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AN ACT
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relating to sports and community venue projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 334, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 334.008 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 334.008. PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM AS VENUE PROJECT: |
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CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) A county located on an international border |
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that has a population of less than 15,000 and that contains no |
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incorporated territory of a municipality may provide for the |
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planning, acquisition, establishment, development, construction, |
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or renovation of a county parks and recreation system as a venue |
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project under this chapter. |
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(b) The venue project authorized by Subsection (a) |
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includes: |
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(1) improvements or additions to the county parks and |
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recreation system; and |
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(2) an area or facility that is part of the county |
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parks and recreation system. |
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(c) To the extent that a provision of this chapter, |
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including Sections 334.024(f), 334.1015, and 334.2515, applies to a |
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venue project that is a municipal parks and recreation system or |
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facility, those provisions apply to a venue project authorized by |
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this section, and references to a municipality are considered |
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references to a county to which this section applies. |
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(d) A county that authorizes a venue project described by |
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this section maintains the authority granted under this section |
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even if at a later time a part of the county becomes incorporated in |
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a municipality. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 334, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 334.0242 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 334.0242. ELECTION ON USE OF TAXES TO IMPROVE OR |
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MAINTAIN VENUE PROJECT. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), |
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if one or more methods of financing have been approved at an |
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election held under Section 334.024, the governing body of the |
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municipality or county imposing the method may order an election on |
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the question of approving the use of revenue derived from one or |
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more approved methods to finance a related venue project. |
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(b) The ballot at the election held under this section must |
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be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: |
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"Authorizing __________ (insert name of municipality or |
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county) to use an amount not to exceed __________ (insert |
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percentage of tax revenue or dollar amount of revenue to be used for |
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each type of tax) of the revenue derived from the __________ (insert |
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each type of tax) tax, to finance the __________ (describe the |
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related venue project and its relation to the previously approved |
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venue project)." |
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(c) If a majority of the votes cast at an election held under |
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this section approve the proposition, the municipality or county |
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may use the revenue to finance the related venue project described |
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in the proposition. |
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(d) At an election held under this section, the municipality |
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or county may not change the rate of the tax or the method of |
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financing previously authorized under Section 334.024. |
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(e) This section does not authorize the municipality or |
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county to use revenue from a hotel occupancy tax under Subchapter H. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1524 was passed by the House on May 8, |
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2007, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 11, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1524 was passed by the Senate on May |
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23, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |