By: West S.B. No. 1921
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a common characteristic or use project in a public
improvement district in certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 372.0015, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 372.0015. DEFINITIONS [DEFINITION]. In this
subchapter:
(1) "Extraterritorial[, "extraterritorial]
jurisdiction" means extraterritorial jurisdiction as determined
under Chapter 42.
(2) "Hotel" has the meaning assigned by Section
156.001, Tax Code. The term includes a property that begins
operating as a hotel after the establishment of a public
improvement district that includes the property.
SECTION 2. Section 372.0035(e), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) Notwithstanding Section 372.003, a [A] district created
after September 1, 2019, may undertake a project under this section
only for advertising, promotion, or business recruitment[, as
authorized by Section 372.003(b)(13),] directly related to hotels.
SECTION 3. Section 372.005, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (b-1) and adding Subsection (b-2) to
read as follows:
(b-1) A person is a qualified petitioner under Subsection
(b-2) if the person:
(1) is employed in a management position responsible
for overseeing the operations of a hotel, including:
(A) the owner or general manager of a hotel;
(B) a regional manager who oversees the
operations of a hotel; or
(C) an employee of a management company who
oversees the operation of a hotel; and
(2) provides a written statement that the person is
authorized to enter into a binding agreement concerning the
operation of a hotel on behalf of the owner of a hotel.
(b-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a petition for the
establishment of a public improvement district described by Section
372.0035(a-1) [372.0035(a) or (a-1)] is sufficient only if the
petition is:
(1) signed by qualified petitioners who represent
[record owners of taxable real property liable for assessment under
the proposal who constitute:
[(1)] more than 60 percent of the appraised value of
hotel [taxable real] property liable for assessment under the
proposal, as determined by the current roll of the appraisal
district in which the property is located,[;] and who:
[(2) more than 60 percent of:]
(A) represent more than 60 percent of all hotels
[all record owners of taxable real property] that are liable for
assessment under the proposal; or
(B) represent more than 60 percent of the area of
all [taxable] real property that is liable for assessment under the
proposal; and
(2) accompanied by the written statement described by
Subsection (b-1)(2) for each qualified petitioner signing the
petition.
SECTION 4. Sections 372.0035(a) and (e-1), Local Government
Code, are repealed.
SECTION 5. Section 372.005, Local Government Code, as
amended by this Act, applies only to a petition for the
establishment or renewal of a public improvement district filed on
or after the effective date of this Act. A petition filed before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
the date the petition is filed, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.