Bill Text: TX HB1287 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 1287

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the use by certain municipalities of certain tax revenue to fund convention center facilities, multipurpose arenas, venues, and related infrastructure.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-13 - Filed [HB1287 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB1287-Introduced.html



	By: Geren	H.B. No. 1287



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the use by certain municipalities of certain tax
	revenue to fund convention center facilities, multipurpose arenas,
	venues, and related infrastructure.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 351.1015, Tax Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (j) to read as
	follows:
	(b) This section applies only to a qualified project located
	in a municipality with a population of at least 850,000 [~~650,000~~]
	but less than 950,000 [~~750,000~~] according to the most recent
	federal decennial census.
	(j) Notwithstanding any other law or a term of any ordinance
	or agreement adopted or entered into under this section, due to the
	effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on hotel-associated revenues, the
	date on which a project financing zone designated under this
	section expires is automatically extended for two years if the zone
	was:
	(1) designated by a municipality as a project
	financing zone in or before 2019; and
	(2) in existence on March 15, 2020.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.