H.B. No. 752

AN ACT

relating to the authority of certain municipalities to enter into

an agreement with a school district to dedicate revenue from a tax

increment fund to the district for the acquisition, construction,

or reconstruction of an educational facility.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1.  Section 311.0085(a), Tax Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(a)  This section applies only to a municipality with a

population of less than 130,000 as shown by the 2000 federal

decennial census that has[:

[(1)]  territory in three counties[; and

[(2)  a population of less than 120,000].

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, 2009.

 

 

______________________________ ______________________________

President of the Senate           Speaker of the House

 

 

I certify that H.B. No. 752 was passed by the House on April

22, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not

voting.

 

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

 

 

I certify that H.B. No. 752 was passed by the Senate on May 7,

2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

 

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED:  _____________________

Date

 

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Governor