87R10533 CXP-F
By: Morales Shaw, Coleman H.B. No. 4505
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of certain counties to create a county
development district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 383.002, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 383.002. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. This chapter furthers
the public purpose of developing and diversifying the economy of
the counties of this state by providing incentives for the location
and development of projects [in certain counties] to attract
visitors and tourists.
SECTION 2. Sections 383.003(a) and (b), Local Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) Counties [Small and medium-sized counties] in this
state need incentives for the development of public improvements to
attract visitors and tourists. Counties in this state [to those
counties, and those counties] are at a disadvantage in competing
with counties in other states for the location and development of
projects that attract visitors by virtue of the availability and
prevalent use of financial incentives in other states.
(b) The means and measures authorized by this chapter are in
the public interest and serve a public purpose of this state in
promoting the economic welfare of the residents of this state by
providing incentives for the location and development [in certain
counties of this state] of projects that attract visitors and
tourists and that result in employment and economic activity.
SECTION 3. Section 383.021(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The commissioners court of a county [with a population
of 400,000 or less], on petition of the owners of land in a proposed
district, may commence the creation of a county development
district.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.