88R12478 AMF-F
 
  By: Longoria H.B. No. 4564
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of certain municipalities to authorize
  and finance certain venue projects; authorizing the imposition of a
  tax.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  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 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; or
               (3)  has a population of at least 70,000 but not more
  than 180,000 and that is located in a county that borders the United
  Mexican States and the Gulf of Mexico.
         SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 334.1015, Local
  Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 334.1015.  APPLICATION; USE OF TAX REVENUE BY CERTAIN
  MUNICIPALITIES.
         SECTION 3.  Section 334.1015, Local Government Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to
  read as follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (b) and
  (c)(1), this subchapter does not apply to the financing of a venue
  project that is an area or facility that is part of a municipal
  parks and recreation system.
         (c)  A municipality described by Section 334.0082(a)(3) may:
               (1)  finance a venue project described by Section
  334.001(4)(D) with the revenue from a tax imposed under this
  subchapter; and
               (2) pay existing debt service for a venue project
  described by Section 334.001(4)(A) or (B) with the revenue from a
  tax imposed under this subchapter.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.