Bill Text: TX HB1136 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to territory included in a common characteristic or use project in a public improvement district established by a municipality.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB1136 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1136-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1136 |
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relating to territory included in a common characteristic or use | ||
project in a public improvement district established by a | ||
municipality. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 372.0035, Local | ||
Government Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 372.0035. COMMON CHARACTERISTIC OR USE FOR PROJECTS IN | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 372.0035, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
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municipality under this subchapter and solely composed of territory | ||
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(e) 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(b-1), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a petition for the | ||
establishment of a public improvement district described by Section | ||
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owners of taxable real property liable for assessment under the | ||
proposal who constitute: | ||
(1) more than 60 percent of the appraised value of | ||
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 | ||
(2) more than 60 percent of: | ||
(A) all record owners of taxable real property | ||
that are liable for assessment under the proposal; or | ||
(B) the area of all taxable real property that is | ||
liable for assessment under the proposal. | ||
SECTION 4. Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Local Government | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 372.0121 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 372.0121. INCLUSION OF AREA IN COMMON CHARACTERISTIC | ||
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. Notwithstanding Section 372.012 or | ||
any other requirement in this chapter, the governing body of a | ||
municipality may include property in a public improvement district | ||
described by Section 372.0035 if: | ||
(1) the property is a hotel; and | ||
(2) the property could have been included in the | ||
district without violating Section 372.005(b-1) when the district | ||
was created regardless of whether the record owners of the property | ||
signed the original petition. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1136 was passed by the House on April | ||
9, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 7, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1136 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |