H.B. No. 3281
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 Subsections (a-1) and
(c) 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).
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality to which
this chapter applies may not designate a district under this
chapter if the municipality has adopted a requirement in any form,
including through an ordinance or regulation or as a condition for
granting a building permit, that establishes a maximum sales price
for a privately produced housing unit or residential building lot.
The restriction described by this subsection does not apply to
property that is part of an urban land bank program.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3281 was passed by the House on May 9,
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 8, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 3281 on May 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 123, Nays 20,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3281 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays
8.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor