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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 receive |
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certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center |
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project and to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of |
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obligations related to the project. |
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       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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       SECTION 1. Section 351.152, Tax Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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       Sec. 351.152.  APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only |
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to: |
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             (1)  a municipality described by Section 351.001(7)(B); |
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             (2)  a municipality described by Section 351.001(7)(D); |
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             (3)  a municipality described by Section 351.001(7)(E); |
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             (4)  a municipality described by Section 351.102(e)(3); |
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             (5)  a municipality that contains more than 75 percent |
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of the population of a county with a population of 1.5 million or |
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more; |
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             (6)  a municipality with a population of 150,000 or more |
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but less than 200,000 that is partially located in at least one |
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county with a population of 125,000 or more; |
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             (7)  a municipality with a population of 150,000 or more |
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but less than one million that is located in one county with a |
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population of 2.3 million or more; |
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             (8)  a municipality with a population of 180,000 or more |
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that: |
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                   (A)  is located in two counties, each with a |
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population of 100,000 or more; and |
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                   (B)  contains an American Quarter Horse Hall of |
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Fame and Museum; |
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             (9)  a municipality with a population of 96,000 or more |
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that is located in a county that borders Lake Palestine; |
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             (10)  a municipality with a population of 96,000 or more |
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that is located in a county that contains the headwaters of the San |
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Gabriel River; |
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             (11)  a municipality with a population of 99,900 or more |
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but less than 111,000 that is located in a county with a population |
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of 135,000 or more; |
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             (12)  a municipality with a population of 110,000 or |
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more but less than 135,000 at least part of which is located in a |
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county with a population of less than 135,000; |
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             (13)  a municipality with a population of 9,000 or more |
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but less than 10,000 that is located in two counties, each of which |
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has a population of 662,000 or more and a southern border with a |
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county with a population of 2.3 million or more; |
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             (14)  a municipality with a population of 200,000 or |
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more but less than 300,000 that contains a component institution of |
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the Texas Tech University System; |
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             (15)  a municipality with a population of 95,000 or more |
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that: |
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                   (A)  is located in more than one county; and |
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                   (B)  borders Lake Lewisville; |
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             (16)  a municipality with a population of 45,000 or |
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more that: |
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                   (A)  contains a portion of Cedar Hill State Park; |
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                   (B)  is located in two counties, one of which has a |
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population of two million or more and one of which has a population |
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of 149,000 or more; 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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             (17)  a municipality with a population of less than |
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6,000 that: |
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                   (A)  is almost wholly located in a county with a |
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population of 600,000 or more that is adjacent to a county with a |
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population of two million or more; |
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                   (B)  is partially located in a county with a |
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population of 1.8 million or more that is adjacent to a county with |
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a population of two million or more; |
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                   (C)  has a visitor center and museum located in a |
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19th-century rock building in the municipality's downtown; and |
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                   Statutes affected: Introduced: Tax Code 351.152 (Tax Code 351)
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