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1	1	H.B. No. 2032
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use tax
6	6	revenue for certain venue projects.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 334, Local Government
9	9	Code, is amended by adding Section 334.0082 to read as follows:
10	10	Sec. 334.0082. VENUE PROJECTS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
11	11	(a) This section applies only to a municipality that:
12	12	(1) has a population of at least 176,000 that borders
13	13	the Rio Grande, and that approved a sports and community venue
14	14	project before January 1, 2009; or
15	15	(2) is located in a county adjacent to the
16	16	Texas-Mexico border if:
17	17	(A) the county has a population of at least
18	18	500,000;
19	19	(B) the county does not have a city located
20	20	within it that has a population of at least 500,000; and
21	21	(C) the municipality is the largest municipality
22	22	in the county described by this subdivision.
23	23	(b) Notwithstanding any other law, including Section
24	24	334.089, after complying with Section 334.022, a municipality to
25	25	which this section applies may hold an election under Section
26	26	334.024 on the question of approving and implementing a resolution
27	27	to:
28	28	(1) authorize the municipality to plan, acquire,
29	29	establish, develop, construct, or renovate a convention center and
30	30	related infrastructure in the city limits of the municipality as
31	31	part of an existing or previously approved sports and community
32	32	venue project, regardless of whether the convention center is
33	33	located on the premises of the existing or previously approved
34	34	venue project;
35	35	(2) impose a tax under Subchapter H at a rate not to
36	36	exceed two percent of the cost of a room; and
37	37	(3) authorize the municipality to finance, operate,
38	38	and maintain the venue project described by Subdivision (1),
39	39	including the convention center, using the revenue from any taxes
40	40	imposed by the municipality under this chapter, including taxes
41	41	previously approved in relation to the existing or previously
42	42	approved venue project.
43	43	(c) If the resolution is approved by a majority of the votes
44	44	cast in the election, the municipality may implement the
45	45	resolution.
46	46	SECTION 2. Section 334.2516(a), Local Government Code, is
47	47	amended to read as follows:
48	48	(a) This section applies only to a municipality that:
49	49	(1) is located in three counties;
50	50	(2) has a population of less than 130,000 as shown by
51	51	the 2000 federal decennial census [120,000]; and
52	52	(3) acquires by purchase or lease with a term of not
53	53	less than 20 years an interest in real property that by the terms of
54	54	the acquisition is required to be maintained as park property.
55	55	SECTION 3. Section 351.001(7), Tax Code, is amended to read
56	56	as follows:
57	57	(7) "Eligible central municipality" means a
58	58	municipality with a population of more than 140,000 [440,000] but
59	59	less than 1.5 million that is located in a county with a population
60	60	of one million or more and that has adopted a capital improvement
61	61	plan for the expansion of an existing convention center facility.
62	62	SECTION 4. Section 1504.003(a), Government Code, is amended
63	63	to read as follows:
64	64	(a) Bonds issued under this subchapter must be secured by a
65	65	pledge of and be payable from all or a designated part of the
66	66	revenue from the facility for which the bonds are issued or from
67	67	additional sources made available by the municipality for that
68	68	purpose, as provided in the ordinance authorizing or approving the
69	69	issuance of the bonds.
70	70	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
71	71	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
72	72	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
73	73	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
74	74	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
75	75	______________________________ ______________________________
76	76	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
77	77	I certify that H.B. No. 2032 was passed by the House on April
78	78	24, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 1 present, not
79	79	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
80	80	No. 2032 on May 18, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1,
81	81	2 present, not voting.
82	82	______________________________
83	83	Chief Clerk of the House
84	84	I certify that H.B. No. 2032 was passed by the Senate, with
85	85	amendments, on May 15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays
86	86	0.
87	87	______________________________
88	88	Secretary of the Senate
89	89	APPROVED: __________________
90	90	Date
91	91	__________________
92	92	Governor