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                                                                  H.B. No. 918




AN ACT

relating to the authority of a municipality to establish economic 
development programs in certain areas.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 380.001(a), Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The governing body of a municipality may establish and 
provide for the administration of one or more programs, including 
programs for making loans and grants of public money and providing 
personnel and services of the municipality, to promote state or 
local economic development and to stimulate business and commercial 
activity in the municipality.  For purposes of this subsection, a 
municipality includes an area that:
		(1)  has been annexed by the municipality for limited 
purposes; or   
		(2)  is in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the 
municipality.    
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 918 was passed by the House on April 
6, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 134, Nays 1, 1 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 918 was passed by the Senate on May 5, 
2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



APPROVED:  _____________________                                            
 
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                 Governor