By: Gutierrez H.B. No. 3447 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to establishment and functions of certain urban land bank programs. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 379C, Texas LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, is amended by amending Section 379C.002 to read as follows: Sec. 379C.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to home-rule municipalities that: (1) have a population of 1.18 million or more; and (2) are located predominantly in a county that has a total area of less than 1,300 [1,000] square miles. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.