By: Whitmire, et al. S.B. No. 884
(In the Senate - Filed February 14, 2017; February 28, 2017,
read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations; March 22, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0;
March 22, 2017, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 884 By: Lucio
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of certain counties to use county revenue
or incur debt to improve or redevelop certain sports facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 330, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Section 330.002 to read as follows:
Sec. 330.002. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN COUNTIES
TO IMPROVE OR REDEVELOP CERTAIN SPORTS FACILITIES. (a) In this
section:
(1) "County revenue" includes revenue from property
taxes, hotel occupancy taxes, fees, and fines.
(2) "Obsolete sports facility" means a multipurpose
arena, coliseum, or stadium designed to be used in part as a venue
for professional sports events and that opened to the public before
1966.
(b) This section applies only to a county with a population
of 3.3 million or more.
(c) A county may not fund, in whole or in part, the
improvement or redevelopment of an obsolete sports facility with
county revenue or debt if the improvement or redevelopment will
cost $10 million or more, unless the funding is approved by the
voters of the county at an election held for that purpose.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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