Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1		-	85R30694 JG-D
2		-	By: Watson, et al. S.B. No. 1656
3		-	(Rodriguez of Travis, Bernal)
4		-	Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1656: No.
	1	+	By: Watson, Garcia S.B. No. 1656
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7	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	5		AN ACT
9	6		relating to the eligibility of certain municipalities to establish
10	7		homestead preservation districts and reinvestment zones.
11	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12		-	SECTION 1. Section 373A.003, Local Government Code, is
13		-	amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
14		-	read as follows:
15		-	(a) This chapter applies to:
16		-	(1) a municipality with a population of more than
17		-	750,000 that is located in a uniform state service region with fewer
18		-	than 800,000 [550,000] occupied housing units as determined by the
19		-	most recent United States decennial census; and
20		-	(2) a municipality that contains more than 75 percent
21		-	of the population of a county with a population of 1.5 million or
22		-	more.
23		-	(a-1) If this chapter applies to a municipality as provided
24		-	by Subsection (a), the application of this chapter to the
25		-	municipality is not affected if the municipality's population or
26		-	the number of occupied housing units changes and the municipality
27		-	no longer meets the population requirement of Subsection (a).
	9	+	SECTION 1. Section 373A.003(a), Local Government Code, is
	10	+	amended to read as follows:
	11	+	Sec. 373A.003. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. (a) This chapter
	12	+	applies to a municipality with a population of more than 750,000
	13	+	that is located in a uniform state service region with fewer than
	14	+	800,000 [550,000] occupied housing units as determined by the most
	15	+	recent United States decennial census.
	16	+	(b) Subchapters A, B, C, and D apply to any municipality
	17	+	with a population of 1.18 million or more which is located
	18	+	predominantly in a county that has a total area of less than 1,000
	19	+	square miles and has adopted an urban land bank demonstration
	20	+	program under Chapter 379C, Local Government Code.
	21	+	(c) If this chapter applies to a municipality as provided by
	22	+	Subsection (a), the application of this chapter to the municipality
	23	+	is not affected if the municipality's population or the number of
	24	+	occupied housing units changes and the municipality no longer meets
	25	+	the population requirement of Subsection (a).
28	26		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.