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| 1 | 1 | 86R11297 JAM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: González of Dallas H.B. No. 2532 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the eligibility of certain municipalities to designate | |
| 8 | 8 | homestead preservation districts. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 373A.052(b), Local Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (b) To be designated as a district within a municipality | |
| 13 | 13 | described by Section 373A.003(b) under this subchapter, an area | |
| 14 | 14 | must be composed of census tracts forming a spatially compact area | |
| 15 | 15 | [contiguous to a central business district and] with: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) fewer than 75,000 residents; and | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) a median family income that is less than 70 percent | |
| 18 | 18 | of the area median family income, adjusted for household size, as | |
| 19 | 19 | determined annually by the United States Department of Housing and | |
| 20 | 20 | Urban Development [$30,000 according to the last decennial census; | |
| 21 | 21 | and | |
| 22 | 22 | [(3) an overall poverty rate that is at least two times | |
| 23 | 23 | the poverty rate for the entire municipality]. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |