Bill Text: TX HB3066 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the qualification of an area inside a base defense authority as an enterprise zone.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB3066 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3066-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3066 |
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relating to the qualification of an area inside a base defense | ||
authority as an enterprise zone. | ||
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; [ |
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(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. | ||
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. 3066 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3066 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |