S.B. No. 837
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 650,000 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. Section 372.005, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a petition for the
establishment of a public improvement district described by Section
372.0035(a)(2) is sufficient only if signed by record owners of
taxable real property liable for assessment under the proposal who
constitute:
(1) more than 60 percent of the appraised value of
taxable real property liable for assessment under the proposal, as
determined by the current roll of the appraisal district in which
the property is located; and
(2) more than 60 percent of:
(A) all record owners of taxable real property
that are liable for assessment under the proposal; or
(B) the area of all taxable real property that is
liable for assessment under the proposal.
SECTION 3. 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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 837 passed the Senate on
May 6, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 19, Nays 12; and that the
Senate concurred in House amendment on May 22, 2015, by the
following vote: Yeas 17, Nays 14.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 837 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 18, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 94,
Nays 43, one present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor