.  Section 803.0021, Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 803.0021.  APPLICATION OF CHAPTER.  This chapter
  applies only to:
               (1)  a retirement system for general municipal
  employees in a municipality with a population of not less than
  950,000 [750,000] nor more than 1,050,000 [850,000];
               (2)  the Employees Retirement System of Texas, the
  Teacher Retirement System of Texas, the Judicial Retirement System
  of Texas Plan One, the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two,
  the Texas County and District Retirement System, and the Texas
  Municipal Retirement System; and
               (3)  a retirement system that makes an election under
  Section 803.101(f).
         SECTION 48.  Section 851.0011(a), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only with respect to a
  municipality:
               (1)  with a population of less than 200,000;
               (2)  that is located in a county with a population of
  not less than 2.5 [2] million and not more than 4 million;
               (3)  that has a regularly organized fire department for
  which a retirement system and fund have been established under
  Section 4, Texas Local Fire Fighters Retirement Act (Article 6243e,
  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); and
               (4)  that before January 1, 2017, has one or more
  departments participating in the retirement system.
         SECTION 49.  The heading to Section 1331.051, Government
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 1331.051.  LIMITATION ON BONDED DEBT:  MUNICIPALITY
  WITH POPULATION OF 950,000 [750,000] OR MORE.
         SECTION 50.  Section 1331.051(a), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a municipality with a
  population of 950,000 [750,000] or more.
         SECTION 51.  Section 1371.001(4), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (4)  "Issuer" means:
                     (A)  a home-rule municipality that:
                           (i)  adopted its charter under Section 5,
  Article XI, Texas Constitution;
                           (ii)  has a population of 50,000 or more; and
                           (iii)  has outstanding long-term
  indebtedness that is rated by a nationally recognized rating agency
  for municipal securities in one of the four highest rating
  categories for a long-term obligation;
                     (B)  a conservation and reclamation district
  created and organized as a river authority under Section 52,
  Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution;
                     (C)  a joint powers agency organized and operating
  under Chapter 163, Utilities Code;
                     (D)  a metropolitan rapid transit authority,
  regional transportation authority, or coordinated county
  transportation authority created, organized, or operating under
  Chapter 451, 452, or 460, Transportation Code;
                     (E)  a conservation and reclamation district
  organized or operating as a navigation district under Section 52,
  Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution;
                     (F)  a district organized or operating under
  Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, that has all or part of
  two or more municipalities within its boundaries;
                     (G)  a state agency, including a state institution
  of higher education;
                     (H)  a hospital authority created or operating
  under Chapter 262 or 264, Health and Safety Code, in a county that:
                           (i)  has a population of more than 3.3
  million; or
                           (ii)  is included, in whole or in part, in a
  standard metropolitan statistical area of this state that includes
  a county with a population of more than 2.5 [2.2] million;
                     (I)  a hospital district in a county that has a
  population of more than 2.5 [two] million;
                     (J)  a nonprofit corporation organized to
  exercise the powers of a higher education loan authority under
  Section 53B.47(e), Education Code;
                     (K)  a county:
                           (i)  that has a population of more than 3.3
  million [or more]; or
                           (ii)  that, on the date of issuance of
  obligations under this chapter, has authorized, outstanding, or any
  combination of authorized and outstanding, indebtedness of at least
  $100 million secured by and payable from the county's ad valorem
  taxes and the authorized long-term indebtedness of which is rated
  by a nationally recognized rating agency of securities issued by
  local governments in one of the four highest rating categories for a
  long-term obligation;
                     (L)  an independent school district that has an
  average daily attendance of 50,000 or more as determined under
  Section 48.005, Education Code;
                     (M)  a municipality or county operating under
  Chapter 334, Local Government Code;
                     (N)  a district created under Chapter 335, Local
  Government Code;
                     (O)  a junior college district that has a total
  headcount enrollment of 40,000 or more based on enrollment in the
  most recent regular semester; or
                     (P)  an issuer, as defined by Section 1201.002,
  that has:
                           (i)  a principal amount of at least $100
  million in outstanding long-term indebtedness, in long-term
  indebtedness proposed to be issued, or in a combination of
  outstanding or proposed long-term indebtedness; and
                           (ii)  some amount of long-term indebtedness
  outstanding or proposed to be issued that is rated in one of the
  four highest rating categories for long-term debt instruments by a
  nationally recognized rating agency for municipal securities,
  without regard to the effect of any credit agreement or other form
  of credit enhancement entered into in connection with the
  obligation.
         SECTION 52.  Section 1372.002(g), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (g)  Subsection (f) applies only to an applicant created by a
  municipal housing authority established by a municipality that is:
               (1)  adjacent to an international boundary of this
  state; and
               (2)  [that is] located in a county that contains a
  municipality with a population of more than 500,000 [800,000].
         SECTION 53.  Section 1431.001(2), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (2)  "Eligible countywide district" means a flood
  control district or a hospital district the boundaries of which are
  substantially coterminous with the boundaries of a county with a
  population of three million or more or a hospital district created
  in a county with a population of more than 1.2 million [800,000]
  that was not included in the boundaries of a hospital district
  before September 1, 2003.
         SECTION 54.  The heading to Chapter 1476, Government Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 1476. CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS IN COUNTIES WITH
  POPULATION OF MORE THAN 2.5 [TWO] MILLION
         SECTION 55.  Section 1476.001(a), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This chapter applies only to a county with a population
  of more than 2.5 [two] million.
         SECTION 56.  Section 1477.301, Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 1477.301.  APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This
  subchapter applies only to a county:
               (1)  with a population of more than 3.3 million; or
               (2)  with a population of more than 90,000 that borders
  the United Mexican States other than a county that contains three or
  more municipalities that each have a population of more than 23,000
  [17,500].
         SECTION 57.  Section 1502.070(a), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Management and control of a utility system may be vested
  in:
               (1)  the municipality's governing body; or
               (2)  a board of trustees named in the proceedings
  adopted by the municipality and consisting of not more than:
                     (A)  five members, one of whom must be the mayor of
  the municipality;
                     (B)  seven members, one of whom must be the mayor
  of the municipality, if the municipality is located in a county
  that:
                           (i)  contains a municipality with a
  population of at least 500,000 [800,000]; and
                           (ii)  [that] is located on an international
  border; or
                     (C)  seven members, one of whom must be the mayor
  of the municipality, if the municipality is located in a county:
                           (i)  with a population of at least 375,000;
                           (ii)  that is located on an international
  border; and
                           (iii)  that borders the Gulf of Mexico.
         SECTION 58.  The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 1503,
  Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER E. ADDITIONAL POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES WITH POPULATION
  OF 1.9 [1.2] MILLION OR MORE
         SECTION 59.  The heading to Subchapter F, Chapter 1504,
  Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER F. REVENUE BONDS FOR CULTURAL FACILITIES IN HOME-RULE
  MUNICIPALITIES WITH POPULATION OF 1.9 [1.2] MILLION OR MORE
         SECTION 60.  Section 1506.101, Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 1506.101.  APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.  This
  subchapter applies only to a municipality that:
               (1)  is located on the Gulf of Mexico or on a channel,
  canal, bay, or inlet connected to the Gulf of Mexico; and
               (2)  has a population of:
                     (A)  more than 53,000 [47,500] and less than
  84,000 [73,000]; or
                     (B)  more than 115,000 [117,000] and less than
  160,000.
         SECTION 61.  The heading to Subchapter D, Chapter 1506,
  Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER D.  REVENUE BONDS FOR PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION
  FACILITIES IN MUNICIPALITIES WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 1.1
  MILLION [650,000]
         SECTION 62.  Section 1509.002(b), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  This section applies only to a municipality that:
               (1)  has a population of more than 17,000 but less than
  18,000; and
               (2)  is located in two counties [with populations of
  550,000 or more but less than 4.2 million].
         SECTION 63.  The heading to Subchapter C, Chapter 1509,
  Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER C. BONDS FOR FARMERS' MARKETS IN MUNICIPALITIES WITH
  POPULATION OF MORE THAN 1.1 MILLION [650,000]
         SECTION 64.  Section 2051.0441(a), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a notice published by a
  governmental entity or representative in a county:
               (1)  with a population of at least 30,000 and not more
  than 42,000 [39,000] that borders the Red River; or
               (2)  that does not have a newspaper described by
  Section 2051.044 published in the county.
         SECTION 65.  Section 2306.6710(b), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  If an application satisfies the threshold criteria, the
  department shall score and rank the application using a point
  system that:
               (1)  prioritizes in descending order criteria
  regarding:
                     (A)  financial feasibility of the development
  based on the supporting financial data required in the application
  that will include a project underwriting pro forma from the
  permanent or construction lender;
                     (B)  quantifiable community participation with
  respect to the development, evaluated on the basis of a resolution
  concerning the development that is voted on and adopted by the
  following, as applicable:
                           (i)  the governing body of a municipality in
  which the proposed development site is to be located;
                           (ii)  subject to Subparagraph (iii), the
  commissioners court of a county in which the proposed development
  site is to be located, if the proposed site is to be located in an
  area of a county that is not part of a municipality; or
                           (iii)  the commissioners court of a county
  in which the proposed development site is to be located and the
  governing body of the applicable municipality, if the proposed site
  is to be located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a
  municipality;
                     (C)  the income levels of tenants of the
  development;
                     (D)  the size and quality of the units;
                     (E)  the rent levels of the units;
                     (F)  the cost of the development by square foot;
                     (G)  the services to be provided to tenants of the
  development;
                     (H)  whether, at the time the complete application
  is submitted or at any time within the two-year period preceding the
  date of submission, the proposed development site is located in an
  area declared to be a disaster under Section 418.014;
                     (I)  quantifiable community participation with
  respect to the development, evaluated on the basis of written
  statements from any neighborhood organizations on record with the
  state or county in which the development is to be located and whose
  boundaries contain the proposed development site; and
                     (J)  the level of community support for the
  application, evaluated on the basis of a written statement from the
  state representative who represents the district containing the
  proposed development site;
               (2)  uses criteria imposing penalties on applicants or
  affiliates who have requested extensions of department deadlines
  relating to developments supported by housing tax credit
  allocations made in the application round preceding the current
  round or a developer or principal of the applicant that has been
  removed by the lender, equity provider, or limited partners for its
  failure to perform its obligations under the loan documents or
  limited partnership agreement;
               (3)  encourages applicants to provide free notary
  public service to the residents of the developments for which the
  allocation of housing tax credits is requested; and
               (4)  for an application concerning a development that
  is or will be located in a county with a population of 1.2 [1]
  million or more but less than 4 million and that is or will be
  located not more than two miles from a veterans hospital, veterans
  affairs medical center, or veterans affairs health care center,
  encourages applicants to provide a preference for leasing units in
  the development to low income veterans.
         SECTION 66.  Section 34.020(b), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The commission, in consultation with the task force,
  shall develop a program to deliver prenatal and postpartum care
  through telehealth services or telemedicine medical services to
  pregnant women with a low risk of experiencing pregnancy-related
  complications, as determined by a physician.  The commission shall
  implement the program in:
               (1)  at least two counties with populations of more
  than 2.5 [two] million;
               (2)  at least one county with a population of more than
  100,000 and less than 500,000; and
               (3)  at least one rural county with high rates of
  maternal mortality and morbidity as determined by the commission in
  consultation with the task force.
         SECTION 67.  Section 61.056(c), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  A hospital district created in a county with a
  population of more than 1.2 million [800,000] that was not included
  in the boundaries of a hospital district before September 1, 2003,
  may affiliate with any public or private entity to provide regional
  administration and delivery of health care services.  The regional
  affiliation, in accordance with the affiliation agreement, shall
  use money contributed by an affiliated governmental entity to
  provide health care services to an eligible resident of that
  governmental entity.
         SECTION 68.  Section 61.056(d), Health and Safety Code, as
  added by Chapter 217 (S.B. 1063), Acts of the 81st Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2009, is amended to read as follows:
         (d)  A hospital district created in a county with a
  population of more than 1.2 million [800,000] that was not included
  in the boundaries of a hospital district before September 1, 2003,
  may provide or arrange to provide health care services for eligible
  residents through the purchase of health coverage or other health
  benefits, including benefits described by Chapter 75.  For
  purposes of this subsection, the board of managers of the district
  has the powers and duties provided to the commissioners court of a
  county under Chapter 75.
         SECTION 69.  Section 141.0025(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The department may grant a waiver from the requirements
  of this chapter to a program that:
               (1)  is sponsored by a religious organization as
  defined by Section 464.051;
               (2)  has been in operation for at least 30 consecutive
  years;
               (3)  operates one camp for not more than seven days in
  any year;
               (4)  has not more than 80 campers;
               (5)  is conducted by adult participants who are all
  volunteers;
               (6)  operates in a county with a population of at least
  4,000 [4,400] but not more than 4,350 [4,750]; and
               (7)  ensures that background checks are conducted on
  and the training required under Section 141.0095 is completed by
  each adult participating in the program.
         SECTION 70.  Section 262.034(e), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (e)  This section applies only to an authority that owns or
  operates a hospital licensed under Chapter 241 and that is located
  in:
               (1)  a county with a population of 225,000 or less;
               (2)  those portions of extended municipalities that the
  federal census bureau has determined to be rural;
               (3)  an area that is not delineated as an urbanized area
  by the federal census bureau; or
               (4)  a municipality with a population of less than
  12,000 and a county with a population of 3.3 [2.5] million or more
  at the time the authority begins operating a facility or providing a
  service described by Subsection (a).
         SECTION 71.  Section 263.025, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 263.025.  HOSPITAL OPERATING FUNDS USED FOR
  IMPROVEMENTS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES [OF 24,500 TO 25,500]. The
  commissioners court of a county with a population of 24,000 or more
  but less than 24,500 or a population of 24,700 or more but less than
  27,000 [to 25,500] may use excess money in the county hospital
  operating fund for making permanent improvements to the county
  hospital and for the payment of county bonds issued for the
  construction and improvement of a county hospital facility.
         SECTION 72.  Section 281.004(a-1), Health and Safety Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a-1)  The ballot for an election under this chapter held in
  a county with a population of more than 1.2 million [800,000] that
  is not included in the boundaries of a hospital district before
  September 1, 2003, shall be printed to provide for voting for or
  against the proposition: "The creation of a hospital district and
  the levy of a tax not to exceed 25 cents on each $100 of the taxable
  value of property taxable by the district."
         SECTION 73.  Sections 281.021(b) and (d), Health and Safety
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The commissioners court of a county with a population of
  more than 2.1 [1.8] million but less than 2.5 [1.9] million in which
  a district is created under this chapter shall appoint a board
  composed of not less than five or more than 15 members.
         (d)  If a district is created under this chapter in a county
  with a population of more than 1.2 million [800,000] that was not
  included in the boundaries of a hospital district before September
  1, 2003, the district shall be governed by a nine-member board of
  hospital managers, appointed as follows:
               (1)  the commissioners court of the county shall
  appoint four members;
               (2)  the governing body of the municipality with the
  largest population in the county shall appoint four members; and
               (3)  the commissioners court and the governing body of
  the municipality described by Subdivision (2) shall jointly appoint
  one member.
         SECTION 74.  Section 281.0281(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a district created in a
  county with a population of more than 1.2 million [800,000] that was
  not included in the boundaries of a hospital district before
  September 1, 2003.
         SECTION 75.  Section 281.02815(a), Health and Safety Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a district created in a
  county with a population of more than 1.2 million [800,000] that was
  not included in the boundaries of a hospital district before
  September 1, 2003.
         SECTION 76.  Section 281.0475(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a district created in a
  county with a population of more than 1.2 million [800,000] that was
  not included in the boundaries of a hospital district before
  September 1, 2003.
         SECTION 77.  Section 281.0511(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a district created in a
  county with a population of more than 1.2 million [800,000] that was
  not included in the boundaries of a hospital district before
  September 1, 2003.
         SECTION 78.  Section 281.056(b-1), Health and Safety Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (b-1)  The county attorney, district attorney, or criminal
  district attorney, as appropriate, with the duty to represent the
  county in civil matters shall, in all legal matters, represent a
  district located in:
               (1) a county [with a population of 800,000 or more] that
  borders the United Mexican States and in which a municipality with a
  population of 500,000 or more is located;
               (2)  a county with a population of 3.4 million or more;
  or
               (3)  a county with a population of more than 1.2 million
  [800,000] that was not included in the boundaries of a hospital
  district before September 1, 2003.
         SECTION 79.  Section 281.122(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a district created in a
  county with a population of more than 1.2 million [800,000] that was
  not included in the boundaries of a hospital district before
  September 1, 2003.
         SECTION 80.  Section 281.124(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a district created in a
  county with a population of more than 1.2 million [800,000] that was
  not included in the boundaries of a hospital district before
  September 1, 2003.
         SECTION 81.  Section 285.002, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 285.002.  APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.  This
  subchapter applies only to a county having:
               (1)  a population of:
                     (A)  at least 1.2 million [800,000]; or
                     (B)  at least 830,000 and not more than 870,000;
  and
               (2)  a countywide hospital district that:
                     (A)  has taxes imposed and collected by the
  commissioners court of the county; and
                     (B)  has teaching hospital facilities affiliated
  with a state-owned or private medical school.
         SECTION 82.  The heading to Chapter 290, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 290. COUNTY HEALTH CARE FUNDING DISTRICTS IN CERTAIN
  COUNTIES WITH POPULATION OF 2.1 [1.8] MILLION OR LESS
         SECTION 83.  Section 290.002, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 290.002.  CREATION OF DISTRICT.  A district is created
  in each county that has a population of 2.1 [1.8] million or less
  and in which a municipality with a population of 1.1 million or more
  is predominantly located.
         SECTION 84.  Section 291.002, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 291.002.  APPLICABILITY.  This chapter applies only to
  a county that:
               (1)  is not served by a hospital district or a public
  hospital;
               (2)  is located in the Texas-Louisiana border region,
  as that region is defined by Section 2056.002, Government Code; and
               (3)  has a population of more than 51,000 [50,000] but
  less than 65,000.
         SECTION 85.  Section 291A.002, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 291A.002.  APPLICABILITY.  This chapter applies only
  to:
               (1)  a county that:
                     (A)  is not served by a hospital district or a
  public hospital;
                     (B)  has a population of more than 75,000; and
                     (C)  borders or includes a portion of the Sam
  Rayburn Reservoir; and
               (2)  a county that has a population of more than 200,000
  and less than 233,500 [220,000].
