Bill Text: TX HB139 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the exercise of urban renewal powers by certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB139 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB139-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 139 | ||
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| relating to the exercise of urban renewal powers by certain | ||
| counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 374.902(b), Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) A county with a population of more than 250,000 and | ||
| located along an international border or a county with a population | ||
| of more than 1.3 million may exercise the powers provided for | ||
| municipalities under this chapter with respect to areas of the | ||
| county that are not within the corporate boundaries of a | ||
| municipality. A county with a population of more than 250,000 and | ||
| located along an international border may exercise the powers | ||
| provided for municipalities under this chapter with respect to | ||
| areas of the county located within the corporate boundaries of a | ||
| municipality, if the municipality approves the county's | ||
| participation in an urban renewal project through an interlocal | ||
| agreement under Chapter 791, Government Code. The county may not | ||
| exercise those powers until the commissioners court of the county | ||
| adopts a resolution in the manner provided by Section 374.011 for | ||
| adoption of a resolution by a municipality. The resolution must be | ||
| approved at an election held in the county in the manner provided | ||
| for a municipal election under Section 374.011. The adoption of the | ||
| resolution is not approved unless a majority of the voters who vote | ||
| on the question in the entire county as well as in each municipality | ||
| in the county approve the adoption of the resolution. In a | ||
| municipality that is only partially located in the affected county, | ||
| only voters who reside in the county may vote. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 139 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 122, Nays 14, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 139 on May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 6, 2 | ||
| present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 139 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays | ||
| 3. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
