83R13477 NC-D
By: Raymond H.B. No. 139
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 139:
By: Alvarado C.S.H.B. No. 139
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the exercise of urban renewal powers by certain
counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 374.902(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A county with a population of more than 250,000 and
located along an international border or a county with a population
of more than 1.3 million may exercise the powers provided for
municipalities under this chapter with respect to areas of the
county that are not within the corporate boundaries of a
municipality or areas of the county located within the corporate
boundaries of a municipality, if the municipality approves the
county's participation in an urban renewal project through an
interlocal agreement under Chapter 791, Government Code. The
county may not exercise those powers until the commissioners court
of the county adopts a resolution in the manner provided by Section
374.011 for adoption of a resolution by a municipality. The
resolution must be approved at an election held in the county in the
manner provided for a municipal election under Section 374.011.
The adoption of the resolution is not approved unless a majority of
the voters who vote on the question in the entire county as well as
in each municipality in the county approve the adoption of the
resolution. In a municipality that is only partially located in the
affected county, only voters who reside in the county may vote.
SECTION 2. 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, 2013.