         SECTION 86.  Section 292.002, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 292.002.  APPLICABILITY.  This chapter applies only to
  a county that is not served by a hospital district and:
               (1)  is located in the Texas-Louisiana border region,
  as that region is defined by Section 2056.002, Government Code, and
  has a population of more than 90,000 but less than 200,000; or
               (2)  has a population of less than 51,000 and is
  adjacent to a county with a population of more than 200,000 but less
  than 233,500 [220,000].
         SECTION 87.  Section 292C.002, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 292C.002.  APPLICABILITY.  This chapter applies only
  to a county that:
               (1)  contains a hospital district that is not
  countywide;
               (2)  has a population of more than 125,000 but less than
  135,000; and
               (3)  borders Oklahoma.
         SECTION 88.  Section 293C.002, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 293C.002.  APPLICABILITY.  This chapter applies only
  to a county that:
               (1)  is not served by a hospital district or a public
  hospital;
               (2)  has a population of more than 140,000 [125,000]
  and less than 155,000 [140,000]; and
               (3)  is not adjacent to a county with a population of
  1.2 [one] million or more.
         SECTION 89.  Section 294.002, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 294.002.  APPLICABILITY.  This chapter applies only to
  a county that:
               (1)  is not served by a hospital district or a public
  hospital;
               (2)  contains a private institution of higher education
  with a student enrollment of more than 12,000; and
               (3)  has a population of less than 265,000 [250,000].
         SECTION 90.  Section 295.002, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 295.002.  APPLICABILITY.  This chapter applies only to
  a municipality that:
               (1)  is not served by a hospital district or a public
  hospital;
               (2)  is located on the Gulf of Mexico or on a channel,
  canal, bay, or inlet connected to the Gulf of Mexico; and
               (3)  has a population of more than 115,000 [117,000]
  and less than 145,000.
         SECTION 91.  Section 296.002, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 296.002.  APPLICABILITY.  This chapter applies only to
  a county that:
               (1)  is not served by a hospital district or a public
  hospital; and
               (2)  has a population of less than 235,000 [200,000]
  and contains two municipalities both with populations of 83,000
  [75,000] or more.
         SECTION 92.  Section 296A.002, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 296A.002.  APPLICABILITY.  This chapter applies only
  to a county that:
               (1)  is not served by a hospital district or a public
  hospital; and
               (2)  has a population of less than 600,000 and borders
  two counties both with populations of 1.1 [one] million or more.
         SECTION 93.  Section 298E.002, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 298E.002.  APPLICABILITY.  This chapter applies only
  to a hospital district created in a county with a population of more
  than 1.2 million [800,000] that was not included in the boundaries
  of a hospital district before September 1, 2003.
         SECTION 94.  Section 341.0358(g), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (g)  This section also applies to:
               (1)  a municipality with a population of more than
  42,500 [36,000] and less than 48,000 [41,000] located in two
  counties, one of which is a county with a population of more than
  2.1 [1.8] million;
               (2)  a municipality, including any industrial district
  within the municipality or its extraterritorial jurisdiction, with
  a population of more than 15,000 [7,000] and less than 45,700
  [30,000] located in a county with a population of more than 235,000
  [155,000] and less than 255,000 [180,000]; and
               (3)  a municipality, including any industrial district
  within the municipality or its extraterritorial jurisdiction, with
  a population of more than 32,000 [11,000] and less than 35,000
  [18,000] located in two counties [a county with a population of more
  than 125,000 and less than 230,000].
         SECTION 95.  Section 341.03585(b), Health and Safety Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  This section applies only to:
               (1)  a municipality, including any industrial district
  within the municipality or its extraterritorial jurisdiction, with
  a population of more than 15,000 [7,000] and less than 45,700
  [30,000] located in a county with a population of more than 235,000
  [155,000] and less than 255,000 [180,000]; and
               (2)  a municipality, including any industrial district
  within the municipality or its extraterritorial jurisdiction, with
  a population of more than 32,000 [11,000] and less than 35,000
  [18,000] located in two counties [a county with a population of more
  than 125,000 and less than 230,000].
         SECTION 96.  Section 343.011(c), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  A public nuisance is:
               (1)  keeping, storing, or accumulating refuse on
  premises in a neighborhood unless the refuse is entirely contained
  in a closed receptacle;
               (2)  keeping, storing, or accumulating rubbish,
  including newspapers, abandoned vehicles, refrigerators, stoves,
  furniture, tires, and cans, on premises in a neighborhood or within
  300 feet of a public street for 10 days or more, unless the rubbish
  or object is completely enclosed in a building or is not visible
  from a public street;
               (3)  maintaining premises in a manner that creates an
  unsanitary condition likely to attract or harbor mosquitoes,
  rodents, vermin, or other disease-carrying pests;
               (4)  allowing weeds to grow on premises in a
  neighborhood if the weeds are located within 300 feet of another
  residence or commercial establishment;
               (5)  maintaining a building in a manner that is
  structurally unsafe or constitutes a hazard to safety, health, or
  public welfare because of inadequate maintenance, unsanitary
  conditions, dilapidation, obsolescence, disaster, damage, or
  abandonment or because it constitutes a fire hazard;
               (6)  maintaining on abandoned and unoccupied property
  in a neighborhood a swimming pool that is not protected with:
                     (A)  a fence that is at least four feet high and
  that has a latched and locked gate; and
                     (B)  a cover over the entire swimming pool that
  cannot be removed by a child;
               (7)  maintaining on any property in a neighborhood in a
  county with a population of more than 1.3 [1.1] million a swimming
  pool that is not protected with:
                     (A)  a fence that is at least four feet high and
  that has a latched gate that cannot be opened by a child; or
                     (B)  a cover over the entire swimming pool that
  cannot be removed by a child;
               (8)  maintaining a flea market in a manner that
  constitutes a fire hazard;
               (9)  discarding refuse or creating a hazardous visual
  obstruction on:
                     (A)  county-owned land; or
                     (B)  land or easements owned or held by a special
  district that has the commissioners court of the county as its
  governing body;
               (10)  discarding refuse on the smaller of:
                     (A)  the area that spans 20 feet on each side of a
  utility line; or
                     (B)  the actual span of the utility easement;
               (11)  filling or blocking a drainage easement, failing
  to maintain a drainage easement, maintaining a drainage easement in
  a manner that allows the easement to be clogged with debris,
  sediment, or vegetation, or violating an agreement with the county
  to improve or maintain a drainage easement;
               (12)  discarding refuse on property that is not
  authorized for that activity; or
               (13)  surface discharge from an on-site sewage disposal
  system as defined by Section 366.002.
         SECTION 97.  Section 364.011(a-2), Health and Safety Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a-2)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a commissioners court
  may, through a competitive bidding process, contract for the
  provision of solid waste collection, handling, storage, and
  disposal in an area of the county located within the
  extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality if:
               (1)  the municipality does not provide solid waste
  disposal services in that area; and
               (2)  the county has a population of more than 1.5
  million and at least 70 [75] percent of the population resides in a
  single municipality.
         SECTION 98.  Section 364.0341(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a municipality wholly or
  partly located in a county with a population of more than 57,000
  [54,000] and less than 57,900 [54,500].
         SECTION 99.  Section 382.218(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a county [with a population
  of 800,000 or more] that borders the United Mexican States and in
  which a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more is
  located.
         SECTION 100.  Sections 711.008(b) and (d), Health and Safety
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to:
               (1)  a cemetery heretofore established and operating;
               (2)  the establishment and use of a columbarium by an
  organized religious society or sect that is exempt from income
  taxation under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by
  being listed under Section 501(c)(3) of that code, as part of or
  attached to the principal church building owned by the society or
  sect;
               (3)  the establishment and use of a columbarium by an
  organized religious society or sect that is exempt from income
  taxation under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by
  being listed under Section 501(c)(3) of that code, on land that:
                     (A)  is owned by the society or sect; and
                     (B)  is part of the campus on which an existing
  principal church building is located;
               (4)  the establishment and use of a columbarium on the
  campus of a private or independent institution of higher education,
  as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, that is wholly or
  substantially controlled, managed, owned, or supported by or
  otherwise affiliated with an organized religious society or sect
  that is exempt from income taxation under Section 501(a), Internal
  Revenue Code of 1986, by being listed under Section 501(c)(3) of
  that code, if a place of worship is located on the campus;
               (5)  the establishment and use of a mausoleum that is:
                     (A)  constructed beneath the principal church
  building owned by an organized religious society or sect that:
                           (i)  is exempt from income taxation under
  Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by being listed
  under Section 501(c)(3) of that code; and
                           (ii)  has recognized religious traditions
  and practices of interring the remains of ordained clergy in or
  below the principal church building; and
                     (B)  used only for the interment of the remains of
  ordained clergy of that organized religious society or sect;
               (6)  the establishment and operation, if authorized in
  accordance with Subsection (h), of a perpetual care cemetery by an
  organized religious society or sect that:
                     (A)  is exempt from income taxation under Section
  501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by being listed under
  Section 501(c)(3) of that code;
                     (B)  has been in existence for at least five
  years;
                     (C)  has at least $500,000 in assets; and
                     (D)  establishes and operates the cemetery on land
  that:
                           (i)  is owned by the society or sect;
                           (ii)  together with any other land owned by
  the society or sect and adjacent to the land on which the cemetery
  is located, is not less than 10 acres; and
                           (iii)  is in a municipality with a
  population of at least one million that is located predominantly in
  a county that has a total area of less than 1,000 square miles;
               (7)  the establishment and use of a private family
  cemetery by an organization that is exempt from income taxation
  under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by being
  listed under Section 501(c)(3) of that code, on land that is:
                     (A)  owned by the organization; and
                     (B)  located in a county:
                           (i)  with a population of more than 165,000
  [125,000]; and
                           (ii)  that is adjacent to a county that has a
  population of more than 1.5 million and in which more than 70 [75]
  percent of the population lives in a single municipality; or
               (8)  the establishment and use of a private family
  cemetery located at the site of a presidential library and museum.
         (d)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a cemetery established
  and operating before September 1, 1995, in a county with a
  population of more than 315,000 [285,000] and less than 351,000
  [300,000] that borders the Gulf of Mexico.
         SECTION 101.  Section 713.0271, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 713.0271.  CEMETERY OWNED BY CERTAIN COUNTIES.  A
  county with a population of more than 800,000 [550,000] that
  borders a county with a population of more than 3.3 million may own,
  operate, and maintain a cemetery.
         SECTION 102.  Section 766.052, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 766.052.  APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.  This
  subchapter applies only to a residential high-rise building:
               (1)  that is located in a county with a population of
  more than 1.5 million in which more than 70 [75] percent of the
  population resides in a single municipality;
               (2)  in which at least 50 percent of the residents are
  elderly individuals, individuals with a disability, or individuals
  with a mobility impairment; and
               (3)  that is not designated as a historically or
  archaeologically significant site by the Texas Historical
  Commission or the governing body of the county or municipality in
  which the building is located.
         SECTION 103.  Section 771.0751(a), Health and Safety Code,
  as added by Chapter 258 (H.B. 1771), Acts of the 78th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to the use of fees and
  surcharges collected under this subchapter in a county subject to
  this subchapter with a population of at least 1.2 [one] million.
         SECTION 104.  The heading to Subchapter B, Chapter 772,
  Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER B. EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DISTRICTS: COUNTIES WITH
  POPULATION OVER 3.3 [TWO] MILLION
         SECTION 105.  The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 772,
  Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER E. EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SERVICE: COUNTIES WITH
  POPULATION OVER 2.5 [TWO] MILLION
         SECTION 106.  Section 772.402, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 772.402.  APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER.  This subchapter
  applies only to a county having a population of more than 2.5 [two]
  million in which a communication district has not been created
  under Subchapter B.
         SECTION 107.  Section 775.014(h), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (h)  The governing body of a municipality with a population
  of more than one million may negotiate with the commissioners court
  of a county with a population of less than 2.1 [1.8] million that is
  the county in which the majority of the territory inside the
  municipality's corporate boundaries is located conditions under
  which the municipality will grant its consent to the inclusion of
  its extraterritorial jurisdiction in the district.  The negotiated
  conditions may:
               (1)  limit the district's ability to incur debt;
               (2)  require the district to ensure that its equipment
  is compatible with the municipality's equipment; and
               (3)  require the district to enter into mutual aid
  agreements.
         SECTION 108.  Section 775.0315(a), Health and Safety Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a district located wholly
  in a county with a population of 2.1 [1.8] million or more in which
  two or more cities with a population of 350,000 or more are located.
         SECTION 109.  Section 775.045(b), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a district:
               (1)  that before February 1, 2013, has adopted a fire
  code, fire code amendments, or other requirements in conflict with
  Subsection (a); and
               (2)  whose territory is located:
                     (A)  in or adjacent to a general law municipality
  with a population of less than 4,000 that is served by a water
  control and improvement district governed by Chapter 51, Water
  Code; and
                     (B)  in a county that has a population of more than
  1.2 [one] million and is adjacent to a county with a population of
  more than 600,000 [420,000].
         SECTION 110.  Section 775.221(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This subchapter applies only to a district located
  wholly in:
               (1)  a county with a population of 20,000 or less; or
               (2)  a county with a population of more than 30,000 but
  less than 41,000 that is adjacent to a county with a population of
  more than 200,000 but less than 233,500 [220,000].
         SECTION 111.  Section 775.301, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 775.301.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter,
  "commissioners court" means the commissioners court of a county
  that:
               (1)  borders the United Mexican States;
               (2)  contains a municipality with[, has] a population
  of more than 500,000; [800,000,] and
               (3)  appoints a board of emergency services
  commissioners under this chapter.
         SECTION 112.  Section 775.302(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This subchapter applies only to a district that is
  located wholly in a county:
               (1)  that borders the United Mexican States;
               (2)  [,] that contains a municipality with [has] a
  population of more than 500,000; [800,000,] and
               (3)  for which the commissioners court appoints a board
  of emergency services commissioners under Section 775.034.
         SECTION 113.  Section 822.0012(a), Health and Safety Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to an incorporated
  municipality that has a population of more than 1,000 and that is
  the county seat of a county with a population of 1,380 or more but
  less than 1,600.
         SECTION 114.  Section 822.0411(a), Health and Safety Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to an incorporated
  municipality that has a population of more than 1,000 and that is
  the county seat of a county with a population of 1,380 or more but
  less than 1,600.
         SECTION 115.  Section 42.041(g), Human Resources Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (g)  A child-care facility that is exempt under Subsection
  (b)(3) from the licensing requirement of Subsection (a) may provide
  care for each child at the child-care facility for not more than 15
  hours a week if the child-care facility:
               (1)  provides the child care so that a person may attend
  an educational class provided by a nonprofit entity; and
               (2)  is located in a county:
                     (A)  in which a municipality with a population of
  500,000 [800,000] or more is located; and
                     (B)  that is adjacent to an international border.
         SECTION 116.  Section 101A.202(a), Human Resources Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to counties having a
  population of not less than 20,600 [22,140] and not more than 20,800
  [22,340] and to cities and towns within those counties.
         SECTION 117.  Section 1575.163, Insurance Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 1575.163.  LIMITATIONS.  The Teacher Retirement System
  of Texas, as trustee, may not contract for or provide a health
  benefit plan that excludes from participation in the network a
  general hospital that:
               (1)  is located in the geographical service area or
  areas of the health coverage plan that includes a county that:
                     (A)  has a population of at least 100,000 and not
  more than 233,500 [210,000]; and
                     (B)  is located in the Texas-Louisiana border
  region, as that term is defined in Section 2056.002(e), Government
  Code; and
               (2)  agrees to provide medical and health care services
  under the plan subject to the same terms and conditions as other
  hospital providers under the plan.
         SECTION 118.  Section 1579.108, Insurance Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 1579.108.  LIMITATIONS.  The trustee may not contract
  for or provide a health coverage plan that excludes from
  participation in the network a general hospital that:
               (1)  is located in the geographical service area or
  areas of the health coverage plan that includes a county that:
                     (A)  has a population of at least 100,000 and not
  more than 233,500 [210,000]; and
                     (B)  is located in the Texas-Louisiana border
  region, as that term is defined in Section 2056.002(e), Government
  Code; and
               (2)  agrees to provide medical and health care services
  under the plan subject to the same terms as other hospital providers
  under the plan.
         SECTION 119.  Section 21.101, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 21.101.  REMOVAL BY RECALL ELECTION AUTHORIZED.  A
  member of the governing body of a general-law municipality with a
  population of less than 3,000 [5,000] located in a county that
  borders the United Mexican States and contains a municipality with
  [has] a population of more than 500,000 [800,000] may be removed
  from office through a recall election initiated by petition as
  provided by this subchapter.
         SECTION 120.  Section 22.041(c), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  In addition to an absence described by Subsection (b), a
  member of a governing body is also considered absent for the
  purposes of that subsection if the member is not present at the
  adjournment of a meeting at which a quorum is established, unless
  the member is first allowed to withdraw by the unanimous vote of the
  members present. This subsection applies only to a municipality
  that is located in a county that borders the United Mexican States
  and contains a municipality with a population of 500,000 [800,000]
  or more [that is adjacent to an international border].
         SECTION 121.  Section 42.021(d), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  Regardless of Subsection (a), the extraterritorial
  jurisdiction of a municipality is the unincorporated area that is
  contiguous to the corporate boundaries of the municipality and that
  is located within three miles of those boundaries if the
  municipality:
               (1)  has a population of not less than 25,000 [20,000]
  or more than 27,000 [29,000]; and
               (2)  is located in a county that has a population of
  45,000 or more and borders the Trinity River.
         SECTION 122.  Section 42.0251(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a general-law
  municipality:
               (1)  that has a population of less than 4,000 [3,000];
               (2)  that is located in a county with a population of
  more than 800,000 [500,000] that is adjacent to a county with a
  population of more than four million; and
               (3)  in which at least two-thirds of the residents
  reside within a gated community.
