88(R) HB 1962 - Introduced version - Bill Text
  88R3822 CJD-D
 
  By:  Leach H.B.  No.  1962
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of certain municipalities to receive
  certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center
  project and to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of
  obligations related to the project.
               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
               SECTION  1.    Section 351.152, Tax Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
               Sec.  351.152.    APPLICABILITY.    This subchapter applies only
  to:
                           (1)    a municipality described by Section
  351.001(7)(B);
                           (2)    a municipality described by Section
  351.001(7)(D);
                           (3)    a municipality described by Section
  351.001(7)(E);
                           (4)    a municipality described by Section
  351.102(e)(3);
                           (5)    a municipality that contains more than 75 percent
  of the population of a county with a population of 1.5 million or
  more;
                           (6)    a municipality with a population of 150,000 or
  more but less than 200,000 that is partially located in at least one
  county with a population of 125,000 or more;
                           (7)    a municipality with a population of 150,000 or
  more but less than one million that is located in one county with a
  population of 2.3 million or more;
                           (8)    a municipality with a population of 180,000 or
  more that:
                                       (A)    is located in two counties, each with a
  population of 100,000 or more; and
                                       (B)    contains an American Quarter Horse Hall of
  Fame and Museum;
                           (9)    a municipality with a population of 96,000 or more
  that is located in a county that borders Lake Palestine;
                           (10)    a municipality with a population of 96,000 or
  more that is located in a county that contains the headwaters of the
  San Gabriel River;
                           (11)    a municipality with a population of 99,900 or
  more but less than 111,000 that is located in a county with a
  population of 135,000 or more;
                           (12)    a municipality with a population of 110,000 or
  more but less than 135,000 at least part of which is located in a
  county with a population of less than 135,000;
                           (13)    a municipality with a population of 9,000 or more
  but less than 10,000 that is located in two counties, each of which
  has a population of 662,000 or more and a southern border with a
  county with a population of 2.3 million or more;
                           (14)    a municipality with a population of 200,000 or
  more but less than 300,000 that contains a component institution of
  the Texas Tech University System;
                           (15)    a municipality with a population of 95,000 or
  more that:
                                       (A)    is located in more than one county; and
                                       (B)    borders Lake Lewisville;
                           (16)    a municipality with a population of 45,000 or
  more that:
                                       (A)    contains a portion of Cedar Hill State Park;
                                       (B)    is located in two counties, one of which has a
  population of two million or more and one of which has a population
  of 149,000 or more; and
                                       (C)    has adopted a capital improvement plan for
  the construction or expansion of a convention center facility;
                           (17)    a municipality with a population of less than
  6,000 that:
                                       (A)    is almost wholly located in a county with a
  population of 600,0

Statutes affected:
Introduced: Tax Code 351.152 (Tax Code 351)