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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain municipalities to pledge |
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certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to hotel |
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projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 351.102(e) and (g), Tax Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(e) In addition to the municipalities described by |
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Subsection (b), that subsection also applies to: |
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(1) a municipality with a population of at least |
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110,000 but not more than 135,000 at least part of which is located |
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in a county with a population of not more than 135,000; |
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(2) a municipality with a population of at least 9,000 |
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but not more than 10,000 that is located in two counties, each of |
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which has a population of at least 662,000 and a southern border |
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with a county with a population of 2.3 million or more; |
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(3) a municipality with a population of at least |
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200,000 but not more than 300,000 that contains a component |
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institution of the Texas Tech University System; |
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(4) a municipality with a population of at least |
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95,000 that borders Lake Lewisville; |
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(5) a municipality that: |
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(A) contains a portion of Cedar Hill State Park; |
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(B) has a population of more than 45,000; |
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(C) is located in two counties, one of which has a |
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population of more than two million and one of which has a |
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population of more than 149,000; and |
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(D) has adopted a capital improvement plan for |
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the construction or expansion of a convention center facility; |
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(6) a municipality with a population of less than |
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6,000 that: |
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(A) is located in two counties each with a |
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population of 600,000 or more that are both adjacent to a county |
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with a population of two million or more; |
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(B) has full-time police and fire departments; |
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and |
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(C) has adopted a capital improvement plan for |
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the construction or expansion of a convention center facility; |
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(7) a municipality with a population of at least |
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56,000 that: |
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(A) borders Lake Ray Hubbard; and |
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(B) is located in two counties, one of which has a |
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population of less than 80,000; |
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(8) a municipality with a population of more than |
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83,000, that borders Clear Lake, and that is primarily located in a |
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county with a population of less than 300,000; |
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(9) a municipality with a population of less than |
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2,000 that: |
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(A) is located adjacent to a bay connected to the |
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Gulf of Mexico; |
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(B) is located in a county with a population of |
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290,000 or more that is adjacent to a county with a population of |
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four million or more; and |
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(C) has a boardwalk on the bay; |
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(10) a municipality with a population of 75,000 or |
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more that: |
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(A) is located wholly in one county with a |
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population of 575,000 or more that is adjacent to a county with a |
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population of four million or more; and |
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(B) has adopted a capital improvement plan for |
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the construction or expansion of a convention center facility; |
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(11) a municipality with a population of less than |
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75,000 that is located in three counties, at least one of which has |
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a population of at least four million; [and] |
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(12) an eligible coastal municipality with a |
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population of more than 3,000 but less than 5,000; and |
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(13) a municipality that is the county seat of a county |
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that has a population of at least 585,000 and is adjacent to a |
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county with a population of four million or more, except that the |
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municipality may also pledge revenue derived from the tax imposed |
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under this chapter from a hotel project that is owned by or located |
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on land owned by a nonprofit corporation or eleemosynary foundation |
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acting on behalf of or in concert with the municipality. |
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(g) A municipality to which this section applies may not |
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receive or pledge revenue or funds under Subsection (b) or (c) for a |
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hotel project unless the municipality enters into an agreement with |
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a person for the development of the hotel project before September |
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1, 2021 [2019]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |