By: Rodriguez of Travis (Senate Sponsor - Watson) H.B. No. 3281
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2017;
May 18, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 22, 2017, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 2; May 22, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of certain municipalities to establish
homestead preservation districts and reinvestment zones.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 373A.003, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
read as follows:
(a) This chapter applies to a municipality with a population
of more than 750,000 that is located in a uniform state service
region with fewer than 800,000 [550,000] occupied housing units as
determined by the most recent United States decennial census.
(a-1) If this chapter applies to a municipality as provided
by Subsection (a), the application of this chapter to the
municipality is not affected if the municipality's population or
number of occupied housing units changes and the municipality no
longer meets the population requirement of Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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