         SECTION 123.  Section 43.0751(n), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (n)  This subsection applies only to a municipality any
  portion of which is located in a county that has a population of not
  less than 315,000 [285,000] and not more than 351,000 [300,000] and
  that borders the Gulf of Mexico and is adjacent to a county with a
  population of more than 3.3 million.  A municipality may impose
  within the boundaries of a district a municipal sales and use tax
  authorized by Chapter 321, Tax Code, or a municipal hotel occupancy
  tax authorized by Chapter 351, Tax Code, that is imposed in the
  municipality if:
               (1)  the municipality has annexed the district for
  limited purposes under this section; or
               (2)  following two public hearings on the matter, the
  municipality and the district enter a written agreement providing
  for the imposition of the tax or taxes.
         SECTION 124.  Section 43.1025(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a home-rule municipality
  that has a population of less than 13,000 [11,000] and is located
  primarily in a county with a population of more than 3.3 million.
         SECTION 125.  Section 81.029(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a county judge in a county
  that is located on the international border and contains a
  municipality with [has] a population of 500,000 or more [than
  800,000 and is located on the international border].
         SECTION 126.  Section 81.033(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a commissioners court of a
  county that has a population of more than 4,500 [5,000], is located
  within 100 miles of an international boundary, and contains no
  incorporated territory of a municipality.
         SECTION 127.  Section 89.001(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The commissioners court of a county with a population of
  more than two [1.25] million may employ an attorney as special
  counsel.
         SECTION 128.  Section 106.001, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 106.001.  CREATION OF CHILD SAFETY TRUST FUND IN
  CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. A child safety trust fund shall be created
  in the treasury of a municipality with a population of more than 1.3
  million [850,000].
         SECTION 129.  Section 115.044(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A county with a population of 372,000 [312,000] to
  410,000 [330,000] shall conduct a biennial independent audit of all
  books, records, and accounts of each district, county, and precinct
  officer, agent, or employee, including those of the regular county
  auditor, and of all governmental units of the county hospitals,
  farms, and other institutions.  The audit must cover all matters
  relating to the fiscal affairs of the county.  The audit shall be
  conducted in each even-numbered year and must be completed before
  December 31 of the year.
         SECTION 130.  Section 120.001, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 120.001.  APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to
  a county with a population of more than 1.2 [one] million.
         SECTION 131.  Section 143.0052(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a municipality that:
               (1)  has a population of more than 220,000 and less than
  275,000 [250,000];
               (2)  is located in a county in which another
  municipality that has a population of more than one million is
  predominately located; and
               (3)  whose emergency medical services are administered
  by a fire department.
         SECTION 132.  Section 143.025(l), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (l)  In a municipality with a population of more than 1.4
  [1.3] million and less than 2 million, an examination for a
  beginning position in the fire department may include testing
  instruments to be used in addition to the written examination in the
  establishment of the initial eligibility list.
         SECTION 133.  The heading to Section 143.114, Local
  Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 143.114.  ASSIGNMENT PAY IN MUNICIPALITY WITH
  POPULATION OF 1.5 [1.2] MILLION OR MORE.
         SECTION 134.  Sections 152.032(b), (d), and (e), Local
  Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  This subsection applies only to a county that employs an
  arena venue project manager hired as of March 7, 2001, and that has
  a population of less than 2.1 [1.8] million in which a municipality
  with a population of more than one million is located.  The amount
  of the compensation and allowances of a county auditor in a county
  subject to this subsection may not exceed the amount of the
  compensation and allowances received from all sources by the county
  budget officer.  If the county hires a county budget officer at a
  salary lower than the salary of the previous county budget officer,
  the county auditor's salary may not be reduced on that basis.
         (d)  The amount of the compensation and allowances of a
  county auditor in a county subject to this subsection may be set in
  an amount that exceeds the limit established by Subsection (a) if
  the compensation and allowances are approved by the commissioners
  court of the county.  This subsection applies only to:
               (1)  [a county with a population of more than 108,000
  and less than 110,000;
               [(2)]  a county with a population of 120,000 or more,
  excluding a county subject to Subsection (b);
               (2) [(3)]  a county with a population of more than
  1,000 and less than 23,000 that borders the Gulf of Mexico;
               (3) [(4)]  a county with a population of more than
  11,000 and less than 11,350 [11,650]; and
               (4) [(5)]  a county that:
                     (A)  borders a county with a population of more
  than one million; and
                     (B)  has a population of more than 44,500 [36,000]
  and less than 46,500 [40,000].
         (e)  This subsection applies only to a county with a
  population of more than 1.2 [one] million that uses an automated
  system to enhance internal controls of county finances through the
  use of automated edit checks of its automated purchasing system and
  its comprehensive automated payroll system.  The amount of the
  compensation and allowances of a county auditor in a county
  governed by this subsection may exceed the limit imposed by
  Subsection (a) if the compensation and allowances are approved by
  the commissioners court.  If a county is governed by this
  subsection and Subsection (b), the amount of compensation and
  allowances received by the county auditor may not exceed the limit
  imposed by Subsection (b).
         SECTION 135.  Section 152.904(c), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The commissioners court of a county with a population of
  315,000 [285,000] to 351,000 [300,000] shall set the annual salary
  of the county judge at an amount equal to or greater than 90 percent
  of the salary, including supplements, of any district judge in
  Galveston County.  However, the salary may not be set at an amount
  less than the salary paid the county judge on May 2, 1962.
         SECTION 136.  Section 158.008(e), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (e)  A member of the commissioners court of a county with a
  population of 2.5 [two] million or more is not prohibited from being
  appointed to the civil service commission.
         SECTION 137.  Section 161.001, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 161.001.  APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.  This chapter
  applies only to:
               (1)  a county that:
                     (A)  contains a municipality that has a population
  of 500,000 [800,000] or more;
                     (B)  is located on the international border; and
                     (C)  before September 1, 2009, had a county ethics
  board appointed by the commissioners court;
               (2)  a county that:
                     (A)  has a population of 425,000 or more;
                     (B)  is adjacent to a county with a population of
  3.3 million or more; and
                     (C)  contains a portion of the San Jacinto River;
  and
               (3)  a county that has a population of less than 50,000
  [40,000] that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than
  3.3 million.
         SECTION 138.  Section 170.002(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies to a county that has a population
  of less than 50,000 [40,000] that is adjacent to a county with a
  population of more than 3.3 million.
         SECTION 139.  Section 180.003(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  In a county with a population of 372,000 [312,000] to
  400,000 [330,000], a sheriff, deputy, constable, or other peace
  officer of the county or a municipality located in the county may
  not be required to be on duty more than 48 hours a week unless the
  peace officer is called on by a superior officer to serve during an
  emergency as determined by the superior officer.
         SECTION 140.  Section 212.0146(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a replat of a subdivision
  or a part of a subdivision located in a municipality or the
  extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality with a population
  of 1.4 [1.3] million or more.
         SECTION 141.  Section 212.151, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 212.151.  MUNICIPALITY COVERED BY SUBCHAPTER. This
  subchapter applies only to a municipality:
               (1)  with a population of 1.5 million or more that
  passes an ordinance that requires uniform application and
  enforcement of this subchapter with regard to all property and
  residents;
               (2)  with a population of less than 4,500 [4,000] that:
                     (A)  is located in two counties, one of which has a
  population greater than 45,000; and
                     (B)  borders Lake Lyndon B. Johnson; or
               (3)  that does not have zoning ordinances and passes an
  ordinance that requires uniform application and enforcement of this
  subchapter with regard to all property and residents.
         SECTION 142.  Section 214.003(b-1), Local Government Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (b-1)  This subsection applies only to a municipality wholly
  or partly located in a county that is located along the
  international border and contains [has] a municipality with a
  population of 500,000 [800,000] or more.  The court may appoint as
  a receiver under Subsection (b) an individual without a
  demonstrated record of rehabilitating properties if the
  municipality demonstrates that:
               (1)  no individual with a demonstrated record of
  rehabilitating properties is available; and
               (2)  the individual being appointed is competent and
  able to fulfill the duties of a receiver.
         SECTION 143.  Section 214.161, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 214.161.  MUNICIPALITY COVERED BY SUBCHAPTER.  This
  subchapter applies only to a municipality with a population of more
  than 1.18 million located primarily in a county with a population of
  2.5 [2] million or more.
         SECTION 144.  Section 214.233(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A municipality located in a county with a population of
  2.5 [two] million or more may adopt an ordinance requiring owners of
  vacant buildings to register their buildings by filing a
  registration form with a designated municipal official.
         SECTION 145.  Section 229.003(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a municipality located
  wholly or partly in a county:
               (1)  with a population of one million [750,000] or
  more;
               (2)  in which all or part of a municipality with a
  population of one million or more is located; and
               (3)  that is located adjacent to a county with a
  population of 2.5 [two] million or more.
         SECTION 146.  Section 232.045(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a county [with a population
  of more than 800,000] that is adjacent to an international border
  and contains a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more.
         SECTION 147.  Section 232.151, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 232.151.  APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies to a
  county that:
               (1)  contains a municipality with [has] a population of
  more than 500,000 [800,000];
               (2)  is adjacent to an international border; and
               (3)  contains more than 30,000 acres of lots that have
  remained substantially undeveloped for more than 25 years after the
  date the lots were platted.
         SECTION 148.  Section 234.032, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 234.032.  APPLICABILITY.  This subchapter applies only
  in the unincorporated area of a county [if the county]:
               (1)  in which [contains] two or more municipalities
  with a population of 350,000 [250,000] or more are wholly or
  primarily located;
               (2)  that is [a county] adjacent to a county described
  by Subdivision (1); or
               (3)  that is [a county] adjacent to a county described
  by Subdivision (2) and:
                     (A)  has a population of not more than 55,000
  [50,000] and contains a municipality with a population of at least
  20,000; or
                     (B)  in which [contains, wholly or partly,] two or
  more municipalities with a population of 280,000 [250,000] or more
  are partly located.
         SECTION 149.  Section 240.042(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The commissioners court of a county with a population of
  2.1 [1.8] million or more by order may regulate the placement of
  private water wells in the unincorporated area of the county to
  prevent:
               (1)  the contamination of a well from an on-site sewage
  disposal system;
               (2)  rendering an on-site sewage disposal system that
  was in place before the well was drilled out of compliance with
  applicable law because of the placement of the well; and
               (3)  drilling of a domestic well into a contaminated
  groundwater plume or aquifer.
         SECTION 150.  Section 240.082(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This subchapter applies only to real property that is
  located in the unincorporated area of a county with a population of
  2.1 [1.8] million or more.
         SECTION 151.  Section 242.003(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to:
               (1)  a county that is [having a population of more than
  800,000 and] located on the international border and contains a
  municipality with a population of 500,000 or more; and
               (2)  a municipality that has extraterritorial
  jurisdiction, as defined by Section 212.001, in the [that] county
  described by Subdivision (1).
         SECTION 152.  Section 250.011(c), Local Government Code, as
  added by Chapter 315 (H.B. 738), Acts of the 87th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
         (c)  Subsection (a) does not apply to:
               (1)  a municipality that has enacted an ordinance,
  bylaw, order, building code, or rule requiring the installation of
  a multipurpose residential fire protection sprinkler system or any
  other fire protection sprinkler system in a new or existing one- or
  two-family dwelling on or before January 1, 2009; or
               (2)  an emergency services district:
                     (A)  that before February 1, 2013, has adopted a
  fire code, fire code amendments, or other requirements in conflict
  with Subsection (a); and
                     (B)  whose territory is located:
                           (i)  in or adjacent to a general law
  municipality with a population of less than 4,000 that is served by
  a water control and improvement district governed by Chapter 51,
  Water Code; and
                           (ii)  in a county that has a population of
  more than 1.2 [one] million and is adjacent to a county with a
  population of more than 600,000 [420,000].
         SECTION 153.  Section 253.001(l), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (l)  Subsection (b) does not apply to a conveyance of park
  land owned by a home-rule municipality that:
               (1)  is located in a county with a population of more
  than three million; and
               (2)  has a population of more than 33,000 [25,000] and
  less than 35,000 [33,000].
         SECTION 154.  Section 253.013(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to:
               (1)  a municipality with a population greater than
  150,000 and less than 200,000 that is located in three counties; and
               (2)  a municipality with a population greater than
  78,000 [65,000] and less than 88,000 [90,000] that is located in a
  county in which part but not all of a military installation is
  located.
         SECTION 155.  Section 263.007(e)(2), Local Government Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
               (2)  The commissioners court of a county with a
  population of 2.1 [one] million or more that contains two or more
  municipalities with a population of 350,000 [250,000] or more may
  lease real property owned or controlled by the county to a
  for-profit entity to conduct health and human service activities
  which the commissioners court finds to be in the public interest,
  without using the sealed-bid or sealed-proposal process described
  in Subsection (a) and without using any other competitive bidding
  process which would otherwise be required by law.
         SECTION 156.  Section 263.1545(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to surplus property that:
               (1)  is owned by a county with a population of more than
  1.2 [1] million and less than 1.5 million;
               (2)  uses a high level of technology;
               (3)  was used or will be used in connection with or for
  a highly specialized program; and
               (4)  was purchased by the county for more than
  $250,000.
         SECTION 157.  Section 270.005(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The commissioners court of a county with a population of
  251,000 to 260,000 [275,000] may contract with the United States
  government or a federal agency for:
               (1)  the joint construction or improvement of roads,
  bridges, or other county improvements; or
               (2)  the maintenance of a project constructed under
  this section.
         SECTION 158.  Section 272.001(h), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (h)  A municipality, other than a municipality with a
  population of more than one million that is located primarily in a
  county with a population of 2.5 [two] million or more, owning land
  within 5,000 feet of where the shoreline of a lake would be if the
  lake were filled to its storage capacity may, without notice or the
  solicitation of bids, sell the land to the person leasing the land
  for the fair market value of the land as determined by a certified
  appraiser.  While land described by this subsection is under lease,
  the municipality owning the land may not sell the land to any person
  other than the person leasing the land.  To protect the public
  health, safety, or welfare and to ensure an adequate municipal
  water supply, property sold by the municipality under this
  subsection is not eligible for and the owner is not entitled to the
  exemption provided by Section 11.142(a), Water Code.  The
  instrument conveying property under this subsection must include a
  provision stating that the exemption does not apply to the
  conveyance.  In this subsection, "lake" means an inland body of
  standing water, including a reservoir formed by impounding the
  water of a river or creek but not including an impoundment of salt
  water or brackish water, that has a storage capacity of more than
  10,000 acre-feet.
         SECTION 159.  Section 292.023(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a county with a population
  of:
               (1)  32,800 [35,500] to 34,000 [36,000]; or
               (2)  98,000 [85,000] to 105,000 [86,500].
         SECTION 160.  Section 292.025(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a county with a population
  of 35,850 [35,050] to 36,000 [35,090].
         SECTION 161.  Section 292.027(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a county with a population
  of 57,900 [57,000] to 59,000.
         SECTION 162.  Section 292.031(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a county with a population
  of less than 50,000 [40,000] that is adjacent to a county with a
  population of more than 3.3 million.
         SECTION 163.  The heading to Chapter 307, Local Government
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 307. USE OF TIDELANDS FOR PARK PURPOSES: GULF COAST
  MUNICIPALITIES WITH POPULATION OF 50,000 [60,000] OR MORE
         SECTION 164.  Section 320.0455(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a county with a population
  of:
               (1)  2.8 million or more;
               (2)  800,000 [580,000] or more that is adjacent to a
  county with a population of 2.8 million or more; or
               (3)  more than 550,000 [410,000] and less than 620,000
  [455,000].
         SECTION 165.  The heading to Chapter 322, Local Government
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 322. JOINT PARKS BOARD AND PARK BONDS: ADJACENT COUNTIES
  WITH POPULATIONS OF 2.1 MILLION [350,000] OR MORE
         SECTION 166.  Section 322.001, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 322.001.  ELIGIBLE COUNTIES. Two adjacent counties
  that each have a population of 2.1 [one] million or more may create
  a joint park board in accordance with this chapter for the purpose
  of providing one or more public parks for the two counties.
         SECTION 167.  Section 327.051, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 327.051.  COUNTIES AUTHORIZED TO CREATE ZOO BOARD. The
  commissioners court of a county with a population of more than 2.1
  [1.5] million that is adjacent to a county with a population of more
  than 2.1 [one] million by order may authorize the creation of a zoo
  board under this chapter to establish, finance, and manage
  facilities and services to provide conservation, education,
  research, public recreation, and care relating to the study and
  display of animals and other specimens in a public zoological park.
         SECTION 168.  Section 334.0082(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a municipality that:
               (1)  has a population of at least 250,000 [176,000]
  that borders the Rio Grande, and that approved a sports and
  community venue project before January 1, 2009; or
               (2)  is located in a county adjacent to the
  Texas-Mexico border if:
                     (A)  the county has a population of at least
  500,000;
                     (B)  the county does not have a city located
  within it that has a population of at least 500,000; and
                     (C)  the municipality is the largest municipality
  in the county described by this subdivision.
         SECTION 169.  Section 334.103(c), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  A county with a population of more than 2.5 [two]
  million that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than
  2.1 [one] million may impose the tax authorized by this subchapter
  at a rate not to exceed six percent on the gross rental receipts
  from the rental in the county of a motor vehicle.
         SECTION 170.  Section 334.1041(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a county with a population
  of more than 2.5 [two] million that is adjacent to a county with a
  population of more than 2.1 [one] million.
         SECTION 171.  Section 334.202(b-1), Local Government Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (b-1)  A municipality with a population of more than 700,000
  within a county with a population of more than 2.1 [one] million
  adjacent to a county with a population of more than 2.5 [two]
  million may impose the tax authorized by this subchapter at a rate
  not to exceed $5 for each motor vehicle.
         SECTION 172.  Section 334.2031(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a municipality with a
  population of more than 700,000 within a county with a population of
  more than 2.1 [one] million that is adjacent to a county with a
  population of more than 2.5 [two] million.
         SECTION 173.  Section 334.2518(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a municipality that has a
  population of more than 1.3 [1] million but less than 1.4 [1.3]
  million.
         SECTION 174.  Section 334.254(c), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), a county with a
  population of more than 2.5 [two] million that is adjacent to a
  county with a population of more than 2.1 [one] million may impose
  the tax authorized by this subchapter at any rate not to exceed
  three percent of the price paid for a room in a hotel.
         SECTION 175.  Section 335.076(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only in relation to an approved
  venue project constructed and operated under the authority of a
  district in a county with a population of more than 2.5 [two]
  million that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than
  2.1 [one] million.
