Bill Text: TX HB3063 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 3063 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to defense base development authorities.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Vetoed) 2013-06-14 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB3063 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB3063-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 3063




	AN ACT
	relating to defense base development authorities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 2303.101, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 2303.101. QUALIFICATION FOR ENTERPRISE ZONE
	DESIGNATION. An area automatically qualifies for designation as an
	enterprise zone if the area is:
	(1) a block group, as defined by the most recent
	federal decennial census available at the time of designation, in
	which at least 20 percent of the residents of the block group have
	an income at or below 100 percent of the federal poverty level;
	(2) an area designated by the federal government as a
	renewal community, a federal empowerment zone, or a federal
	enterprise community, including any developable area approved by
	the federal agency responsible for making that designation; [or]
	(3) an area located in a distressed county; or
	(4) an area inside the boundaries of a defense base
	development authority established under Chapter 379B, Local
	Government Code, that is immediately adjacent to five or more block
	groups described by Subdivision (1).
	SECTION 2. Chapter 379B, Local Government Code, is amended
	by adding Section 379B.0091 to read as follows:
	Sec. 379B.0091. DESIGNATION AS ENTERPRISE ZONE. An area
	inside the boundaries of a defense base development authority
	established under this chapter that is immediately adjacent to five
	or more block groups, as defined by the most recent federal
	decennial census, in which at least 20 percent of the residents of
	the block group have an income at or below 100 percent of the
	federal poverty level, automatically qualifies as an enterprise
	zone as provided by Section 2303.101, Government Code.
	SECTION 3. Section 379B.011, Local Government Code, is
	amended by adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows:
	(c) A commercial aircraft to be used as an instrumentality
	of commerce that is under construction inside the authority is
	presumed to be in interstate, international, or foreign commerce
	and not located in this state for longer than a temporary period for
	purposes of Sections 11.01 and 21.02, Tax Code.
	(d) Tangible personal property located inside the authority
	is presumed to be in interstate, international, or foreign commerce
	and not located in this state for longer than a temporary period for
	purposes of Sections 11.01 and 21.02, Tax Code, if the owner
	demonstrates to the chief appraiser for the appraisal district in
	which the authority is located that the owner intends to
	incorporate the property into or attach the property to a
	commercial aircraft described by Subsection (c).
	(e) In this section, "commercial aircraft" means an
	aircraft under construction that is designed to be used as
	described by Section 21.05(e), Tax Code.
	SECTION 4. The change in law made by Section 3 of this Act
	applies only to ad valorem taxes imposed for a tax year beginning on
	or after January 1, 2014.
	SECTION 5. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
	section:
	(1) 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; and
	(2) if this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
	immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
	(b) Section 379B.011, Local Government Code, as amended by
	this Act, takes effect January 1, 2014.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 3063 was passed by the House on May 2,
	2013, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 1, 2 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 3063 on May 24, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 2,
	2 present, not voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House

	I certify that H.B. No. 3063 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
	0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date

	__________________
	Governor