| 1 | 1 | | 81R29017 NC-F |
|---|
| 2 | 2 | | By: Raymond H.B. No. 4542 |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | | |
|---|
| 4 | 4 | | |
|---|
| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
|---|
| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
|---|
| 7 | 7 | | relating to the exercise of urban renewal powers by certain |
|---|
| 8 | 8 | | counties. |
|---|
| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|---|
| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 374.902(b), Local Government Code, is |
|---|
| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
|---|
| 12 | 12 | | (b) A county with a population of more than 60,000 and less |
|---|
| 13 | 13 | | than 300,000 and located along an international border or a county |
|---|
| 14 | 14 | | with a population of more than 1.3 million may exercise the powers |
|---|
| 15 | 15 | | provided for municipalities under this chapter with respect to |
|---|
| 16 | 16 | | areas of the county that are not within the corporate boundaries of |
|---|
| 17 | 17 | | a municipality or areas of the county located within the corporate |
|---|
| 18 | 18 | | boundaries of a municipality, if the municipality approves the |
|---|
| 19 | 19 | | county's participation in an urban renewal project through an |
|---|
| 20 | 20 | | interlocal agreement under Chapter 791, Government Code. The |
|---|
| 21 | 21 | | county may not exercise those powers until the commissioners court |
|---|
| 22 | 22 | | of the county adopts a resolution in the manner provided by Section |
|---|
| 23 | 23 | | 374.011 for adoption of a resolution by a municipality. The |
|---|
| 24 | 24 | | resolution must be approved at an election held in the county in the |
|---|
| 25 | 25 | | manner provided for a municipal election under Section 374.011. |
|---|
| 26 | 26 | | The adoption of the resolution is not approved unless a majority of |
|---|
| 27 | 27 | | the voters who vote on the question in the entire county as well as |
|---|
| 28 | 28 | | in each municipality in the county approve the adoption of the |
|---|
| 29 | 29 | | resolution. In a municipality that is only partially located in the |
|---|
| 30 | 30 | | affected county, only voters who reside in the county may vote. |
|---|
| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
|---|
| 32 | 32 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
|---|
| 33 | 33 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
|---|
| 34 | 34 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
|---|
| 35 | 35 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
|---|