         SECTION 176.  Section 342.901(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies to a general law municipality that:
               (1)  has a population of less than 4,000;
               (2)  is located in a county that:
                     (A)  has a population of more than 1.2 [one]
  million; and
                     (B)  is adjacent to a county with a population of
  more than 600,000 [420,000]; and
               (3)  is served by a district governed by Chapter 51,
  Water Code.
         SECTION 177.  The heading to Subchapter B, Chapter 343,
  Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER B. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MUNICIPALITIES WITH A
  POPULATION OF MORE THAN 1.3 MILLION [850,000]
         SECTION 178.  Section 343.011, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 343.011.  APPLICATION. This subchapter applies only to
  a municipality with a population of more than 1.3 million
  [850,000].
         SECTION 179.  Section 344.051(a-1), Local Government Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a-1)  The governing body of a municipality may propose the
  creation of a fire control, prevention, and emergency medical
  services district under this chapter if the municipality:
               (1)  has a population of 5,000 or more and less than
  25,000; and
               (2)  is located in a county with a population of one
  million [750,000] or more:
                     (A)  in which all or part of a municipality with a
  population of one million or more is located; and
                     (B)  that is adjacent to a county with a
  population of 2.5 [two] million or more.
         SECTION 180.  Section 351.04155(a), Local Government Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a county that:
               (1)  has a population of 2.1 [one] million or more;
               (2)  has two municipalities with a population of
  250,000 [200,000] or more; and
               (3)  is adjacent to a county with a population of 2.1
  [one] million or more.
         SECTION 181.  Section 351.901(b), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The commissioners court of a county by contract may
  donate money to one or more crime stoppers or crime prevention
  organizations for expenditure by the organizations to meet the
  goals identified in Subsection (a). The total amount of all
  donations made in a calendar year may not exceed:
               (1)  $25,000; or
               (2)  $100,000, for a county with a population of 1.2
  [one] million or more.
         SECTION 182.  Section 361.042(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Instead of providing and maintaining its own jail, the
  commissioners court of a county with a population of 120,000
  [110,000] to 123,000 [113,000] may provide safe and suitable jail
  facilities for the county by contracting for the facilities with
  the governing body of the municipality that is the county seat of
  the county.
         SECTION 183.  Section 362.005(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The sheriff's department of a county with a population
  of at least 870,000 [700,000 but not more than 800,000] that borders
  the Texas-Mexico border and the police department of the
  municipality having the largest population in that county shall
  jointly establish and operate the Texas Transnational Intelligence
  Center as a central repository of real-time intelligence relating
  to:
               (1)  autopsies in which the person's death is likely
  connected to transnational criminal activity;
               (2)  criminal activity in the counties along the
  Texas-Mexico border and certain other counties; and
               (3)  other transnational criminal activity in the
  state.
         SECTION 184.  Section 371.001(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The governing body of a municipality with a population
  of 1.3 million [900,000] or less may appropriate from its general
  fund an amount not to exceed one percent of the general fund budget
  for that year for the purpose of advertising the municipality and
  promoting its growth and development.
         SECTION 185.  (a) Section 372.0035(a), Local Government
  Code, as amended by Chapters 59 (S.B. 385), 60 (S.B. 642), 244 (H.B.
  1417), 994 (H.B. 1135), 995 (H.B. 1136), 997 (H.B. 1474), and 1271
  (S.B. 386), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, is
  reenacted as Sections 372.0035(a) and (a-1), Local Government Code,
  and amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to:
               (1)  a municipality that:
                     (A)  has a population of more than 900,000
  [650,000] and less than two million;
                     (B)  has a population of more than 325,000 and
  less than 625,000; [or]
                     (C)  has a population of more than 197,000
  [180,000] and less than 200,500 [200,000];
                     (D) [(C)]  has a population of more than 256,000
  [200,000] and less than 257,000 [225,000];
                     (E) [(C)]  has a population of more than 20,000
  and is wholly located in a county with a population of more than
  62,000 [55,000] and less than 68,000 [65,000];
                     (F) [(C)]  has a population of more than 200,000
  [115,000] and borders Lake Lewisville;
                     (G) [(C)]  has a population of more than 138,000
  [105,000] and is wholly located in a county with a population of
  less than 265,000 [250,000]; or
                     (H) [(C)]  has a population of more than 130,000
  [100,000] and less than 140,000 [125,000] and is wholly located in a
  county with a population of more than 900,000 [650,000]; 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), (D), (E), (F), (G), or (H) [(C)];
  or
                     (C)  hotels with 10 or more rooms ordinarily used
  for sleeping, if the district is established by a municipality
  described by Subdivision (1)(C).
         (a-1)  This section applies only to a public improvement
  district established by a municipality under this subchapter and
  solely composed of territory in which the only businesses are one or
  more hotels.
         (b)  Section 372.0035(e), Local Government Code, as added by
  Chapter 997 (H.B. 1474), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2019, is redesignated as Section 372.0035(e-1), Local
  Government Code, to read as follows:
         (e-1) [(e)]  A municipality may undertake a project under
  this section only for a purpose described by Section
  372.003(b)(13).
         (c)  The following provisions are repealed as duplicative of
  Section 372.0035(e), Local Government Code, as added by Chapter 997
  (H.B. 1474), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019:
               (1)  Section 372.0035(e), Local Government Code, as
  added by Chapter 59 (S.B. 385), Acts of the 86th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2019; and
               (2)  Section 372.0035(e), Local Government Code, as
  added by Chapter 1271 (S.B. 386), Acts of the 86th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2019.
         (d)  Section 372.005(b-1), Local Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a petition for the
  establishment of a public improvement district described by Section
  372.0035(a) or (a-1) is sufficient only if signed by record owners
  of taxable real property liable for assessment under the proposal
  who constitute:
               (1)  more than 60 percent of the appraised value of
  taxable real property liable for assessment under the proposal, as
  determined by the current roll of the appraisal district in which
  the property is located; and
               (2)  more than 60 percent of:
                     (A)  all record owners of taxable real property
  that are liable for assessment under the proposal; or
                     (B)  the area of all taxable real property that is
  liable for assessment under the proposal.
         SECTION 186.  Section 372.151, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 372.151.  APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only
  to a county that:
               (1)  does not wholly contain a [contains no]
  municipality with a population of more than 50,000; and
               (2)  is adjacent to at least two counties, each with a
  population of more than 2.1 [one] million.
         SECTION 187.  Section 373A.003(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This chapter applies to a municipality with a population
  of more than 950,000 [750,000] that is located in a uniform state
  service region with fewer than 940,000 [550,000] occupied housing
  units as determined by the most recent United States decennial
  census.
         SECTION 188.  Section 377.051(e), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (e)  Notwithstanding Subsection (d), a person may qualify to
  serve as a director of a district if the person resides in the
  independent school district that serves the majority of the
  district and the district is located in a municipality:
               (1)  with a population of more than 5,000 and less than
  6,000 and that is located wholly in a county with a population of
  more than 20,000 and less than 25,000 and that borders the Brazos
  River; or
               (2)  with a population of more than 1,450 [1,488] and
  less than 2,500 and that is located wholly in a county with a
  population of more than 20,000 and less than 30,000 that borders the
  Neches River and the Trinity River.
         SECTION 189.  Section 381.001(c), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  In a county with a population of 15,800 [14,600] to
  16,800 [14,800], or 16,950 [16,615] to 17,400 [16,715], or 18,600
  [17,800] to 19,000 [18,000], or 24,600 to 24,800, a person
  appointed to the commission also must be serving or must have served
  on an industrial foundation committee, commissioners court,
  municipality's governing body, or school board.  In addition, in
  those counties information obtained by the commission shall be
  available to the commissioners court.
         SECTION 190.  Section 382.002, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 382.002.  APPLICABILITY.  This chapter applies only
  to:
               (1)  a county with a population of 1.5 million or more,
  other than a county that:
                     (A)  borders on the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or
  inlet of the gulf; or
                     (B)  has two municipalities located wholly or
  partly in its boundaries each having a population of 225,000 or
  more; or
               (2)  a county with a population of 70,000 or more that
  is adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1) in which a
  municipality with a population of 90,000 [35,000] or more is
  primarily situated and includes all or a part of the
  extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality with a population
  of 1.1 million or more.
         SECTION 191.  Section 387.0031(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a district created by a
  county with a population of more than 800,000 [580,000] that
  borders a county with a population of more than four million.
         SECTION 192.  Section 392.0131(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to the merger of housing
  authorities operating in:
               (1)  a county that [has a population of 800,000 or more
  and] is located on the international border and contains a
  municipality with a population of 500,000 or more; and
               (2)  a municipality that has a population of more than
  600,000 and less than 700,000 and is located in a county described
  by Subdivision (1).
         SECTION 193.  Sections 397.005(b) and (c), Local Government
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  This subsection applies only to a defense community that
  includes a municipality with a population of more than 125,000
  [110,000] located primarily in a county with a population of less
  than 145,000 [135,000] and that has not adopted airport zoning
  regulations under Chapter 241.  A defense community that proposes
  to adopt or amend an ordinance, rule, or plan in an area located
  within eight miles of the boundary line of a military base or
  defense facility shall notify the base or facility authorities
  concerning the compatibility of the proposed ordinance, rule, or
  plan with base operations.
         (c)  A defense community that proposes to adopt or amend an
  ordinance, rule, or plan that would be applicable in a controlled
  compatible land use area as defined by Section 241.003 and that may
  impact base operations shall notify the base or facility
  authorities concerning the compatibility of the proposed
  ordinance, rule, or plan with base operations.  This subsection
  applies only to a defense community that has not adopted airport
  zoning regulations under Chapter 241 and that:
               (1)  is a county with a population of more than 1.5
  million that contains a municipality in which at least 70 [75]
  percent of the county's population resides;
               (2)  is a county with a population of 170,000 [130,000]
  or more that is adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1);
               (3)  is located in a county described by Subdivision
  (1) or (2); or
               (4)  is or includes a municipality that is located in a
  county with a population of more than 100,000 and less than 130,000
  that borders the Red River.
         SECTION 194.  Sections 397.006(a) and (c), Local Government
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Subsection (b) applies only to a defense community that
  includes a municipality with a population of more than 125,000
  [110,000] located primarily in a county with a population of less
  than 145,000 [135,000] and that has not adopted airport zoning
  regulations under Chapter 241.
         (c)  On receipt of an application for a permit as defined by
  Section 245.001 for a proposed structure that would be located in a
  controlled compatible land use area as defined by Section 241.003
  and may impact base operations, a defense community shall notify
  the base or facility authorities concerning the compatibility of
  the proposed structure with base operations.  This subsection
  applies only to a defense community that has not adopted airport
  zoning regulations under Chapter 241 and that:
               (1)  is a county with a population of more than 1.5
  million that contains a municipality in which at least 70 [75]
  percent of the county's population resides;
               (2)  is a county with a population of 170,000 [130,000]
  or more that is adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1);
               (3)  is located in a county described by Subdivision
  (1) or (2); or
               (4)  is or includes a municipality that is located in a
  county with a population of more than 100,000 and less than 130,000
  that borders the Red River.
         SECTION 195.  Section 504.002, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 504.002.  APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter
  applies only to a municipality that:
               (1)  is located in a county that has a population of
  500,000 or less; or
               (2)  has a population of less than 50,000 and:
                     (A)  is located in two or more counties, one of
  which has a population of 500,000 or more;
                     (B)  is located within the territorial limits of,
  but has not elected to become a part of, a metropolitan rapid
  transit authority:
                           (i)  the principal municipality of which has
  a population of less than 1.9 million; and
                           (ii)  that was created before January 1,
  1980, under Chapter 141, Acts of the 63rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 1973, and is operating under Chapter 451, Transportation
  Code; or
                     (C)  is located within the territorial limits of,
  but has not elected to become a part of, a regional transportation
  authority:
                           (i)  the principal municipality of which has
  a population of more than 1.3 million [750,000]; and
                           (ii)  that was created under Chapter 683,
  Acts of the 66th Legislature, Regular Session, 1979, or Chapter
  452, Transportation Code, and is operating under Chapter 452,
  Transportation Code.
         SECTION 196.  Section 505.157(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  In this section, "landlocked community" means a
  municipality that:
               (1)  is wholly or partly located in a county with a
  population of 2.5 [two] million or more; and
               (2)  has within its municipal limits and
  extraterritorial jurisdiction less than 100 acres that can be used
  for the development of manufacturing or industrial facilities in
  accordance with the municipality's zoning laws or land use
  restrictions.
         SECTION 197.  Section 552.024(b), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  This section applies only to a home-rule municipality
  that:
               (1)  has a population of at least 99,000 and not more
  than 160,000;
               (2)  is located in two counties, only one of which has a
  population of at least 150,000 [132,000] and not more than 170,000;
  and
               (3)  owns and operates a water system, sewer system, or
  combined system.
         SECTION 198.  Section 552.044(1), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (1)(A)  "Benefitted property" means an improved lot or
  tract to which drainage service is made available under this
  subchapter.
                     (B)  "Benefitted property," in a municipality
  with a population of more than 1.18 million located primarily in a
  county with a population of 2.5 [2] million or more which is
  operating a drainage utility system under this chapter, means a lot
  or tract, but does not include land appraised for agricultural use,
  to which drainage service is made available under this subchapter
  and which discharges into a creek, river, slough, culvert, or other
  channel that is part of the municipality's drainage utility
  system.  Sections 552.053(c)(2) and (c)(3) do not apply to a
  municipality described in this subdivision.
         SECTION 199.  Section 552.913(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a home-rule municipality
  that:
               (1)  has a population of more than 100,000;
               (2)  owns and operates an electric utility that is a
  member of a municipal power agency; and
               (3)  is located in a county adjacent to a county with a
  population of more than 2.5 [two] million.
         SECTION 200.  Section 562.016, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 562.016.  COUNTY WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM. (a)  A county
  may acquire, own, finance, operate, or contract for the operation
  of, a water or sewer utility system to serve an unincorporated area
  of the county in the same manner and under the same regulations as a
  municipality under Chapter 552. The county must comply with all
  provisions of Chapter 13, Water Code, that apply to a municipality.
  However, a county with a population of 2.5 [two] million or more and
  any adjoining county may, with the municipality's approval, serve
  an area within a municipality.
         (b)  To finance the water or sewer utility system, a county
  may issue bonds payable solely from the revenue generated by the
  water or sewer utility system.  A bond issued under this section is
  not a debt of the county but is only a charge on the revenues pledged
  and is not considered in determining the ability of the county to
  issue bonds for any other purpose authorized by law.  This
  subsection does not authorize the issuance of general obligation
  bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a water or sewer
  utility system.  However, a county with a population of 2.5 [two]
  million or more and any adjoining county may issue general
  obligation bonds with the approval of qualified voters.
         (c)  A county may acquire any interest in property necessary
  to operate a system authorized by this section through any means
  available to the county, including eminent domain.  A county may
  not use eminent domain under this subsection to acquire property in
  a municipality.  Provided, however, a county with a population of
  2.5 [two] million or more and any adjoining county may, with the
  municipality's approval, use the power of eminent domain under this
  subsection to acquire property within a municipality.
         SECTION 201.  Section 615.002(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies to a county with a population of:
               (1)  14,800 [14,050] to 15,000 [14,250];
               (2)  19,900 [19,700] to 20,000 [19,800];
               (3)  21,300 [21,850] to 21,500 [22,000];
               (4)  57,800 [54,000] to 57,900 [54,500];
               (5)  36,000 [36,500] to 36,500 [36,800]; or
               (6)  234,000 or more.
         SECTION 202.  Section 615.011(b), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A county with a population of 44,500 [41,500] to 45,500
  [42,500] may authorize the use of county equipment, machinery, and
  employees to construct, establish, and maintain a public airstrip
  in the county.
  SECTION 203.  Section 61.018(a-1), Natural Resources Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a-1)  A county attorney, district attorney, or criminal
  district attorney or the attorney general may not file a suit under
  Subsection (a) to obtain a temporary or permanent court order or
  injunction, either prohibitory or mandatory, to remove a house from
  a public beach if:
               (1)  the line of vegetation establishing the boundary
  of the public beach moved as a result of a meteorological event that
  occurred before January 1, 2009;
               (2)  the house was located landward of the natural line
  of vegetation before the meteorological event;
               (3)  a portion of the house continues to be located
  landward of the line of vegetation; and
               (4)  the house is located on a peninsula in a county
  with a population of more than 315,000 [285,000] and less than
  351,000 [300,000] that borders the Gulf of Mexico.
         SECTION 204.  Section 162.001(c-4), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c-4)  The board shall certify a health organization to
  contract with or employ physicians licensed by the board if the
  organization:
               (1)  is a hospital district:
                     (A)  recognized by a federal agency as a public
  entity eligible to receive a grant related to a community or
  federally qualified health center described by Subdivision (2); and
                     (B)  created in a county with a population of more
  than 1.2 million [800,000] that was not included in the boundaries
  of a hospital district before September 1, 2003; and
               (2)  is organized and operated as:
                     (A)  a migrant, community, or homeless health
  center under the authority of and in compliance with 42 U.S.C.
  Section 254b or 254c; or
                     (B)  a federally qualified health center under 42
  U.S.C. Section 1396d(l)(2)(B).
         SECTION 205.  Section 2026.011, Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 2026.011.  AUTOMOBILE RACING FACILITY PROHIBITED NEAR
  RACETRACK IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.   An automobile racing facility may
  not be located within 10,000 feet of a horse or greyhound racetrack
  that is located in a county with a population of 2.1 [1.8] million
  or more.
         SECTION 206.  Section 2301.6521(a), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  In this section, "affected county" means:
               (1)  a county with a population of 1.2 [one] million or
  more; or
               (2)  a county with a population of 800,000 [500,000] or
  more but less than 1.1 [one] million that is adjacent to a county
  with a population of 1.2 [one] million or more.
         SECTION 207.  Section 2308.209(b), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  This section applies only to the unincorporated area of
  a county:
               (1)  with a population of 450,000 or more that is
  adjacent to a county with a population of 3.3 million or more;
               (2)  with a population of less than 9,000 [10,000] that
  is located in a national forest; or
               (3)  adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (2)
  that has a population of less than 75,000.
