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1		-	S.B. No. 804
	1	+	By: Menéndez S.B. No. 804
	2	+	(Cortez)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to the authority of a municipality to add property to a
6	8		common characteristic public improvement district.
7	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	10		SECTION 1. Section 372.0121, Local Government Code, is
9	11		amended to read as follows:
10	12		Sec. 372.0121. INCLUSION OF PROPERTY [AREA] IN COMMON
11	13		CHARACTERISTIC PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. (a) Notwithstanding
12	14		Section 372.012 or any other requirement in this chapter, the
13	15		governing body of a municipality may include property in a public
14	16		improvement district described by Section 372.0035 after the
15	17		establishment of the district if:
16	18		(1) the property is a hotel; and
17	19		(2) a sufficient number of the record owners of the
18	20		real property currently included and proposed to be included in the
19	21		district have consented to be included in the district by signing
20	22		the original petition to establish the district or by signing a
21	23		petition or written consent to include property in the district
22	24		[the property could have been included in the district without
23	25		violating Section 372.005(b-1) when the district was created
24	26		regardless of whether the record owners of the property signed the
25	27		original petition].
26		-	(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), no newly constructed
27		-	hotel property may be added to the district unless the record owner
28		-	of the property consents to its inclusion.
29		-	(c) For purposes of Subsection (a)(2), the number of
	28	+	(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(2), the number of
30	29		consenting record owners is sufficient if the record owners own
31	30		more than 60 percent of appraised value of taxable real property
32	31		liable for assessment in the district, as determined by the current
33	32		appraisal roll of the appraisal district in which the property is
34	33		located, and:
35	34		(1) constitute more than 60 percent of all record
36	35		owners of taxable real property liable for assessment in the
37	36		district; or
38	37		(2) own, in aggregate, more than 60 percent of the area
39	38		of all taxable real property liable for assessment in the district.
40	39		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
41	40		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
42	41		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
43	42		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
44	43		Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
45		-	______________________________ ______________________________
46		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
47		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 804 passed the Senate on
48		-	April 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
49		-	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2021, by the
50		-	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
51		-	______________________________
52		-	Secretary of the Senate
53		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 804 passed the House, with
54		-	amendment, on May 13, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 117,
55		-	Nays 28, one present not voting.
56		-	______________________________
57		-	Chief Clerk of the House
58		-	Approved:
59		-	______________________________
60		-	Date
61		-	______________________________
62		-	Governor