89R1664 JG-D
By: Dorazio H.B. No. 1890
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the improvement of certain school campuses based on the
construction or rehabilitation of certain low income housing
developments in the attendance zone of those campuses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 380, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Section 380.005 to read as follows:
Sec. 380.005. REQUIRED MUNICIPAL FUNDING OF CERTAIN CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS. (a) In this section, "development" has the meaning
assigned by Section 2306.6702, Government Code.
(b) This section applies only to land that is:
(1) located in a county with a population of more than
1.5 million and in which more than 75 percent of the population
lives in a single municipality; and
(2) annexed by a municipality under Chapter 43.
(c) A municipality in which a development is being
constructed or rehabilitated on land to which this section applies
shall request from each independent school district with a campus
whose attendance zone includes the development an impact study that
evaluates the capital improvements necessary for the campus to
reasonably accommodate the estimated increase in the number of
students that will result from the development.
(d) Notwithstanding any other law and based on the results
of the impact study a municipality requests under Subsection (c),
the municipality shall fund the capital improvements identified as
necessary in that study. The capital improvements must be
completed in the manner and based on the timeline agreed on by the
municipality and independent school district.
SECTION 2. Section 380.005, Local Government Code, as added
by this Act, applies to the construction or rehabilitation of a
development that is in progress on or after the effective date of
this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.