| 1 | 1 | | 88R12478 AMF-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Longoria H.B. No. 4564 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the authority of certain municipalities to authorize |
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| 8 | 8 | | and finance certain venue projects; authorizing the imposition of a |
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| 9 | 9 | | tax. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 334.0082(a), Local Government Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) This section applies only to a municipality that: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) has a population of at least 176,000 that borders |
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| 15 | 15 | | the Rio Grande, and that approved a sports and community venue |
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| 16 | 16 | | project before January 1, 2009; [or] |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) is located in a county adjacent to the |
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| 18 | 18 | | Texas-Mexico border if: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (A) the county has a population of at least |
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| 20 | 20 | | 500,000; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (B) the county does not have a city located |
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| 22 | 22 | | within it that has a population of at least 500,000; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (C) the municipality is the largest municipality |
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| 24 | 24 | | in the county described by this subdivision; or |
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| 25 | 25 | | (3) has a population of at least 70,000 but not more |
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| 26 | 26 | | than 180,000 and that is located in a county that borders the United |
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| 27 | 27 | | Mexican States and the Gulf of Mexico. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. The heading to Section 334.1015, Local |
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| 29 | 29 | | Government Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | Sec. 334.1015. APPLICATION; USE OF TAX REVENUE BY CERTAIN |
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| 31 | 31 | | MUNICIPALITIES. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 3. Section 334.1015, Local Government Code, is |
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| 33 | 33 | | amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to |
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| 34 | 34 | | read as follows: |
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| 35 | 35 | | (a) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (b) and |
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| 36 | 36 | | (c)(1), this subchapter does not apply to the financing of a venue |
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| 37 | 37 | | project that is an area or facility that is part of a municipal |
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| 38 | 38 | | parks and recreation system. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (c) A municipality described by Section 334.0082(a)(3) may: |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) finance a venue project described by Section |
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| 41 | 41 | | 334.001(4)(D) with the revenue from a tax imposed under this |
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| 42 | 42 | | subchapter; and |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) pay existing debt service for a venue project |
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| 44 | 44 | | described by Section 334.001(4)(A) or (B) with the revenue from a |
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| 45 | 45 | | tax imposed under this subchapter. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 47 | 47 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 48 | 48 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 49 | 49 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 50 | 50 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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