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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to use of tax revenue by certain development corporations |
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for job-related skills training. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 501.163(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to a corporation the creation |
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of which was authorized by a municipality that: |
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(1) has a population of 10,000 or more; |
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(2) is located in a county that borders: |
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(A) [bordering] the Gulf of Mexico or the Gulf |
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Intracoastal Waterway; or |
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(B) the United Mexican States and in which four |
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municipalities with a population of 70,000 or more are located; and |
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(3) has, or is included in a metropolitan statistical |
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area of this state that has, an unemployment rate that averaged at |
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least two percent above the state average for the most recent two |
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consecutive years for which statistics are available. |
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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, 2017. |