         SECTION 208.  Section 61.021(c), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  Subsection (b) applies only to hunting on land that is:
               (1)  owned or leased by the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe
  of Texas; and
               (2)  located in a county that:
                     (A)  borders the United Mexican States and has a
  population of more than 50,000 but less than 70,000; or
                     (B)  is adjacent to a county described by
  Paragraph (A) and has a population of less than 8,000 [9,000].
         SECTION 209.  Section 5.0622(a), Property Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a county with a population
  of less than 100,000 that is located in a metropolitan statistical
  area as defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget:
               (1)  with a population of more than 1.5 million; and
               (2)  adjacent to a different metropolitan statistical
  area as defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget with
  a population of more than 2.5 [2] million.
         SECTION 210.  Section 201.001(a), Property Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  This chapter applies to a residential real estate
  subdivision that is located in whole or in part:
               (1)  within a city that has a population of more than
  100,000, or within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of such a
  city;
               (2)  in the unincorporated area of:
                     (A)  a county having a population of 3.3 million
  or more; or
                     (B)  a county having a population of 50,000
  [40,000] or more that is adjacent to a county having a population of
  3.3 million or more; or
               (3)  in the incorporated area of a county having a
  population of 50,000 [40,000] or more that is adjacent to a county
  having a population of 3.3 million or more.
         SECTION 211.  Section 204.002(a), Property Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  This chapter applies only to a residential real estate
  subdivision, excluding a condominium development governed by Title
  7[, Property Code,] that is located in whole or in part:
               (1)  in a county with a population of 3.3 million or
  more;
               (2)  in a county with a population of not less than
  315,000 [285,000] and not more than 351,000 [300,000] that is
  adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico and that is adjacent to a county
  having a population of 3.3 million or more; or
               (3)  in a county with a population of 275,000 or more
  that:
                     (A)  is adjacent to a county with a population of
  3.3 million or more; and
                     (B)  contains part of a national forest.
         SECTION 212.  Section 210.002, Property Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 210.002.  APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.  This chapter
  applies to a residential real estate subdivision that is located in
  a county with a population of:
               (1)  more than 200,000 and less than 233,500 [220,000];
  or
               (2)  more than 45,000 and less than 85,000 [80,000]
  that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 200,000
  and less than 233,500 [220,000].
         SECTION 213.  Section 211.001(4), Property Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
               (4)  "Residential real estate subdivision" or
  "subdivision" means all land encompassed within one or more maps or
  plats of land that is divided into two or more parts if:
                     (A)  the maps or plats cover land all or part of
  which is not located within a municipality and:
                           (i)  for a county with a population of less
  than 65,000, is not located within the extraterritorial
  jurisdiction of a municipality;
                           (ii)  for a county with a population of at
  least 65,000 and less than 135,000, is located wholly within the
  extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality; or
                           (iii)  for a county that borders Lake
  Buchanan and has a population of at least 21,000 [18,500] and less
  than 22,000 [19,500], is located wholly within the extraterritorial
  jurisdiction of a municipality;
                     (B)  the land encompassed within the maps or plats
  is or was burdened by restrictions limiting all or at least a
  majority of the land area covered by the map or plat, excluding
  streets and public areas, to residential use only; and
                     (C)  all instruments creating the restrictions
  are recorded in the deed or real property records of a county.
         SECTION 214.  Section 211.002(a), Property Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  This chapter applies only to a residential real estate
  subdivision or any unit or parcel of a subdivision:
               (1)  all or part of which is located within an
  unincorporated area of a county if the county has a population of
  less than 65,000;
               (2)  all of which is located within the
  extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality located in a county
  that has a population of at least 65,000 and less than 135,000;
               (3)  all of which is located within the
  extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality located in a county
  that borders Lake Buchanan and has a population of at least 21,000
  [18,500] and less than 22,000 [19,500]; or
               (4)  all or part of which is located within a county
  that borders Lake Livingston and has a population of less than
  55,000 [50,000].
         SECTION 215.  Section 6.41(b-2), Tax Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b-2)  An appraisal district board of directors for a
  district established in a county with a population of 1.2 [one]
  million or more by resolution of a majority of the board's members
  shall increase the size of the district's appraisal review board to
  the number of members the board of directors considers appropriate
  to manage the duties of the appraisal review board, including the
  duties of each special panel established under Section 6.425.
         SECTION 216.  Section 11.18(p), Tax Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (p)  The exemption authorized by Subsection (d)(23) applies
  only to property that:
               (1)  is owned by a charitable organization that has
  been in existence for at least:
                     (A)  20 years if the property is located in a
  county described by Subdivision (4)(A); or
                     (B)  two years if the property is located in a
  municipality described by Subdivision (4)(B);
               (2)  is located on a tract of land that:
                     (A)  is at least 15 acres in size; and
                     (B)  was either:
                           (i)  owned by the organization on July 1,
  2021; or
                           (ii)  acquired by donation and owned by the
  organization on January 1, 2023; 
               (3)  is used to provide permanent housing and related
  services to individuals described by that subsection; and
               (4)  is located in:
                     (A)  a county with a population of more than 1.2
  [one] million and less than 1.5 million; or
                     (B)  a municipality with a population of more than
  100,000 and less than 150,000 at least part of which is located in a
  county with a population of less than 5,500 [5,000].
         SECTION 217.  Sections 11.1825(s) and (v), Tax Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (s)  Unless otherwise provided by the governing body of a
  taxing unit any part of which is located in a county with a
  population of at least 2.1 [1.8] million under Subsection (x), for
  property described by Subsection (f)(1), the amount of the
  exemption under this section from taxation is 50 percent of the
  appraised value of the property.
         (v)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an
  organization may not receive an exemption from taxation of property
  described by Subsection (f)(1) by a taxing unit any part of which is
  located in a county with a population of at least 2.1 [1.8] million
  unless the exemption is approved by the governing body of the taxing
  unit in the manner provided by law for official action.
         SECTION 218.  Section 11.315(b), Tax Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  A person is entitled to an exemption from taxation by a
  taxing unit of an energy storage system owned by the person if:
               (1)  the exemption is adopted by the governing body of
  the taxing unit in the manner provided by law for official action by
  the governing body; and
               (2)  the energy storage system:
                     (A)  is used, constructed, acquired, or installed
  wholly or partly to meet or exceed 40 C.F.R. Section 50.11 or any
  other rules or regulations adopted by any environmental protection
  agency of the United States, this state, or a political subdivision
  of this state for the prevention, monitoring, control, or reduction
  of air pollution;
                     (B)  is located in:
                           (i)  an area designated as a nonattainment
  area within the meaning of Section 107(d) of the federal Clean Air
  Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7407); and
                           (ii)  a municipality with a population of at
  least 150,000 [100,000] adjacent to a municipality with a
  population of more than two million;
                     (C)  has a capacity of at least 10 megawatts; and
                     (D)  is installed on or after January 1, 2014.
         SECTION 219.  Section 31.03(d), Tax Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (d)  This subsection applies only to a taxing unit located in
  a county having a population of not less than 315,000 [285,000] and
  not more than 351,000 [300,000] that borders a county having a
  population of 3.3 million or more and the Gulf of Mexico.  The
  governing body of a taxing unit that has its taxes collected by
  another taxing unit that has adopted the split-payment option under
  Subsection (a) may provide, in the manner required by law for
  official action by the body, that the split-payment option does not
  apply to the taxing unit's taxes collected by the other taxing unit.
         SECTION 220.  Sections 31.11(a) and (i), Tax Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  If a taxpayer applies to the tax collector of a taxing
  unit for a refund of an overpayment or erroneous payment of taxes,
  the collector for the unit determines that the payment was
  erroneous or excessive, and the auditor for the unit agrees with the
  collector's determination, the collector shall refund the amount of
  the excessive or erroneous payment from available current tax
  collections or from funds appropriated by the unit for making
  refunds.  However, the collector may not make the refund unless:
               (1)  in the case of a collector who collects taxes for
  one taxing unit, the governing body of the taxing unit also
  determines that the payment was erroneous or excessive and approves
  the refund if the amount of the refund exceeds:
                     (A)  $5,000 for a refund to be paid by a county
  with a population of 2.5 [two] million or more; or
                     (B)  $500 for a refund to be paid by any other
  taxing unit; or
               (2)  in the case of a collector who collects taxes for
  more than one taxing unit, the governing body of the taxing unit
  that employs the collector also determines that the payment was
  erroneous or excessive and approves the refund if the amount of the
  refund exceeds:
                     (A)  $5,000 for a refund to be paid by a county
  with a population of 2.5 [two] million or more; or
                     (B)  $2,500 for a refund to be paid by any other
  taxing unit.
         (i)  Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section,
  in the case of an overpayment or erroneous payment of taxes
  submitted by a taxpayer to a collector who collects taxes for one or
  more taxing units one of which is a county with a population of 2.5
  [two] million or more:
               (1)  a taxpayer is not required to apply to the
  collector for the refund to be entitled to receive the refund if the
  amount of the refund is at least $5 but does not exceed $5,000; and
               (2)  the collector is not required to comply with
  Subsection (g) unless the amount of the payment exceeds by more than
  $5,000 the amount of taxes owed for a tax year to a taxing unit for
  which the collector collects taxes.
         SECTION 221.  Section 156.2512(c)(1), Tax Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
               (1)  "Eligible barrier island coastal municipality"
  means a municipality:
                     (A)  that borders on the Gulf of Mexico;
                     (B)  that is located wholly or partly on a barrier
  island; and
                     (C)  that:
                           (i)  includes an institution of higher
  education that is part of the Texas Coastal Ocean Observation
  Network under Section 33.065, Natural Resources Code;
                           (ii)  includes a national estuarine research
  reserve;
                           (iii)  is located within 30 miles of the
  United Mexican States; or
                           (iv)  has a population of less than 10,000
  and is located in a county with a population of at least 370,000
  [300,000] that is adjacent to a county with a population of at least
  3,000,000.
         SECTION 222.  Section 311.0091(a), Tax Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies to a reinvestment zone designated
  by a municipality which is wholly or partially located in a county
  with a population of less than 2.1 [1.8] million in which the
  principal municipality has a population of 1.1 million or more.
         SECTION 223.  Section 311.013(m), Tax Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (m)  The governing body of a municipality that is located in
  a county with a population of more than 2.1 [1.8] million but less
  than 2.5 [1.9] million or in a county with a population of 3.3
  million or more by ordinance may reduce the portion of the tax
  increment produced by the municipality that the municipality is
  required to pay into the tax increment fund for the zone.  The
  municipality may not reduce under this subsection the portion of
  the tax increment produced by the municipality that the
  municipality is required to pay into the tax increment fund for the
  zone unless the municipality provides each county that has entered
  into an agreement with the municipality to pay all or a portion of
  the county's tax increment into the fund an opportunity to enter
  into an agreement with the municipality to reduce the portion of the
  tax increment produced by the county that the county is required to
  pay into the tax increment fund for the zone by the same proportion
  that the portion of the municipality's tax increment that the
  municipality is required to pay into the fund is reduced.  The
  portion of the tax increment produced by a municipality that the
  municipality is required to pay into the tax increment fund for a
  reinvestment zone, as reduced by the ordinance adopted under this
  subsection, together with all other revenues required to be paid
  into the fund, must be sufficient to complete and pay for the
  estimated costs of projects listed in the reinvestment zone
  financing plan and pay any tax increment bonds or notes issued for
  the zone, and any other obligations of the zone.
         SECTION 224.  Section 311.017(a-1), Tax Code, as added by
  Chapter 137 (S.B. 1105), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2009, is amended to read as follows:
         (a-1)  This subsection applies only to a reinvestment zone
  created by a municipality that has a population of more than 256,000
  [220,000] but less than 280,000 [235,000] and is the county seat of
  a county that has a population of 325,000 [280,000] or less.
  Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), a municipality by ordinance
  adopted subsequent to the ordinance adopted by the municipality
  creating a reinvestment zone may designate a termination date for
  the zone that is later than the termination date designated in the
  ordinance creating the zone but not later than the 20th anniversary
  of that date. If a municipality adopts an ordinance extending the
  termination date for a reinvestment zone as authorized by this
  subsection, the zone terminates on the earlier of:
               (1)  the termination date designated in the ordinance;
  or
               (2)  the date provided by Subsection (a)(2).
         SECTION 225.  Section 325.021(a), Tax Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  A county having a population of 60,000 [55,000] or less
  that borders the Rio Grande containing a municipality with a
  population of more than 22,000 may adopt or abolish the sales and
  use tax authorized by this chapter at an election held in the
  county.
         SECTION 226.  Section 327.007(a), Tax Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  Unless imposition of the sales and use tax authorized by
  this chapter is reauthorized as provided by this section, the tax
  expires on:
               (1)  the fourth anniversary of the date the tax
  originally took effect under Section 327.005;
               (2)  the first day of the first calendar quarter
  occurring after the fourth anniversary of the date the tax was last
  reauthorized under this section if, at that election, the voters
  approved the imposition of the tax for a period that expires on that
  anniversary;
               (2-a)  if the tax is imposed in a municipality that is
  intersected by two interstate highways, that has a population of
  150,000 or more, and in which at least 66 percent of the voters
  voting in each of the last two consecutive elections concerning the
  adoption or reauthorization of the tax favored adoption or
  reauthorization, and that tax has not expired as provided by
  Subdivision (1) or (2) since the first of those two consecutive
  elections, the last day of the first calendar quarter occurring
  after the eighth anniversary of the date the tax was last
  reauthorized under this section if, at that election, the voters
  approved the imposition of the tax for a period that expires on that
  anniversary instead of the period described by Subdivision (2); or
               (3)  if the tax is imposed in a [general-law]
  municipality with a population of more than 11,450 and less than
  11,550 [10,000 or more surrounded entirely by a municipality with a
  population of 1.3 million or more], the last day of the first
  calendar quarter occurring after the 10th anniversary of the date
  the tax was last reauthorized under this section if, at that
  election, the voters approved the imposition of the tax for a period
  that expires on that anniversary instead of the period described by
  Subdivision (2).
         SECTION 227.  Section 351.001(7), Tax Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
               (7)  "Eligible central municipality" means:
                     (A)  a municipality with a population of more than
  140,000 but less than 1.5 million that is located in a county with a
  population of one million or more and that has adopted a capital
  improvement plan for the construction or expansion of a convention
  center facility;
                     (B)  a municipality with a population of 250,000
  or more that:
                           (i)  is located wholly or partly on a barrier
  island that borders the Gulf of Mexico;
                           (ii)  is located in a county with a
  population of 300,000 or more; and
                           (iii)  has adopted a capital improvement
  plan to expand an existing convention center facility;
                     (C)  a municipality with a population of 200,000
  [116,000] or more that:
                           (i)  is located in two counties both of which
  have a population of 900,000 [660,000] or more; and
                           (ii)  has adopted a capital improvement plan
  for the construction or expansion of a convention center facility;
                     (D)  a municipality with a population of less than
  50,000 that contains a general academic teaching institution that
  is not a component institution of a university system, as those
  terms are defined by Section 61.003, Education Code; or
                     (E)  a municipality with a population of 640,000
  or more that:
                           (i)  is located on an international border;
  and
                           (ii)  has adopted a capital improvement plan
  for the construction or expansion of a convention center facility.
         SECTION 228.  Sections 351.101(a), (i), (j), (o), and (p),
  Tax Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Revenue from the municipal hotel occupancy tax may be
  used only to promote tourism and the convention and hotel industry,
  and that use is limited to the following:
               (1)  the acquisition of sites for and the construction,
  improvement, enlarging, equipping, repairing, operation, and
  maintenance of convention center facilities or visitor information
  centers, or both;
               (2)  the furnishing of facilities, personnel, and
  materials for the registration of convention delegates or
  registrants;
               (3)  advertising and conducting solicitations and
  promotional programs to attract tourists and convention delegates
  or registrants to the municipality or its vicinity;
               (4)  the encouragement, promotion, improvement, and
  application of the arts, including instrumental and vocal music,
  dance, drama, folk art, creative writing, architecture, design and
  allied fields, painting, sculpture, photography, graphic and craft
  arts, motion pictures, radio, television, tape and sound recording,
  and other arts related to the presentation, performance, execution,
  and exhibition of these major art forms;
               (5)  historical restoration and preservation projects
  or activities or advertising and conducting solicitations and
  promotional programs to encourage tourists and convention
  delegates to visit preserved historic sites or museums:
                     (A)  at or in the immediate vicinity of convention
  center facilities or visitor information centers; or
                     (B)  located elsewhere in the municipality or its
  vicinity that would be frequented by tourists and convention
  delegates;
               (6)  expenses, including promotion expenses, directly
  related to a sporting event in which the majority of participants
  are tourists who substantially increase economic activity at hotels
  and motels within the municipality or its vicinity if:
                     (A)  the municipality is located in a county with
  a population of one million or less;
                     (B)  the municipality has a population of more
  than 67,000 and is located in two counties with 90 percent of the
  municipality's territory located in a county with a population of
  at least 800,000 [580,000], and the remaining territory located in
  a county with a population of at least four million; or
                     (C)  the municipality has a population of at least
  200,000 and shares a border with:
                           (i)  a municipality with a population of at
  least 62,000 that:
                                 (a)  borders Lake Ray Hubbard; and
                                 (b)  is located in two counties, one of
  which has a population of less than 110,000 [described by Section
  351.102(e)(7)]; and
                           (ii)  Lake Ray Hubbard;
               (7)  subject to Section 351.1076, the promotion of
  tourism by the enhancement and upgrading of existing sports
  facilities or fields if:
                     (A)  the municipality owns the facilities or
  fields;
                     (B)  the municipality:
                           (i)  has a population of 80,000 or more and
  is located in a county that has a population of 610,000 [350,000] or
  less;
                           (ii)  has a population of at least 80,000
  [75,000] but not more than 125,000 [95,000] and is located in a
  county that has a population of less than 240,000 [200,000] but more
  than 233,500 [160,000];
                           (iii)  has:
                                 (a)  a population of at least 10,000
  [36,000 but not more than 39,000] and is located in a county that
  has a population of more than 70,000 and borders Lake Livingston; or
                                 (b)  [has] a population of 36,000
  [100,000] or more and [less that] is located in a county with a
  population of less than 95,000 that borders Oklahoma [not adjacent
  to a county with a population of more than two million];
                           (iv)  has a population of at least 13,000 but
  less than 48,000 [39,000] and is located in a county that has a
  population of at least 200,000;
                           (v)  has a population of at least 70,000 but
  less than 90,000 and no part of which is located in a county with a
  population greater than 150,000;
                           (vi)  is located in a county that:
                                 (a)  is adjacent to the Texas-Mexico
  border;
                                 (b)  has a population of at least
  500,000; and
                                 (c)  does not have a municipality with
  a population greater than 500,000;
                           (vii)  [has a population of at least 25,000
  but not more than 26,000 and] is located in a county that has a
  population of 100,000 [90,000] or less and the municipality has a
  population of:
                                 (a)  more than 24,400 and less than
  25,000; or
                                 (b)  more than 28,150 and less than
  31,000;
                           (viii)  is located in a county that has a
  population of not more than 300,000 and in which a component
  university of the University of Houston System is located;
                           (ix)  has a population of at least 40,000 and
  the San Marcos River flows through the municipality;
                           (x)  has a population of more than 67,000 and
  is located in two counties with 90 percent of the municipality's
  territory located in a county with a population of at least 800,000
  [580,000], and the remaining territory located in a county with a
  population of at least four million;
                           (xi)  contains an intersection of
  Interstates 35E and 35W and at least two public universities; or
                           (xii)  is described by Subdivision (6)(C);
  and
                     (C)  the sports facilities and fields have been
  used, in the preceding calendar year, a combined total of more than
  10 times for district, state, regional, or national sports
  tournaments;
               (8)  for a municipality with a population of at least
  70,000 but less than 90,000, no part of which is located in a county
  with a population greater than 150,000, the construction,
  improvement, enlarging, equipping, repairing, operation, and
  maintenance of a coliseum or multiuse facility;
               (9)  signage directing the public to sights and
  attractions that are visited frequently by hotel guests in the
  municipality;
               (10)  the construction, improvement, enlarging,
  equipping, repairing, operation, and maintenance of a coliseum or
  multiuse facility, if the municipality:
                     (A)  has a population of at least 90,000 but less
  than 120,000; and
                     (B)  is located in two counties, at least one of
  which contains the headwaters of the San Gabriel River; and
               (11)  for a municipality with a population of more than
  175,000 but less than 225,000 that is located in two counties, each
  of which has a population of less than 200,000, the construction,
  improvement, enlarging, equipping, repairing, operation, and
  maintenance of a coliseum or multiuse facility and related
  infrastructure or a venue, as defined by Section 334.001(4), Local
  Government Code, that is related to the promotion of tourism.
