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1		-	84R28642 SCL-F
2		-	By: Watson, et al. S.B. No. 837
3		-	(Workman)
4		-	Substitute the following for S.B. No. 837: No.
	1	+	S.B. No. 837
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7		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	4		AN ACT
9	5		relating to a common characteristic or use project in a public
10	6		improvement district in certain municipalities.
11	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	8		SECTION 1. Section 372.0035(a), Local Government Code, is
13	9		amended to read as follows:
14	10		(a) This section applies only to:
15	11		(1) a municipality that:
16	12		(A) has a population of more than 650,000 and
17	13		less [one million and a council-manager form of government and that
18	14		is located wholly or partly in a county with a population of more]
19	15		than two million; or
20	16		(B) has a population of more than 325,000 and
21	17		less than 625,000; and
22	18		(2) a public improvement district established under
23	19		this subchapter and solely composed of territory in which the only
24	20		businesses are:
25	21		(A) hotels with 100 or more rooms ordinarily used
26	22		for sleeping, if the district is established by a municipality
27	23		described by Subdivision (1)(A); or
28	24		(B) hotels with 75 or more rooms ordinarily used
29	25		for sleeping, if the district is established by a municipality
30	26		described by Subdivision (1)(B).
31	27		SECTION 2. Section 372.005, Local Government Code, is
32	28		amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
33	29		(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a petition for the
34	30		establishment of a public improvement district described by Section
35	31		372.0035(a)(2) is sufficient only if signed by record owners of
36	32		taxable real property liable for assessment under the proposal who
37	33		constitute:
38	34		(1) more than 60 percent of the appraised value of
39	35		taxable real property liable for assessment under the proposal, as
40	36		determined by the current roll of the appraisal district in which
41	37		the property is located; and
42	38		(2) more than 60 percent of:
43	39		(A) all record owners of taxable real property
44	40		that are liable for assessment under the proposal; or
45	41		(B) the area of all taxable real property that is
46	42		liable for assessment under the proposal.
47	43		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
48	44		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
49	45		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
50	46		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
51	47		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	48	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	49	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	50	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 837 passed the Senate on
	51	+	May 6, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 19, Nays 12; and that the
	52	+	Senate concurred in House amendment on May 22, 2015, by the
	53	+	following vote: Yeas 17, Nays 14.
	54	+	______________________________
	55	+	Secretary of the Senate
	56	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 837 passed the House, with
	57	+	amendment, on May 18, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 94,
	58	+	Nays 43, one present not voting.
	59	+	______________________________
	60	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	61	+	Approved:
	62	+	______________________________
	63	+	Date
	64	+	______________________________
	65	+	Governor