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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the improvement of certain school campuses based on the |
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construction or rehabilitation of certain low income housing |
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developments in the attendance zone of those campuses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 380, Local Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 380.005 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 380.005. REQUIRED MUNICIPAL FUNDING OF CERTAIN CAPITAL |
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IMPROVEMENTS. (a) In this section, "development" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 2306.6702, Government Code. |
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(b) This section applies only to land that is: |
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(1) located in a county with a population of more than |
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1.5 million and in which more than 75 percent of the population |
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lives in a single municipality; and |
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(2) annexed by a municipality under Chapter 43. |
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(c) A municipality in which a development is being |
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constructed or rehabilitated on land to which this section applies |
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shall request from each independent school district with a campus |
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whose attendance zone includes the development an impact study that |
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evaluates the capital improvements necessary for the campus to |
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reasonably accommodate the estimated increase in the number of |
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students that will result from the development. |
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(d) Notwithstanding any other law and based on the results |
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of the impact study a municipality requests under Subsection (c), |
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the municipality shall fund the capital improvements identified as |
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necessary in that study. The capital improvements must be |
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completed in the manner and based on the timeline agreed on by the |
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municipality and independent school district. |
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SECTION 2. Section 380.005, Local Government Code, as added |
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by this Act, applies to the construction or rehabilitation of a |
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development that is in progress on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |