| 1 | | - | By: Giddings (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 1289 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015; |
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| 3 | | - | May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | | - | Intergovernmental Relations; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by |
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| 5 | | - | the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 1289 |
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| 10 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 5 | | relating to the acquisition and sale of unimproved real property by |
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| 12 | 6 | | an urban land bank. |
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| 13 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 379C.004(a), Local Government Code, is |
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| 15 | 9 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 10 | | (a) The governing body of a municipality may adopt an urban |
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| 17 | 11 | | land bank demonstration program in which the officer charged with |
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| 18 | 12 | | selling real property ordered sold pursuant to foreclosure of a tax |
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| 19 | 13 | | lien may sell certain eligible real property by private sale for |
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| 20 | 14 | | [purposes of] affordable housing development or other purposes as |
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| 21 | 15 | | provided by this chapter. |
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| 22 | 16 | | SECTION 2. Sections 379C.014(a) and (c), Local Government |
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| 23 | 17 | | Code, as added by Chapter 1037 (H.B. 2840), Acts of the 83rd |
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| 24 | 18 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 25 | 19 | | (a) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this chapter, |
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| 26 | 20 | | the land bank may acquire and sell to a developer property intended |
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| 27 | 21 | | for commercial use [to a developer to allow the construction of a |
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| 28 | 22 | | grocery store that has at least 6,000 square feet of enclosed space |
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| 29 | 23 | | and that offers for sale fresh produce and other food items for home |
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| 30 | 24 | | consumption]. |
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| 31 | 25 | | (c) A sale under this section within the four-year period |
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| 32 | 26 | | following the date of acquisition of the property by the land bank |
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| 33 | 27 | | is for a public purpose and satisfies the requirement under Section |
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| 34 | 28 | | 379C.009(b) that the property be sold within the four-year [that] |
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| 35 | 29 | | period to a qualified participating developer. |
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| 36 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 37 | 31 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 38 | 32 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 39 | 33 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 40 | 34 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 41 | | - | * * * * * |
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| 35 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 36 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 37 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1289 was passed by the House on April |
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| 38 | + | 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 8, 1 present, not |
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| 39 | + | voting. |
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| 40 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 42 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1289 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 43 | + | 25, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4. |
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| 44 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 46 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 47 | + | Date |
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| 48 | + | _____________________ |
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| 49 | + | Governor |
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