Bill Text: TX HB171 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the exercise of urban renewal powers by certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-11 - Referred to Border & Intergovernmental Affairs [HB171 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB171-Introduced.html
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| By: Raymond | H.B. No. 171 | |
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| relating to the exercise of urban renewal powers by certain | ||
| counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 374.902(b), Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) A county with a population of more than 60,000 and less | ||
| than 300,000 and located along an international border or a county | ||
| with a population of more than 1.3 million may exercise the powers | ||
| provided for municipalities under this chapter with respect to | ||
| areas of the county that are not within the corporate boundaries of | ||
| a municipality or areas of the county located within the corporate | ||
| boundaries of a municipality, if the municipality approves the | ||
| county's participation in an urban renewal project through an | ||
| interlocal agreement under Chapter 791, Government Code. The | ||
| county may not exercise those powers until the commissioners court | ||
| of the county adopts a resolution in the manner provided by Section | ||
| 374.011 for adoption of a resolution by a municipality. The | ||
| resolution must be approved at an election held in the county in the | ||
| manner provided for a municipal election under Section 374.011. | ||
| The adoption of the resolution is not approved unless a majority of | ||
| the voters who vote on the question in the entire county as well as | ||
| in each municipality in the county approve the adoption of the | ||
| resolution. In a municipality that is only partially located in the | ||
| affected county, only voters who reside in the county may vote. | ||
| 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, 2011. | ||