         (i)  In addition to the purposes provided by Subsection (a),
  a municipality that has a population of at least 80,000 [75,000] but
  not more than 125,000 [95,000] and that is located in a county  that
  has a population of more than 233,500 [160,000] but less than
  240,000 [200,000] may use revenue from the municipal hotel tax to
  promote tourism and the convention and hotel industry by
  constructing, operating, or expanding a sporting related facility
  or sports field owned by the municipality, if the majority of the
  events at the facility or field are directly related to a sporting
  event in which the majority of participants are tourists who
  substantially increase economic activity at hotels in the
  municipality.
         (j)  In addition to the purposes provided by Subsection (a),
  a municipality that has a population of not more than 5,500 [5,000]
  and at least part of which is located less than one-eighth of one
  mile from a space center operated by an agency of the federal
  government may use revenue from the municipal hotel occupancy tax
  for expenses, including promotion expenses, directly related to a
  sporting event in which the majority of participants are tourists
  who substantially increase economic activity at hotels and motels
  within the municipality or its vicinity.
         (o)  In addition to the purposes provided by Subsection (a),
  a municipality that has a population of not more than 15,200
  [10,000], that contains an outdoor gear and sporting goods retailer
  with retail space larger than 175,000 square feet, and that hosts an
  annual wiener dog race may use revenue from the municipal hotel
  occupancy tax to promote tourism and the convention and hotel
  industry by constructing, operating, or expanding a sporting
  related facility or sports field owned by the municipality, if the
  majority of the events at the facility or field are directly related
  to a sporting event in which the majority of participants are
  tourists who substantially increase economic activity at hotels in
  the municipality.  If a municipality to which this subsection
  applies uses revenue derived from the municipal hotel occupancy tax
  for a purpose described by this subsection, the municipality may
  not reduce the percentage of revenue from that tax allocated for a
  purpose described by Subsection (a)(3) to a percentage that is less
  than the average percentage of that revenue allocated by the
  municipality for that purpose during the 36-month period preceding
  the date the municipality begins using the revenue for a purpose
  described by this subsection.
         (p)  In addition to the purposes provided by Subsection (a),
  a municipality with a population of more than 70,000 [48,000] but
  less than 115,000 [95,000] that is located in two counties, one of
  which has a population of at least 1.1 million [900,000] but less
  than 1.9 [1.7] million, may use revenue from the municipal hotel
  occupancy tax to promote tourism and the convention and hotel
  industry by constructing, improving, equipping, repairing,
  maintaining, operating, or expanding a coliseum or multiuse
  facility if the majority of the events at the coliseum or facility
  attract tourists who substantially increase economic activity at
  hotels in the municipality.
         SECTION 229.  Section 351.1015(b), Tax Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  This section applies only to a qualified project located
  in a municipality with a population of at least 700,000 [650,000]
  but less than 950,000 [750,000] according to the most recent
  federal decennial census.
         SECTION 230.  Section 351.102(e), Tax Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (e)  Subsection (b) applies only to:
               (1)  a municipality with a population of two million or
  more;
               (2)  a municipality with a population of 700,000 or
  more but less than 1.4 [1.3] million;
               (3)  a municipality with a population of 350,000 or
  more but less than 450,000 in which at least two professional sports
  stadiums are located, each of which:
                     (A)  has a seating capacity of at least 40,000
  people; and
                     (B)  was approved by the voters of the
  municipality as a sports and community venue project under Chapter
  334, Local Government Code; and
               (4)  a municipality with a population of less than
  2,000 that:
                     (A)  is located adjacent to a bay connected to the
  Gulf of Mexico;
                     (B)  is located in a county with a population of
  290,000 or more that is adjacent to a county with a population of
  four million or more; and
                     (C)  has a boardwalk on the bay.
         SECTION 231.  Section 351.104(a), Tax Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a home-rule municipality
  that borders a bay, that has a population of less than 85,000
  [80,000], and that is not an eligible coastal municipality.
         SECTION 232.  Section 351.1066(a), Tax Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to:
               (1)  a municipality with a population of at least 3,500
  but less than 5,500 that is the county seat of a county with a
  population of less than 50,000 that borders a county with a
  population of more than 1.6 million;
               (2)  a municipality with a population of at least 2,800
  [2,900] but less than 3,500 that is the county seat of a county with
  a population of less than 22,000 that is bordered by the Trinity
  River and includes a state park and a portion of a wildlife
  management area;
               (3)  a municipality with a population of at least 8,000
  [7,500] that is located in a county that borders the Pecos River and
  that has a population of not more than 15,000;
               (4)  a municipality with a population of not more than
  15,000 that is located in a county through which the Frio River
  flows and an interstate highway crosses, and that has a population
  of at least 15,000;
               (5)  a municipality with a population of not less than
  7,500 that is located in a county with a population of not less than
  40,000 but less than 250,000 that is adjacent to a county with a
  population of less than 750;
               (6)  a municipality that is the county seat of a county
  with a population of at least 8,500 and that county contains part of
  the Chaparral Wildlife Management Area; and
               (7)  a municipality that has a population of not more
  than 25,000, that contains a cultural heritage museum, and that is
  located in a county that borders the United Mexican States and the
  Gulf of Mexico.
         SECTION 233.  Section 351.10692(a), Tax Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a municipality with a
  population of less than 5,000 [2,000] located in a county that:
               (1)  is adjacent to the county in which the State
  Capitol is located; and
               (2)  has a population of:
                     (A)  not more than 25,000; or
                     (B)  at least 200,000 [100,000] but not more than
  300,000 [200,000].
         SECTION 234.  Section 351.1071(a), Tax Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a municipality:
               (1)  that has a population of not more than 5,500
  [5,000]; and
               (2)  at least part of which is located less than
  one-eighth of one mile from a space center operated by an agency of
  the federal government.
         SECTION 235.  Section 351.10712(a), Tax Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to:
               (1)  a municipality with a population of at least
  95,000 that is located in a county that is bisected by United States
  Highway 385 and has a population of not more than 170,000 [140,000];
  and
               (2)  a municipality located in a county that has a
  population of not more than 300,000 and in which a component
  university of the University of Houston System is located.
         SECTION 236.  Section 351.152, Tax Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         Sec. 351.152.  APPLICABILITY.  This subchapter applies only
  to:
               (1)  a municipality described by Section
  351.001(7)(B);
               (2)  a municipality described by Section
  351.001(7)(D);
               (3)  a municipality described by Section
  351.001(7)(E);
               (4)  a municipality described by Section
  351.102(e)(3);
               (5)  a municipality that contains more than 70 [75]
  percent of the population of a county with a population of 1.5
  million or more;
               (6)  a municipality with a population of 175,000
  [150,000] or more but less than 200,000 that is partially located in
  at least one county with a population of 125,000 or more;
               (7)  a municipality with a population of 250,000
  [150,000] or more but less than one million that is located in one
  county with a population of 2.5 [2.3] million or more;
               (8)  a municipality with a population of 180,000 or
  more that:
                     (A)  is located in two counties, each with a
  population of 100,000 or more; and
                     (B)  contains an American Quarter Horse Hall of
  Fame and Museum;
               (9)  a municipality with a population of 96,000 or more
  that is located in a county that borders Lake Palestine;
               (10)  a municipality with a population of 96,000 or
  more that is located in a county that contains the headwaters of the
  San Gabriel River;
               (11)  a municipality with a population of at least
  95,000 [99,900 or more but less than 111,000] that is located in a
  county that is bisected by United States Highway 385 and has [with]
  a population of not more than 170,000 [135,000 or more];
               (12)  a municipality with a population of 110,000 or
  more but less than 135,000 at least part of which is located in a
  county with a population of less than 135,000;
               (13)  a municipality with a population of 28,000
  [9,000] or more but less than 31,000 [10,000] that is located in two
  counties, each of which has a population of 900,000 [662,000] or
  more and a southern border with a county with a population of 2.5
  [2.3] million or more;
               (14)  a municipality with a population of 200,000 or
  more but less than 300,000 that contains a component institution of
  the Texas Tech University System;
               (15)  a municipality with a population of 95,000 or
  more that:
                     (A)  is located in more than one county; and
                     (B)  borders Lake Lewisville;
               (16)  a municipality with a population of 45,000 or
  more that:
                     (A)  contains a portion of Cedar Hill State Park;
                     (B)  is located in two counties, one of which has a
  population of 2.5 [two] million or more and one of which has a
  population of 190,000 [149,000] or more; and
                     (C)  has adopted a capital improvement plan for
  the construction or expansion of a convention center facility;
               (17)  a municipality with a population of less than
  10,000 [6,000] that:
                     (A)  is almost wholly located in a county with a
  population of 900,000 [600,000] or more that is adjacent to a county
  with a population of 2.5 [two] million or more;
                     (B)  is partially located in a county with a
  population of 2.1 [1.8] million or more that is adjacent to a county
  with a population of 2.5 [two] million or more;
                     (C)  has a visitor center and museum located in a
  19th-century rock building in the municipality's downtown; and
                     (D)  has a waterpark open to the public;
               (18)  a municipality with a population of 60,000
  [56,000] or more that:
                     (A)  borders Lake Ray Hubbard; and
                     (B)  is located in two counties, one of which has a
  population of less than 110,000 [80,000];
               (19)  a municipality with a population of 110,000
  [83,000] or more that:
                     (A)  borders Clear Lake; and
                     (B)  is primarily located in a county with a
  population of less than 355,000 [300,000];
               (20)  a municipality with a population of less than
  2,000 that:
                     (A)  is located adjacent to a bay connected to the
  Gulf of Mexico;
                     (B)  is located in a county with a population of
  290,000 or more that is adjacent to a county with a population of
  four million or more; and
                     (C)  has a boardwalk on the bay;
               (21)  a municipality with a population of 75,000 or
  more that:
                     (A)  is located wholly in one county with a
  population of 800,000 [575,000] or more that is adjacent to a county
  with a population of four million or more; and
                     (B)  has adopted a capital improvement plan for
  the construction or expansion of a convention center facility;
               (22)  a municipality with a population of less than
  70,000 [75,000] that is located in three counties, at least one of
  which has a population of four million or more;
               (23)  an eligible coastal municipality with a
  population of 2,900 [3,000] or more but less than 5,000;
               (24)  a municipality with a population of 90,000 or
  more but less than 150,000 that:
                     (A)  is located in three counties; and
                     (B)  contains a branch campus of a component
  institution of the University of Houston System;
               (25)  a municipality that is:
                     (A)  primarily located in a county with a
  population of four million or more; and
                     (B)  connected by a bridge to a municipality
  described by Subdivision (20);
               (26)  a municipality with a population of 25,000
  [20,000] or more but less than 30,000 [25,000] that:
                     (A)  contains a portion of Mustang Bayou; and
                     (B)  is wholly located in a county with a
  population of less than 500,000;
               (27)  a municipality with a population of 70,000 or
  more but less than 90,000 that is located in two counties, one of
  which has a population of four million or more and the other of
  which has a population of less than 50,000;
               (28)  a municipality with a population of 10,000 or
  more that:
                     (A)  is wholly located in a county with a
  population of four million or more; and
                     (B)  has a city hall located less than three miles
  from a space center operated by an agency of the federal government;
               (29)  a municipality that is the county seat of a
  county:
                     (A)  through which the Pedernales River flows; and
                     (B)  in which the birthplace of a president of the
  United States is located;
               (30)  a municipality that contains a portion of U.S.
  Highway 79 and State Highway 130;
               (31)  a municipality with a population of 70,000
  [48,000] or more but less than 115,000 [95,000] that is located in
  two counties, one of which has a population of 1.1 million [900,000]
  or more but less than 1.9 [1.7] million;
               (32)  a municipality with a population of less than
  25,000 that contains a museum of Western American art;
               (33)  a municipality with a population of 50,000 or
  more that is the county seat of a county that contains a portion of
  the Sam Houston National Forest;
               (34)  a municipality with a population of less than
  25,000 that:
                     (A)  contains a cultural heritage museum; and
                     (B)  is located in a county that borders the
  United Mexican States and the Gulf of Mexico;
               (35)  a municipality that is the county seat of a county
  that:
                     (A)  has a population of 115,000 or more;
                     (B)  is adjacent to a county with a population of
  2.1 [1.8] million or more; and
                     (C)  hosts an annual peach festival;
               (36)  a municipality that is the county seat of a county
  that:
                     (A)  has a population of 800,000 [585,000] or
  more; and
                     (B)  is adjacent to a county with a population of
  four million or more;
               (37)  a municipality with a population of less than
  10,000 that:
                     (A)  contains a component university of The Texas
  A&M University System; and
                     (B)  is located in a county adjacent to a county
  that borders Oklahoma;
               (38)  a municipality with a population of less than
  17,000 [6,100] that:
                     (A)  is located in two counties, each of which has
  a population of 900,000 [600,000] or more but less than two million;
  and
                     (B)  hosts an annual Cajun Festival;
               (39)  a municipality with a population of 13,000 or
  more that:
                     (A)  is located on an international border; and
                     (B)  is located in a county:
                           (i)  with a population of less than 400,000;
  and
                           (ii)  in which at least one World Birding
  Center site is located;
               (40)  a municipality with a population of 3,200 [4,000]
  or more that:
                     (A)  is located on an international border; and
                     (B)  is located not more than five miles from a
  state historic site that serves as a visitor center for a state park
  that contains 300,000 or more acres of land;
               (41)  a municipality with a population of 36,000 or
  more that is adjacent to at least two municipalities described by
  Subdivision (15);
               (42)  a municipality with a population of 28,000 or
  more in which is located a historic railroad depot and heritage
  center;
               (43)  a municipality located in a county that has a
  population of not more than 300,000 and in which a component
  university of the University of Houston System is located;
               (44)  a municipality with a population of less than
  500,000 that is:
                     (A)  located in two counties; and
                     (B)  adjacent to a municipality described by
  Subdivision (31); and
               (45)  a municipality that:
                     (A)  has a population of more than 67,000; and
                     (B)  is located in two counties with 90 percent of
  the municipality's territory located in a county with a population
  of at least 800,000 [580,000], and the remaining territory located
  in a county with a population of at least four million.
         SECTION 237.  Sections 352.002(a), (a-1), (d), (p), and (y),
  Tax Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The commissioners courts of the following counties by
  the adoption of an order or resolution may impose a tax on a person
  who, under a lease, concession, permit, right of access, license,
  contract, or agreement, pays for the use or possession or for the
  right to the use or possession of a room that is in a hotel, costs $2
  or more each day, and is ordinarily used for sleeping:
               (1)  a county that has a population of more than 3.3
  million;
               (2)  a county that has a population of 90,000 or more,
  borders the United Mexican States, does not border the Gulf of
  Mexico, and does not have four or more cities that each have a
  population of more than 25,000;
               (3)  a county in which there is no municipality;
               (4)  a county in which there is located an Indian
  reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States government;
               (5)  a county that has a population of 30,000 or less,
  that has no more than one municipality with a population of less
  than 2,500, and that borders two counties located wholly in the
  Edwards Aquifer Authority established by Chapter 626, Acts of the
  73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993;
               (6)  a county that borders the Gulf of Mexico;
               (7)  a county that has a population of less than 5,000,
  that borders the United Mexican States, and in which there is
  located a major observatory;
               (8)  a county that has a population of 12,000 or less
  and borders the Toledo Bend Reservoir;
               (9)  a county that has a population of less than 12,500
  and an area of less than 275 square miles and does not border a
  county that borders Arkansas and Louisiana;
               (10)  a county that has a population of 30,000 or less
  and borders Possum Kingdom Lake;
               (11)  a county that borders a county with a population
  of more than 300,000 and the United Mexican States and has a
  population of more than 300,000 and less than 900,000 [800,000];
               (12)  a county that has a population of 35,000 or more
  and borders or contains a portion of Lake Fork Reservoir;
               (13)  a county that borders the United Mexican States
  and in which there is located a national recreation area;
               (14)  a county that borders the United Mexican States
  and in which there is located a national park of more than 400,000
  acres;
               (15)  a county that has a population of 28,000 or less,
  that has no more than four municipalities, and that is located
  wholly in the Edwards Aquifer Authority established by Chapter 626,
  Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993;
               (16)  a county that has a population of 25,000 or less,
  whose territory is less than 750 square miles, and that has two
  incorporated municipalities, each with a population of 800 or less,
  at least one of which is located on the Frio River;
               (17)  a county that has a population of 34,000 or more
  and borders Lake Buchanan;
               (18)  a county that has a population of more than 45,000
  and less than 75,000, that borders the United Mexican States, and
  that borders or contains a portion of Falcon Lake;
               (19)  a county with a population of 22,000 or less that
  borders the Neches River and in which there is located a national
  preserve;
               (20)  a county that has a population of 28,000 or less
  and that borders or contains a portion of Lake Livingston;
               (21)  a county through which the Pedernales River flows
  and in which the birthplace of a president of the United States is
  located;
               (22)  a county that has a population of 35,000 or less
  [more than 15,000 but less than 20,000] and borders Lake Buchanan;
               (23)  a county with a population of less than 11,000
  that is bordered by the Sulphur River;
               (24)  a county that has a population of 16,000 or more
  and borders the entire north shore of Lake Somerville;
               (25)  a county that has a population of 20,000 or less
  and that is bordered by the Brazos and Navasota Rivers;
               (26)  a county that has a population of more than 15,000
  and less than 25,000 and is located on the Trinity and Navasota
  Rivers;
               (27)  a county that has a population of less than 15,000
  and that is bordered by the Trinity and Navasota Rivers;
               (28)  a county that borders or contains a portion of the
  Neches River, the Sabine River, and Sabine Lake; and
               (29)  a county that borders Whitney Lake.
