H.B. No. 3066
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the qualification of an area inside a base defense
  authority as an enterprise zone.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2303.101, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 2303.101.  QUALIFICATION FOR ENTERPRISE ZONE
  DESIGNATION. An area automatically qualifies for designation as an
  enterprise zone if the area is:
               (1)  a block group, as defined by the most recent
  federal decennial census available at the time of designation, in
  which at least 20 percent of the residents of the block group have
  an income at or below 100 percent of the federal poverty level;
               (2)  an area designated by the federal government as a
  renewal community, a federal empowerment zone, or a federal
  enterprise community, including any developable area approved by
  the federal agency responsible for making that designation; [or]
               (3)  an area located in a distressed county; or
               (4)  an area inside the boundaries of a defense base
  development authority established under Chapter 379B, Local
  Government Code.
         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, 2013.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3066 was passed by the House on May 2,
  2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 1, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3066 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor