84R5086 SCL-F
By: Watson S.B. No. 837
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a common characteristic or use project in a public
improvement district in certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 372.0035(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) This section applies only to:
(1) a municipality that:
(A) has a population of more than 750,000 and
less [one million and a council-manager form of government and that
is located wholly or partly in a county with a population of more]
than two million; or
(B) has a population of more than 325,000 and
less than 625,000; and
(2) a public improvement district established under
this subchapter and solely composed of territory in which the only
businesses are:
(A) hotels with 100 or more rooms ordinarily used
for sleeping, if the district is established by a municipality
described by Subdivision (1)(A); or
(B) hotels with 75 or more rooms ordinarily used
for sleeping, if the district is established by a municipality
described by Subdivision (1)(B).
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, 2015.