         (a-1)  In addition to the counties described by Subsection
  (a), the commissioners court of a county in which an airport
  essential to the economy of the county is located may by the
  adoption of an order or resolution impose a tax on a person who,
  under a lease, concession, permit, right of access, license,
  contract, or agreement, pays for the use or possession or for the
  right to the use or possession of a room that is in a hotel, costs $2
  or more each day, and is ordinarily used for sleeping.  For the
  purposes of this subsection, an airport is considered to be
  essential to the economy of a county only if the airport is a
  commercial-service international airport within Class C airspace
  and is located in a county and owned by a municipality each having a
  population of less than 170,000 [150,000].  This subsection does
  not apply to a county described by Subsection (a)(13).
         (d)  The tax imposed by a county authorized by Subsection
  (a)(6), (8), (9), (10), (11), (14), (15), (17), (19), (20), (21),
  (23), or (29) to impose the tax does not apply to a hotel located in
  a municipality that imposes a tax under Chapter 351 applicable to
  the hotel.  This subsection does not apply to:
               (1)  a county authorized by Subsection (a)(6) to impose
  the tax that:
                     (A)  has a population of less than 50,000 [40,000]
  and adjoins the most populous county in this state; or
                     (B)  has a population of more than 200,000 and
  borders the Neches River; or
               (2)  a county authorized by Subsection (a)(9) to impose
  the tax that has a population of more than 11,000 [9,000].
         (p)  The commissioners court of a county that has a
  population of 100,000 [80,000] or less, in which two state parks are
  located, and through which the Colorado River flows but that is not
  bordered by that river may impose a tax as authorized by Subsection
  (a).
         (y)  The commissioners court of a county with a population of
  170,000 [110,000] or more through which the Guadalupe River flows
  may impose a tax as provided by Subsection (a).  The tax imposed
  under this subsection does not apply to a hotel located in a
  municipality that:
               (1)  has a population of 80,000 [50,000] or more;
               (2)  is the county seat of a county adjacent to the
  county to which this subsection applies; and
               (3)  imposes a tax under Chapter 351 applicable to the
  hotel.
         SECTION 238.  Section 352.003(e), Tax Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (e)  The tax rate in a county authorized to impose the tax
  under Section 352.002(a)(6) and that has a population of less than
  50,000 [40,000] and adjoins the most populous county in this state
  may not exceed three percent of the price paid for a room in a hotel.
         SECTION 239.  Section 22.053(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The commissioners court of a county with a population of
  12,200 [14,300] to 12,400 [14,500] may issue time warrants to:
               (1)  condemn or purchase land to be used and maintained
  as provided by Sections 22.011, 22.020, and 22.024; and
               (2)  improve and equip the land for the use provided by
  Sections 22.011, 22.020, and 22.024.
         SECTION 240.  Section 172.211(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a county that:
               (1)  is adjacent to a county with a population of four
  million or more;
               (2)  has a population of 370,000 [300,000] or more; and
               (3)  has created a district by concurrent order with an
  adjacent county pursuant to Section 172.052.
         SECTION 241.  Section 223.052(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a municipality that:
               (1)  is partially located in three counties, two of
  which have a population of 2.1 [1.8] million or more;
               (2)  is primarily located in a county with a population
  of 2.1 [1.8] million or more; and
               (3)  has within its boundaries all or part of an
  international airport operated jointly by two municipalities.
         SECTION 242.  Section 284.002(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), this chapter
  applies only to a county that:
               (1)  has a population of 50,000 or more and borders the
  Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet opening into the gulf;
               (2)  has a population of 2.5 [two] million or more;
               (3)  is adjacent to a county that has a population of
  2.5 [two] million or more; or
               (4)  borders the United Mexican States.
         SECTION 243.  Section 285.001(b), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The commissioners court of a county with a population of
  more than 870,000 [700,000 and less than 800,000] that borders the
  United Mexican States by order may regulate the activities
  described by Subsection (a) in the manner described by that
  subsection, except that:
               (1)  the regulation of activities on or in the
  right-of-way of a public highway or road is limited to public
  highways and roads with a speed limit of 40 miles per hour or
  faster; and
               (2)  the county may not prohibit the sale of livestock.
         SECTION 244.  Section 362.055, Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 362.055.  EXCEPTION.  This subchapter does not apply
  to:
               (1)  a county that has a population of more than 2.5
  [two] million;
               (2)  a local government corporation created under
  Chapter 431 by a county that has a population of more than 2.5 [two]
  million; or
               (3)  a regional tollway authority created under Chapter
  366.
         SECTION 245.  Section 366.031(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Two or more counties, acting through their respective
  commissioners courts, may by order passed by each commissioners
  court create a regional tollway authority under this chapter if:
               (1)  one of the counties has a population of not less
  than 300,000;
               (2)  the counties form a contiguous territory; and
               (3)  unless one of the counties has a population of 2.5
  [two] million or more, the commission approves the creation.
         SECTION 246.  Section 370.192, Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 370.192.  PROPERTY OF RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITIES.  An
  authority may not condemn or purchase real property of a rapid
  transit authority operating pursuant to Chapter 451 that was
  confirmed before July 1, 1985, and in which the principal
  municipality has a population of less than 1.3 million [850,000],
  unless the authority has entered into a written agreement with the
  rapid transit authority specifying the terms and conditions under
  which the condemnation or the purchase of the real property will
  take place.
         SECTION 247.  Section 396.041(c), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  An ordinance may:
               (1)  impose a fee of $25 for the issuance or renewal of
  a license;
               (2)  impose a fee of not more than:
                     (A)  $150 for the issuance or renewal of a
  license, if the ordinance is adopted by the commissioners court of a
  county with a population of 2.1 [one] million or more that contains
  two or more municipalities, each of which has a population of
  350,000 [250,000] or more; or
                     (B)  $500 for the issuance or renewal of a
  license, if the ordinance is adopted by the commissioners court of a
  county with a population of 3.3 million or more;
               (3)  condition the license on the operation of the
  junkyard or automotive wrecking and salvage yard only at a location
  approved by the commissioners court or a county employee designated
  by the commissioners court; or
               (4)  establish grounds for suspending or revoking a
  license if the junkyard or automotive wrecking and salvage yard is
  not screened.
         SECTION 248.  Section 451.061(d-1), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d-1)  The establishment of or a change to fares, tolls,
  charges, rents, and other compensation by an authority confirmed
  before July 1, 1985, in which the principal municipality has a
  population of less than 1.3 million [850,000], takes effect
  immediately on approval by a majority vote of the board, except that
  the establishment of or a change to a single-ride base fare takes
  effect on the 60th day after the date the board approves the fare or
  change to the fare, unless the policy board of the metropolitan
  planning organization that serves the area of the authority
  disapproves the fare or change to the fare by a majority vote.
         SECTION 249.  Section 451.068(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  An authority confirmed before July 1, 1985, and in which
  the principal municipality has a population of less than 1.3
  million [850,000] may, through the operation of a program, charge
  no fares.
         SECTION 250.  Section 451.071(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to an authority confirmed
  before July 1, 1985, in which the principal municipality has a
  population of less than 1.3 million [850,000].
         SECTION 251.  Section 451.106(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The board of an authority in which the principal
  municipality has a population of less than 1.3 million [850,000] or
  more than 1.9 million shall employ a general manager to administer
  the daily operation of the authority.  The general manager may,
  subject to the annual operating budget and to the personnel
  policies adopted by the board, employ persons to conduct the
  affairs of the authority and prescribe their duties and
  compensation.
         SECTION 252.  Section 451.108(c), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  A peace officer commissioned under this section, except
  as provided by Subsections (d) and (e), or a peace officer
  contracted for employment by an authority confirmed before July 1,
  1985, in which the principal municipality has a population of less
  than 1.3 million [850,000], may:
               (1)  make an arrest in any county in which the transit
  authority system is located as necessary to prevent or abate the
  commission of an offense against the law of this state or a
  political subdivision of this state if the offense or threatened
  offense occurs on or involves the transit authority system;
               (2)  make an arrest for an offense involving injury or
  detriment to the transit authority system;
               (3)  enforce traffic laws and investigate traffic
  accidents that involve or occur in the transit authority system;
  and
               (4)  provide emergency and public safety services to
  the transit authority system or users of the transit authority
  system.
         SECTION 253.  Section 451.109(d), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  This section does not apply to an authority in which the
  principal municipality has a population of 1.3 million [850,000] or
  more but not more than 1.9 million.
         SECTION 254.  Section 451.3625(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to an authority confirmed
  before July 1, 1985, in which the principal municipality has a
  population of less than 1.3 million [850,000].
         SECTION 255.  Section 451.452(d), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  This section applies only to an authority in which the
  principal municipality has a population of more than 1.9 million or
  less than 1.3 million [850,000], except that Subsections (a)(5) and
  (6) do not apply to an authority in which the principal municipality
  has a population of more than 1.9 million.
         SECTION 256.  Section 451.454(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The board of an authority in which the principal
  municipality has a population of more than 1.9 million or less than
  1.3 million [850,000] shall contract at least once every four years
  for a performance audit of the authority to be conducted by a firm
  that has experience in reviewing the performance of transit
  agencies.
         SECTION 257.  Section 451.458(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to an authority confirmed
  before July 1, 1985, in which the principal municipality has a
  population of less than 1.3 million [850,000].
         SECTION 258.  Section 451.460(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to an authority confirmed
  before July 1, 1985, in which the principal municipality has a
  population of less than 1.3 million [850,000].
         SECTION 259.  Section 451.5021(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to the board of an authority
  created before July 1, 1985, in which the principal municipality
  has a population of less than 1.3 million [850,000].
         SECTION 260.  Section 451.506(c), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  An individual may serve two terms as presiding officer
  under Section 451.502(e)(3), in addition to any service on the
  board before being appointed under that subsection.  This
  subsection does not apply to an individual serving on the board of
  an authority described by Subsection (b) or an authority confirmed
  before July 1, 1985, and in which the principal municipality has a
  population of less than 1.3 million [850,000].
         SECTION 261.  Sections 451.509(a), (c), and (d),
  Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  In an authority in which the principal municipality has
  a population of less than 1.3 million [850,000] and in which the
  authority's sales and use tax is imposed at a rate of one percent, a
  member of the board may be removed from office for any ground
  described by Section 451.510 by a majority vote of the entity that
  appointed the member.
         (c)  In an authority in which the principal municipality has
  a population of more than 1.3 million [850,000], a member of the
  board may be removed for any ground described by Section 451.510 by
  the person or entity that appointed the member.  If the person who
  appointed the member is the mayor of the principal municipality,
  the removal is by recommendation of the mayor and confirmation by
  the municipality's governing body.  If the member to be removed was
  appointed by the mayor of the principal municipality, the statement
  required by Section 451.511(a) shall be given by the mayor, and
  confirmation of removal by the governing body of the municipality
  is necessary.
         (d)  In an authority in which the principal municipality has
  a population of less than 1.3 million [850,000] or more than 1.9
  million, a general manager who has knowledge that a potential
  ground for removal applicable to a member of the authority's board
  exists shall notify the presiding officer of the board of the
  ground, and the presiding officer shall notify the person that
  appointed the member against whom the potential ground applies of
  the ground.
         SECTION 262.  Section 451.512(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), in an authority in
  which the principal municipality has a population of less than 1.3
  million [850,000] or more than 1.9 million, an action of the board
  is not invalid because a ground for removal of a board member
  exists.
         SECTION 263.  Section 451.513(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A board member of an authority that has a principal
  municipality with a population of more than 1.3 million [850,000]
  may be removed, as provided by this section, on a petition for the
  recall of the member submitted by the registered voters of the
  authority.  Recall of a member under this section is in addition to
  any other method for removal under this subchapter.
         SECTION 264.  Section 451.602, Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 451.602.  AUTHORITIES COVERED BY SUBCHAPTER.  Except
  as provided by Section 451.617, this subchapter applies only to an
  authority in which the principal municipality has a population of
  less than 1.3 million [850,000] and that was confirmed before July
  1, 1985.
         SECTION 265.  Section 502.403(f), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (f)  A municipality with a population greater than 1.3
  million [850,000] shall deposit revenue from a fee imposed under
  this subsection to the credit of the child safety trust fund created
  under Section 106.001, Local Government Code. A municipality with a
  population less than 1.3 million [850,000] shall use revenue from a
  fee imposed under this section in accordance with Article
  102.014(g), Code of Criminal Procedure.
         SECTION 266.  Section 541.201(1), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (1)  "Authorized emergency vehicle" means:
                     (A)  a fire department or police vehicle;
                     (B)  a public or private ambulance operated by a
  person who has been issued a license by the Department of State
  Health Services;
                     (C)  an emergency medical services vehicle:
                           (i)  authorized under an emergency medical
  services provider license issued by the Department of State Health
  Services under Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code; and
                           (ii)  operating under a contract with an
  emergency services district that requires the emergency medical
  services provider to respond to emergency calls with the vehicle;
                     (D)  a municipal department or public service
  corporation emergency vehicle that has been designated or
  authorized by the governing body of a municipality;
                     (E)  a county-owned or county-leased emergency
  management vehicle that has been designated or authorized by the
  commissioners court;
                     (F)  a vehicle that has been designated by the
  department under Section 546.0065;
                     (G)  a private vehicle of a volunteer firefighter
  or a certified emergency medical services employee or volunteer
  when responding to a fire alarm or medical emergency;
                     (H)  an industrial emergency response vehicle,
  including an industrial ambulance, when responding to an emergency,
  but only if the vehicle is operated in compliance with criteria in
  effect September 1, 1989, and established by the predecessor of the
  Texas Industrial Emergency Services Board of the State
  Firefighters' [Firemen's] and Fire Marshals' Association of Texas;
                     (I)  a vehicle of a blood bank or tissue bank,
  accredited or approved under the laws of this state or the United
  States, when making emergency deliveries of blood, drugs,
  medicines, or organs;
                     (J)  a vehicle used for law enforcement purposes
  that is owned or leased by a federal governmental entity; or
                     (K)  a private vehicle of an employee or volunteer
  of a county emergency management division in a county with a
  population of more than 52,600 [46,500] and less than 55,000
  [48,000] that is designated as an authorized emergency vehicle by
  the commissioners court of that county.
         SECTION 267.  Section 644.101(b), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A police officer of any of the following municipalities
  is eligible to apply for certification under this section:
               (1)  a municipality with a population of 50,000 or
  more;
               (2)  a municipality with a population of 25,000 or more
  any part of which is located in a county with a population of
  500,000 or more;
               (3)  a municipality with a population of less than
  25,000:
                     (A)  any part of which is located in a county with
  a population of 3.3 million; and
                     (B)  that contains or is adjacent to an
  international port;
               (4)  a municipality with a population of at least
  34,000 that is located in a county that borders two or more states;
               (5)  a municipality any part of which is located in a
  county bordering the United Mexican States;
               (6)  a municipality with a population of less than
  5,000 that is located:
                     (A)  adjacent to a bay connected to the Gulf of
  Mexico; and
                     (B)  in a county adjacent to a county with a
  population greater than 3.3 million;
               (7)  a municipality that is located:
                     (A)  within 25 miles of an international port; and
                     (B)  in a county that does not contain a highway
  that is part of the national system of interstate and defense
  highways and is adjacent to a county with a population greater than
  3.3 million;
               (8)  a municipality with a population of less than
  8,500 that:
                     (A)  is the county seat; and
                     (B)  contains a highway that is part of the
  national system of interstate and defense highways;
               (9)  a municipality located in a county with a
  population between 60,000 and 69,000 [66,000] adjacent to a bay
  connected to the Gulf of Mexico;
               (10)  a municipality with a population of more than
  40,000 and less than 50,000 that is located in a county with a
  population of more than 285,000 and less than 300,000 that borders
  the Gulf of Mexico;
               (11)  a municipality with a population between 32,000
  and 50,000 that is located entirely in a county that:
                     (A)  has a population of less than 250,000;
                     (B)  is adjacent to two counties that each have a
  population of more than 1.2 million; and
                     (C)  contains two highways that are part of the
  national system of interstate and defense highways;
               (12)  a municipality with a population of more than
  4,500 [3,000] and less than 10,000 that:
                     (A)  contains a highway that is part of the
  national system of interstate and defense highways; and
                     (B)  is located in a county with a population
  between 175,000 [150,000] and 190,000 [155,000];
               (13)  a municipality with a population of less than
  75,000 that is located in three counties, at least one of which has
  a population greater than 3.3 million;
               (14)  a municipality with a population between 13,900
  [14,000] and 17,000 that:
                     (A)  contains three or more numbered United States
  highways; and
                     (B)  is located in a county that is adjacent to a
  county with a population of more than 200,000; or
               (15)  a municipality with a population of less than
  50,000 that is located in:
                     (A)  a county that generated $20 million or more
  in tax revenue collected under Chapters 201 and 202, Tax Code, from
  oil and gas production during the preceding state fiscal year; or
                     (B)  a county that is adjacent to two or more
  counties described by Paragraph (A).
