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1	1	83R13141 DDT-D
2	2	By: Fallon H.B. No. 2641
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the criteria for designation of an area as a
8	8	reinvestment zone for purposes of tax increment financing.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 311.005(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
11	11	as follows:
12	12	(a) To be designated as a reinvestment zone, an area must:
13	13	(1) substantially arrest or impair the sound growth of
14	14	the municipality or county designating the zone, retard the
15	15	provision of housing accommodations, or constitute an economic or
16	16	social liability and be a menace to the public health, safety,
17	17	morals, or welfare in its present condition and use because of the
18	18	presence of:
19	19	(A) a substantial number of substandard, slum,
20	20	deteriorated, or deteriorating structures;
21	21	(B) the predominance of defective or inadequate
22	22	sidewalk or street layout;
23	23	(C) faulty lot layout in relation to size,
24	24	adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness;
25	25	(D) unsanitary or unsafe conditions;
26	26	(E) the deterioration of site or other
27	27	improvements;
28	28	(F) tax or special assessment delinquency
29	29	exceeding the fair value of the land;
30	30	(G) defective or unusual conditions of title;
31	31	(H) conditions that endanger life or property by
32	32	fire or other cause; or
33	33	(I) structures, other than single-family
34	34	residential structures, less than 10 percent of the square footage
35	35	of which has been used for commercial, industrial, or residential
36	36	purposes during the preceding 12 years, if the municipality has a
37	37	population of 100,000 or more;
38	38	(2) be predominantly open or undeveloped and, because
39	39	of obsolete platting, deterioration of structures or site
40	40	improvements, or other factors, substantially impair or arrest the
41	41	sound growth of the municipality or county;
42	42	(3) be in a federally assisted new community located
43	43	in the municipality or county or in an area immediately adjacent to
44	44	a federally assisted new community; [or]
45	45	(4) be an area described in a petition requesting that
46	46	the area be designated as a reinvestment zone, if the petition is
47	47	submitted to the governing body of the municipality or county by the
48	48	owners of property constituting at least 50 percent of the
49	49	appraised value of the property in the area according to the most
50	50	recent certified appraisal roll for the county in which the area is
51	51	located; or
52	52	(5) be substantially undeveloped and be located in:
53	53	(A) a municipality with a population of less than
54	54	20,000; and
55	55	(B) a county with a population of more than
56	56	660,000 and less than 690,000 that borders a county with a
57	57	population of two million or more.
58	58	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
59	59	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
60	60	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
61	61	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
62	62	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.