Bill Text: TX HB3281 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain municipalities to establish homestead preservation districts and reinvestment zones.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Vetoed) 2017-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB3281 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3281-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3281 | ||
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| relating to the eligibility of certain municipalities to establish | ||
| homestead preservation districts and reinvestment zones. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 373A.003, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and | ||
| (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (a) This chapter applies to a municipality with a population | ||
| of more than 750,000 that is located in a uniform state service | ||
| region with fewer than 800,000 [ |
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| determined by the most recent United States decennial census. | ||
| (a-1) If this chapter applies to a municipality as provided | ||
| by Subsection (a), the application of this chapter to the | ||
| municipality is not affected if the municipality's population or | ||
| number of occupied housing units changes and the municipality no | ||
| longer meets the population requirement of Subsection (a). | ||
| (c) Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality to which | ||
| this chapter applies may not designate a district under this | ||
| chapter if the municipality has adopted a requirement in any form, | ||
| including through an ordinance or regulation or as a condition for | ||
| granting a building permit, that establishes a maximum sales price | ||
| for a privately produced housing unit or residential building lot. | ||
| The restriction described by this subsection does not apply to | ||
| property that is part of an urban land bank program. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3281 was passed by the House on May 9, | ||
| 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 8, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 3281 on May 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 123, Nays 20, | ||
| 2 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3281 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays | ||
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| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
