Bill Text: TX HB4448 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the projects that may be undertaken by a public improvement district.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-04 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB4448 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB4448-Introduced.html

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87R11691 SMT-F
By: Israel H.B. No. 4448

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the projects that may be undertaken by a public
improvement district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 372.003, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-2) to
read as follows:
(b) A public improvement project may include:
(1) landscaping;
(2) erection of fountains, distinctive lighting, and
signs;
(3) acquiring, constructing, improving, widening,
narrowing, closing, or rerouting of sidewalks or of streets, any
other roadways, or their rights-of-way;
(4) construction or improvement of pedestrian malls;
(5) acquisition and installation of pieces of art;
(6) acquisition, construction, or improvement of
libraries;
(7) acquisition, construction, or improvement of
off-street parking facilities;
(8) acquisition, construction, improvement, or
rerouting of mass transportation facilities;
(9) acquisition, construction, or improvement of
water, geothermal water conveyance, wastewater, or drainage
facilities or improvements;
(10) the establishment or improvement of parks;
(11) projects similar to those listed in Subdivisions
(1)-(10);
(12) acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, of real
property, including a right-of-way or easement, in connection with
an authorized improvement;
(13) special supplemental services for improvement
and promotion of the district, including services relating to
advertising, promotion, health and sanitation, water and
wastewater, public safety, security, business recruitment,
development, recreation, and cultural enhancement;
(14) payment of expenses incurred in the
establishment, administration, and operation of the district; and
(15) the development, rehabilitation, or expansion of
affordable housing.
(b-2) Payment of expenses under Subsection (b)(9) may also
include expenses related to the operation and maintenance of a
geothermal water conveyance facility or improvement.
SECTION 2. Section 372.023(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Costs of improvements may be paid or reimbursed by any
combination of the methods described by this section if the
improvements are dedicated, conveyed, leased, or otherwise
provided to or for the benefit of:
(1) a municipality or county;
(2) a political subdivision or other entity exercising
the powers granted under this subchapter as authorized by other
law; [or]
(3) an entity that:
(A) is approved by the governing body of an
entity described by Subdivision (1) or (2); and
(B) is authorized by order, ordinance,
resolution, or other official action to act for an entity described
by Subdivision (1) or (2); or
(4) an entity subject to the regulatory jurisdiction
of the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.