         SECTION 268.  Section 644.202(b), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A municipality with a population of more than 1.3
  million [850,000] shall develop a route for commercial motor
  vehicles carrying hazardous materials on a road or highway in the
  municipality and submit the route to the Texas Department of
  Transportation for approval. If the Texas Department of
  Transportation determines that the route complies with all
  applicable federal and state regulations regarding the
  transportation of hazardous materials, the Texas Department of
  Transportation shall approve the route and notify the municipality
  of the approved route.
         SECTION 269.  Section 701.001(c), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The limitation on the number of deputies that may be
  employed under Subsections (a) and (b) does not apply to a county
  with a population of more than 2.5 [two] million.
         SECTION 270.  Section 35.037(a), Utilities Code, as added by
  Chapter 426 (S.B. 3), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section only applies in a county with a population
  of more than 1.2 [one] million in which a national wildlife refuge
  is wholly or partly located.
         SECTION 271.  Section 36.354(g), Utilities Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (g)  For the purposes of this section, the term "military
  base" does not include a military base:
               (1)  that has been closed or realigned under the
  Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. Section
  2687) and its subsequent amendments;
               (2)  that is administered by an authority established
  by a municipality under Chapter 379B, Local Government Code;
               (3)  that is operated by or for the benefit of the Texas
  National Guard, as defined by Section 437.001, Government Code,
  unless the base is served by a municipally owned utility owned by a
  city with a population of 900,000 [650,000] or more; or
               (4)  for which a municipally owned utility has acquired
  the electric distribution system under 10 U.S.C. Section 2688.
         SECTION 272.  Section 37.102(a), Utilities Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  If a municipal corporation offers retail electric
  utility service in a municipality having a population of more than
  151,000 [145,000] that is located in a county having a population of
  more than 2.5 [2] million, the commission shall singly certificate
  areas in the municipality's boundaries in which more than one
  electric utility provides electric utility service.
         SECTION 273.  Section 13.1395(a)(1), Water Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
               (1)  "Affected utility" means a retail public utility,
  exempt utility, or provider or conveyor of potable or raw water
  service that furnishes water service to more than one customer:
                     (A)  in a county with a population of 3.3 million
  or more; or
                     (B)  in a county with a population of 800,000
  [550,000] or more adjacent to a county with a population of 3.3
  million or more.
         SECTION 274.  Sections 13.245(c-5) and (c-6), Water Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (c-5)  Subsections (c-1), (c-2), (c-3), and (c-4) do not
  apply to:
               (1)  a county that borders the United Mexican States
  and the Gulf of Mexico or a county adjacent to such a county;
               (2)  a county with a population of more than 30,000 and
  less than 36,000 [35,000] that borders the Red River; or
               (3)  a county with a population of more than 100,000 and
  less than 200,000 that borders a county described by Subdivision
  (2).
         (c-6)  Subsections (c-1), (c-2), (c-3), and (c-4) do not
  apply to:
               (1)  a county with a population of 170,000 [130,000] or
  more that is adjacent to a county with a population of 1.5 million
  or more that is within 200 miles of an international border; or
               (2)  a county with a population of more than 40,000 and
  less than 50,000 that contains a portion of the San Antonio River.
         SECTION 275.  Sections 13.2451(b-2) and (b-3), Water Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (b-2)  Subsection (b) does not apply to an extension of
  extraterritorial jurisdiction in a county:
               (1)  with a population of more than 30,000 and less than
  36,000 [35,000] that borders the Red River; or
               (2)  with a population of more than 100,000 and less
  than 200,000 that borders a county described by Subdivision (1).
         (b-3)  Subsection (b) does not apply to an extension of
  extraterritorial jurisdiction in a county:
               (1)  with a population of 170,000 [130,000] or more
  that is adjacent to a county with a population of 1.5 million or
  more that is within 200 miles of an international border; or
               (2)  with a population of more than 40,000 and less than
  50,000 that contains a portion of the San Antonio River.
         SECTION 276.  Sections 13.254(a-10) and (a-11), Water Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (a-10)  Subsection (a-8) does not apply to a county:
               (1)  with a population of more than 30,000 and less than
  36,000 [35,000] that borders the Red River; or
               (2)  with a population of more than 100,000 and less
  than 200,000 that borders a county described by Subdivision (1).
         (a-11)  Subsection (a-8) does not apply to a county:
               (1)  with a population of 170,000 [130,000] or more
  that is adjacent to a county with a population of 1.5 million or
  more that is within 200 miles of an international border; or
               (2)  with a population of more than 40,000 and less than
  50,000 that contains a portion of the San Antonio River.
         SECTION 277.  Section 13.2541(b), Water Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  As an alternative to decertification or expedited
  release under Section 13.254, the owner of a tract of land that is
  at least 25 acres and that is not receiving water or sewer service
  may petition for expedited release of the area from a certificate of
  public convenience and necessity in the manner provided by this
  section and is entitled to that release if the landowner's property
  is located in a county with a population of at least 1.2 [one]
  million, a county adjacent to a county with a population of at least
  1.2 [one] million, or a county with a population of more than
  200,000 and less than 233,500 [220,000] that does not contain a
  public or private university that had a total enrollment in the most
  recent fall semester of 40,000 or more, and not in a county that has
  a population of more than 50,500 [45,500] and less than 52,000
  [47,500].
         SECTION 278.  Section 26.179(o), Water Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (o)  This section does not apply to an area within the
  extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality with a population
  greater than 1.3 million [900,000] that has extended to the
  extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality an ordinance
  whose purpose is to prevent the pollution of an aquifer which is the
  sole or principal drinking water source for the municipality.
         SECTION 279.  Section 26.3476(b), Water Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  An underground storage tank system, at a minimum, shall
  incorporate a method for secondary containment if the system is
  located in:
               (1)  the outcrop of a major aquifer composed of
  limestone and associated carbonate rocks of Cretaceous age or
  older; and
               (2)  a county that:
                     (A)  has a population of at least 1.2 [one]
  million and relies on groundwater for at least 75 percent of the
  county's water supply; or
                     (B)  has a population of at least 75,000 and is
  adjacent to a county described by Paragraph (A).
         SECTION 280.  Section 36.121, Water Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         Sec. 36.121.  LIMITATION ON RULEMAKING POWER OF DISTRICTS
  OVER WELLS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. Except as provided by Section
  36.117, a district that is created under this chapter on or after
  September 1, 1991, shall exempt from regulation under this chapter
  a well and any water produced or to be produced by a well that is
  located in a county that has a population of 15,500 [14,000] or less
  if the water is to be used solely to supply a municipality that has a
  population of 125,500 [121,000] or less and the rights to the water
  produced from the well are owned by a political subdivision that is
  not a municipality, or by a municipality that has a population of
  133,000 [115,000] or less, and that purchased, owned, or held
  rights to the water before the date on which the district was
  created, regardless of the date the well is drilled or the water is
  produced. The district may not prohibit the political subdivision
  or municipality from transporting produced water inside or outside
  the district's boundaries.
         SECTION 281.  Section 51.537(a), Water Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a municipality any portion
  of which is located in a county with a population of more than 1.2
  [1] million and less than 1.5 million.
         SECTION 282.  Section 54.016(h), Water Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (h)  A city, other than a city with a population of more than
  one million that is located primarily in a county with a population
  of 2.5 [two] million or more, may provide in its written consent for
  the inclusion of land in a district that after annexation the city
  may set rates for water and/or sewer services for property that was
  within the territorial boundary of such district at the time of
  annexation, which rates may vary from those for other properties
  within the city for the purpose of wholly or partially compensating
  the city for the assumption of obligation under this code providing
  that:
               (1)  such written consent contains a contract entered
  into by the city and the persons petitioning for creation of the
  district setting forth the time and/or the conditions of annexation
  by the city which annexation shall not occur prior to the
  installation of 90 percent of the facilities for which district
  bonds were authorized in the written consent; and that
               (2)  the contract sets forth the basis on which rates
  are to be charged for water and/or sewer services following
  annexation and the length of time they may vary from those rates
  charged elsewhere in the city; and that
               (3)  the contract may set forth the time, conditions,
  or lands to be annexed by the district; and that
               (4)(A)  Each purchaser of land within a district which
  has entered into a contract with a city concerning water and/or
  sewer rates as set forth herein shall be furnished by the seller at
  or prior to the final closing of the sale and purchase with a
  separate written notice, executed and acknowledged by the seller,
  which shall contain the following information:
                           (i)  the basis on which the monthly water
  and/or sewer rate is to be charged under the contract stated as a
  percentage of the water and/or sewer rates of the city;
                           (ii)  the length of time such rates will be
  in effect;
                           (iii)  the time and/or conditions of
  annexation by the city implementing such rates.
         The provisions of Sections 49.452(g)-(p) and (s), Water Code,
  are herein incorporated by reference thereto, and are applicable to
  the separate written notice required by Section 54.016(h)(4).
         A suit for damages under the provisions of these referenced
  sections must be brought within 90 days after the purchaser
  receives his or her first water and/or sewer service charge
  following annexation, or the purchaser loses his or her right to
  seek damages under this referenced section.
                     (B)  The governing board of any district covered
  by the provisions of this subsection shall file with the county
  clerk in each of the counties in which all or part of the district is
  located a duly affirmed and acknowledged statement which includes
  the information required in Section 54.016(h)(4)(A) and a complete
  and accurate map or plat showing the boundaries of the district.
         The provisions of Sections 49.455(c)-(j), Water Code, are
  herein incorporated by reference thereto.
         SECTION 283.  Section 54.813(a), Water Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a municipality any portion
  of which is located in a county with a population of more than 1.2
  [1] million and less than 1.5 million.
         SECTION 284.  Section 1, Chapter 511 (H.B. 589), Acts of the
  58th Legislature, Regular Session, 1963 (Article 2676a, Vernon's
  Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 1.  From and after the effective date of this act in any
  county in this state having a population of not less than 372,000
  [312,000] and not more than 400,000 [330,000], the general
  management and control of the public free schools and high schools
  in each county unless otherwise provided by law shall be vested in
  five (5) county school trustees elected from the county, one of whom
  shall be elected from the county at large by the qualified voters of
  the county and one from each commissioners precinct by the
  qualified voters of each commissioners precinct, who shall hold
  office for a term of two (2) years.  The time for such election shall
  be the first Saturday in April of each year; the order for the
  election of county school trustees to be made by the County Judge at
  least thirty (30) days prior to the date of said election, and which
  order shall designate as voting places or places at which votes are
  cast for the district trustees of said common and independent
  school districts, respectively.  The election officers appointed to
  hold the election for district trustees in each of said school
  districts, respectively, shall hold this election for county school
  trustees.
         SECTION 285.  Section 1, Chapter 233 (H.B. 459), Acts of the
  59th Legislature, Regular Session, 1965 (Article 2676b, Vernon's
  Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 1.  This Act applies to a county-wide school district in
  a county having a population of more than 4,700 [5,250] and less
  than 4,900 [5,350].  The Board of Trustees may order that the
  trustees of the district shall run at large in the county.  If the
  Board orders that its members shall run at large, each position
  shall be filled by election from the county at large upon expiration
  of the current term of office.
         SECTION 286.  Section 1(b), Chapter 63 (S.B. 100), Acts of
  the 57th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 1962 (Article 2688h,
  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  From and after May 1, 1962, the office of the county
  board of school trustees and the office of county superintendent
  shall cease to exist in any county in this State having a population
  of not less than 315,000 [285,000] and not more than 351,000
  [300,000] which has no common school district and whose county ad
  valorem evaluation is in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Million
  Dollars ($250,000,000); provided, however, that the county
  superintendents in such counties who have been heretofore elected
  or appointed to the office of county superintendent shall serve
  until the expiration of the term for which they were elected or
  appointed.  The duties now performed by the board of school trustees
  and county superintendents in such counties shall be performed by
  the County Judges of such counties.
         SECTION 287.  Sections 5 and 6, Chapter 706 (H.B. 1015), Acts
  of the 59th Legislature, Regular Session, 1965 (Article 2688i-1,
  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), are amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 5.  The provisions of this Act shall not apply to
  counties having a population of not less than 4,700 [5,250] and not
  more than 4,900 [5,350] and to counties having a population of not
  less than 57,000 [54,000] and not more than 57,900 [54,500].
         Sec. 6.  No county having a population of more than 28,450
  [30,000] and less than 29,000 or a population of more than 31,045
  and less than 31,247 [32,000] shall have the offices of county
  school superintendent, ex officio county school superintendent,
  and county board of education.
         All duties and functions, except as hereafter provided, that
  are otherwise required by law of the office of county school
  superintendent or ex officio county school superintendent governed
  by this section shall be performed by the superintendents of the
  independent and rural high school districts, and all duties that
  may otherwise be required by law of the county board of education
  governed by this section shall be performed by the elected Board of
  Trustees of such independent and rural high school districts,
  except that the County Judge shall, without pay from the State of
  Texas, continue to approve or disapprove application for school
  transfers.  The Commissioners Court of such county shall hereafter
  receive, hear and pass upon all petitions for the calling of
  elections for the creation, change or abolishment of county school
  districts and all authorized appeals from the independent school
  Board of Trustees shall be made directly to the State Board of
  Education or to the courts as provided by law.
         All school records of the original independent and/or common
  school district governed by this section, shall be transferred to
  the control and custody of the independent school district office,
  located at the county seat, save and except the original financial
  records which shall be retained by the county treasurer, and
  thereafter the County Judge shall be required to make no records or
  reports but said reports shall be made by the superintendent of such
  independent or rural school district; that as soon as practicable
  after the effective date of this Act, all remaining State funds in
  the hands of the county board of education shall be transferred by
  the county treasurer and the County Judge to the independent and
  rural high school districts in proportion to the number of
  scholastics enrolled in such districts.
         SECTION 288.  Section 31A(b), Texas Local Fire Fighters
  Retirement Act (Article 6243e, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  This section applies only to a municipality:
               (1)  with a population of less than 200,000;
               (2)  that is located in a county with a population of
  not less than 2.5 [2] million and not more than 4 million;
               (3)  that has a regularly organized fire department for
  which a retirement system and fund have been established under
  Section 4 of this Act; and
               (4)  that before January 1, 2017, has one or more
  departments participating in the Texas Municipal Retirement
  System.
         SECTION 289.  Section 1.01, Chapter 183 (S.B. 598), Acts of
  the 64th Legislature, Regular Session, 1975 (Article 6243e.1,
  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 1.01.  APPLICABILITY. This Act applies only to a
  municipality having a population of more than 950,000 [750,000] and
  less than 1,050,000 [850,000].
         SECTION 290.  Section 1, Chapter 103 (S.B. 622), Acts of the
  62nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1971 (Article 6243f-1, Vernon's
  Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 1.  No member of a fire department in any city or town in
  this state having a population of not less than 900,000 [700,000]
  nor more than 950,000 [750,000] shall be involuntarily retired
  prior to reaching the mandatory retirement age set for such cities'
  employees unless he is physically unable to perform his duties.  In
  the event he is physically unable to perform his duties, he shall be
  allowed to use all of his accumulated sick leave, before
  retirement.
         SECTION 291.  Section 1(a), Chapter 451 (S.B. 737), Acts of
  the 72nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1991 (Article 6243n,
  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A retirement system is established by this Act for
  employees of each municipality having a population of more than
  950,000 [760,000] and less than 1,050,000 [860,000].
         SECTION 292.  Section 1.01, Chapter 452 (S.B. 738), Acts of
  the 72nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1991 (Article 6243n-1,
  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 1.01.  APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS. This Act applies
  only to a municipality having a population of more than 950,000
  [750,000] and less than 1,050,000 [850,000].
         SECTION 293.  Section 1.03, Chapter 824 (S.B. 817), Acts of
  the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993 (Article 6243o,
  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 1.03.  APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to paid fire and
  police departments of a municipality with a population between 1.4
  [1.3] million and 1.7 [1.5] million.
         SECTION 294.  Section 1.03, Chapter 1332 (S.B. 1568), Acts
  of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997 (Article 6243q,
  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 1.03.  APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to a paid fire
  and police department of a municipality with a population of 1.4
  [1.3] million or more but less than 1.7 [1.5] million.
         SECTION 295.  Section 1, Chapter 809 (H.B. 1687), Acts of the
  62nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1971 (Article 6812b-1, Vernon's
  Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 1.  The Commissioners Court of any county having a
  population of not less than 620,000 [425,000] nor more than 700,000
  [500,000] may appoint a County Engineer, but the selection shall be
  controlled by considerations of skill and ability for the task. The
  engineer may be selected at any regular meeting of the
  commissioners court, or at any special meeting called for that
  purpose. The engineer selected shall be a Registered Professional
  Engineer in the State of Texas. The engineer shall hold his office
  for a period of two years, his term of office expiring concurrently
  with the terms of other county officers, and he may be removed at
  the pleasure of the commissioners court. The engineer shall
  receive a salary to be fixed by the commissioners court not to
  exceed the amount of the salary paid to the highest county official,
  to be paid out of the Road and Bridge Fund. The engineer, before
  entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take the oath of
  office prescribed by law, and shall execute a bond in the sum of
  $15,000 with a good and sufficient surety or sureties thereon,
  payable to the county judge of the county and successors in office
  in trust, for the use and the benefit of the Road and Bridge Fund, of
  the county to be approved by the court, conditioned that such
  engineer will faithfully and efficiently discharge and perform all
  of the duties required of him by law and by the orders of said
  commissioners court and shall faithfully and honestly and in due
  time account for all of the money, property and materials placed in
  his custody.
         SECTION 296.  (a)  This Act is not intended to revive a law
  that was impliedly repealed by a law enacted by the 87th Legislature
  or a previous legislature.
         (b)  To the extent that a law enacted by the 88th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, conflicts with this Act, the
  other law prevails, regardless of the relative dates of enactment
  or the relative effective dates.
         SECTION 297.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4559 was passed by the House on April
  27, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4559 was passed by the Senate on May
  17, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor