Bill Text: TX HB3691 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain municipalities to establish homestead preservation districts and reinvestment zones.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3691 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3691-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Bernal | H.B. No. 3691 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3691: | |||
By: Alvarado | C.S.H.B. No. 3691 |
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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 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 373A.003. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. (a) Except as | ||
provided by Subsection (b), this [ |
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municipality with a population of more than 750,000 and less than 2 | ||
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(b) Subchapter E does not [ |
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to any municipality with a population of 1.18 million or more which | ||
is located predominantly in a county that has a total area of less | ||
than 1,000 square miles and has adopted an urban land bank | ||
demonstration program under Chapter 379C, Local Government Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 373A.052(a) and (b), Local Government | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) To be designated as a district within a municipality | ||
described by Section 373A.003(a) under this subchapter, an area | ||
must be composed of census tracts forming a spatially compact area | ||
with: | ||
(1) fewer than 75,000 residents; | ||
(2) an overall poverty rate of at least 25 percent | ||
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(3) in each census tract within the area, a median | ||
family income that is less than 80 percent of the median family | ||
income for the entire municipality. | ||
(b) To be designated as a district within a municipality | ||
described by Section 373A.003(b) under this subchapter, an area | ||
must be composed of census tracts forming a spatially compact area | ||
contiguous to a central business district and with: | ||
(1) fewer than 75,000 residents; | ||
(2) a median family income that is less than $30,000 | ||
according to the last decennial census; and | ||
(3) an overall poverty rate of at least 25 percent | ||
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |