By: Thierry, Alvarado, Johnson of Harris H.B. No. 3919
(Senate Sponsor - Whitmire)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2017;
May 11, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 19, 2017, reported adversely,
with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4,
Nays 3; May 19, 2017, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3919 By: Garcia
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of certain municipalities to establish
homestead preservation districts and reinvestment zones and to
certain regulatory prohibitions applicable in those districts and
zones.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 214.905, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) Subsection (b)(2) does not apply to a municipality
described by Section 373A.003(a)(2) in relation to a requirement
described by Subsection (a) that is proposed for an area served
under the provisions of Chapter 373A.
SECTION 2. Section 373A.002, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subdivision (3-a) and adding Subdivision (3-b)
to read as follows:
(3-a) "Low income household" means a household with a
gross income of not greater than 80 percent of the area median
family income, adjusted for household size, for the metropolitan
statistical area in which the municipality is located, as
determined annually by the United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development.
(3-b) "Project costs" has the meaning assigned by
Section 311.002(1), Tax Code.
SECTION 3. Section 373A.003(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) This chapter applies to:
(1) a municipality with a population of more than
750,000 that is located in a uniform state service region with fewer
than 550,000 occupied housing units as determined by the most
recent United States decennial census; and
(2) a municipality with a population of two million or
more.
SECTION 4. Section 373A.052, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
read as follows:
(a) To be designated as a district within a municipality
described by Section 373A.003(a)(1) [373A.003(a)] under this
subchapter, an area must be composed of census tracts forming a
spatially compact area with:
(1) fewer than 75,000 residents;
(2) an overall poverty rate that is at least two times
the poverty rate for the entire municipality; and
(3) in each census tract within the area, a median
family income that is less than 80 percent of the median family
income for the entire municipality.
(a-1) To be designated as a district within a municipality
described by Section 373A.003(a)(2) under this subchapter:
(1) an area must be composed of census tracts forming a
spatially compact area; and
(2) the governing body of the municipality must make
findings by resolution that:
(A) the area will benefit from the inclusion of
low income households;
(B) low-income and moderate-income homeowners
within the area are at risk of losing their homesteads through
displacement; and
(C) the designation will serve one or more
purposes outlined by this chapter.
SECTION 5. Section 373A.203(6), Local Government Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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