H.B. No. 1937




AN ACT

relating to the authority of certain counties to create county 
assistance districts for certain purposes.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 387.002, Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 387.002.  APPLICABILITY.  This chapter applies only to 
a county that has a population of less than 45,000 if:
		(1)  [and] any portion of the county [which] is 
included in an authority governed by Chapter 451 or 452, 
Transportation Code; or
		(2)  the county does not contain any part of a 
municipality that, before the commissioners court of the county 
calls an election on the question of creating a district under 
Section 387.003, has:
			(A)  created a development corporation under 
Section 4A or 4B, Development Corporation Act of 1979 (Article 
5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); or
			(B)  imposed a sales and use tax that when 
combined with any other sales and use tax applicable in the 
municipality, exceeds two percent.
	SECTION 2.  Section 387.003(a), Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The commissioners court of the county may call an 
election on the question of creating a county assistance district 
under this chapter to perform the following functions in the 
district:
		(1)  the construction, maintenance, or improvement of 
roads or highways;    
		(2)  the provision of law enforcement and detention 
services;               
		(3)  the maintenance or improvement of libraries, 
museums, parks, or other recreational facilities; [or]
		(4)  the provision of services that benefit the public 
health or welfare; or
		(5)  the promotion of economic development and tourism.                
	SECTION 3.  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.




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1937 was passed by the House on April 
22, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 1937 was passed by the Senate on May 
19, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor