85R30694 JG-D
By: Watson, et al. S.B. No. 1656
(Rodriguez of Travis, Bernal)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1656: No.
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:
(1) 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; and
(2) a municipality that contains more than 75 percent
of the population of a county with a population of 1.5 million or
more.
(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
the 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.