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1	1	By: West S.B. No. 1921
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6	6	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	relating to a common characteristic or use project in a public
9	9	improvement district in certain municipalities.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 372.0015, Local Government Code, is
12	12	amended to read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 372.0015. DEFINITIONS [DEFINITION]. In this
14	14	subchapter:
15	15	(1) "Extraterritorial[, "extraterritorial]
16	16	jurisdiction" means extraterritorial jurisdiction as determined
17	17	under Chapter 42.
18	18	(2) "Hotel" has the meaning assigned by Section
19	19	156.001, Tax Code. The term includes a property that begins
20	20	operating as a hotel after the establishment of a public
21	21	improvement district that includes the property.
22	22	SECTION 2. Section 372.0035(e), Local Government Code, is
23	23	amended to read as follows:
24	24	(e) Notwithstanding Section 372.003, a [A] district created
25	25	after September 1, 2019, may undertake a project under this section
26	26	only for advertising, promotion, or business recruitment[, as
27	27	authorized by Section 372.003(b)(13),] directly related to hotels.
28	28	SECTION 3. Section 372.005, Local Government Code, is
29	29	amended by amending Subsection (b-1) and adding Subsection (b-2) to
30	30	read as follows:
31	31	(b-1) A person is a qualified petitioner under Subsection
32	32	(b-2) if the person:
33	33	(1) is employed in a management position responsible
34	34	for overseeing the operations of a hotel, including:
35	35	(A) the owner or general manager of a hotel;
36	36	(B) a regional manager who oversees the
37	37	operations of a hotel; or
38	38	(C) an employee of a management company who
39	39	oversees the operation of a hotel; and
40	40	(2) provides a written statement that the person is
41	41	authorized to enter into a binding agreement concerning the
42	42	operation of a hotel on behalf of the owner of a hotel.
43	43	(b-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a petition for the
44	44	establishment of a public improvement district described by Section
45	45	372.0035(a-1) [372.0035(a) or (a-1)] is sufficient only if the
46	46	petition is:
47	47	(1) signed by qualified petitioners who represent
48	48	[record owners of taxable real property liable for assessment under
49	49	the proposal who constitute:
50	50	[(1)] more than 60 percent of the appraised value of
51	51	hotel [taxable real] property liable for assessment under the
52	52	proposal, as determined by the current roll of the appraisal
53	53	district in which the property is located,[;] and who:
54	54	[(2) more than 60 percent of:]
55	55	(A) represent more than 60 percent of all hotels
56	56	[all record owners of taxable real property] that are liable for
57	57	assessment under the proposal; or
58	58	(B) represent more than 60 percent of the area of
59	59	all [taxable] real property that is liable for assessment under the
60	60	proposal; and
61	61	(2) accompanied by the written statement described by
62	62	Subsection (b-1)(2) for each qualified petitioner signing the
63	63	petition.
64	64	SECTION 4. Sections 372.0035(a) and (e-1), Local Government
65	65	Code, are repealed.
66	66	SECTION 5. Section 372.005, Local Government Code, as
67	67	amended by this Act, applies only to a petition for the
68	68	establishment or renewal of a public improvement district filed on
69	69	or after the effective date of this Act. A petition filed before
70	70	the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
71	71	the date the petition is filed, and the former law is continued in
72	72	effect for that purpose.
73	73	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
74	74	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
75	75	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
76	76	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
77	77	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.