Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1135 Latest Draft

Bill / Enrolled Version Filed 05/24/2019

                            H.B. No. 1135


 AN ACT
 relating to a common characteristic or use project in a public
 improvement district in certain municipalities.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 372.0035(a), Local Government Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (a)  This section applies only to:
 (1)  a municipality that:
 (A)  has a population of more than 650,000 and
 less than two million; [or]
 (B)  has a population of more than 325,000 and
 less than 625,000; or
 (C)  has a population of more than 180,000 and
 less than 200,000; and
 (2)  a public improvement district established under
 this subchapter and solely composed of territory in which the only
 businesses are:
 (A)  hotels with 100 or more rooms ordinarily used
 for sleeping, if the district is established by a municipality
 described by Subdivision (1)(A); [or]
 (B)  hotels with 75 or more rooms ordinarily used
 for sleeping, if the district is established by a municipality
 described by Subdivision (1)(B); or
 (C)  hotels with 10 or more rooms ordinarily used
 for sleeping, if the district is established by a municipality
 described by Subdivision (1)(C).
 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, 2019.
 ______________________________ ______________________________
 President of the Senate Speaker of the House
 I certify that H.B. No. 1135 was passed by the House on April
 26, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 130, Nays 9, 2 present, not
 voting.
 ______________________________
 Chief Clerk of the House
 I certify that H.B. No. 1135 was passed by the Senate on May
 22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays 3.
 ______________________________
 Secretary of the Senate
 APPROVED:  _____________________
 Date
 _____________________
 Governor