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By: Menendez (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte) |
H.B. No. 3066 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013; |
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May 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran |
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Affairs and Military Installations; May 17, 2013, reported |
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favorably by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 17, 2013, |
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sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the qualification of an area inside a base defense |
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authority as an enterprise zone. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2303.101, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 2303.101. QUALIFICATION FOR ENTERPRISE ZONE |
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DESIGNATION. An area automatically qualifies for designation as an |
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enterprise zone if the area is: |
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(1) a block group, as defined by the most recent |
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federal decennial census available at the time of designation, in |
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which at least 20 percent of the residents of the block group have |
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an income at or below 100 percent of the federal poverty level; |
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(2) an area designated by the federal government as a |
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renewal community, a federal empowerment zone, or a federal |
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enterprise community, including any developable area approved by |
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the federal agency responsible for making that designation; [or] |
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(3) an area located in a distressed county; or |
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(4) an area inside the boundaries of a defense base |
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development authority established under Chapter 379B, Local |
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Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2013. |
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