88R1306 MP-F
	By: Patterson	H.B. No. 615

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to authorizing certain projects to be undertaken by
	economic development corporations.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 501, Local Government
	Code, is amended by adding Sections 501.1031 and 501.108 to read as
	follows:
	Sec. 501.1031.  CERTAIN GENERAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. In
	this subtitle, "project" includes expenditures that are found by
	the board of directors to be suitable for general infrastructure,
	limited to the development, improvement, maintenance, or expansion
	of:
	(1)  streets and roads;
	(2)  water supply facilities; or
	(3)  sewage facilities.
	Sec. 501.108.  PROJECTS RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY. (a)  In
	this subtitle, "project" includes expenditures that are found by
	the board of directors to be required or suitable for improving,
	enhancing, or supporting public safety, including:
	(1)  expenditures for improving public safety
	facilities;
	(2)  expenditures for public safety equipment and for
	first responders and other personnel; and
	(3)  other expenditures that enhance the level of
	services provided by public safety facilities.
	(b)  In this section, "first responder" has the meaning
	assigned by Section 421.095, Government Code.
	SECTION 2.  Section 504.103(c), Local Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(c)  A Type A corporation may undertake a project the primary
	purpose of which is to provide:
	(1)  a general aviation business service airport that
	is an integral part of an industrial park;
	(2)  a port-related facility to support waterborne
	commerce; [or]
	(3)  an airport-related facility, if the authorizing
	municipality:
	(A)  is wholly or partly located within 25 miles
	of an international border; and
	(B)  has, at the time the project is approved by
	the corporation as provided by this subtitle:
	(i)  a population of less than 50,000; or
	(ii)  an average rate of unemployment that
	is greater than the state average rate of unemployment during the
	most recent 12-month period for which data is available that
	precedes the date the project is approved; or
	(4)  general infrastructure described by Section
	501.1031.
	SECTION 3.  Subchapter D, Chapter 504, Local Government
	Code, is amended by adding Section 504.172 to read as follows:
	Sec. 504.172.  AUTHORITY TO UNDERTAKE CERTAIN GENERAL
	INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS OR PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS; ELECTION.
	(a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, a Type A
	corporation may not use proceeds from the sales and use tax or other
	corporate revenues to undertake the projects described by Section
	501.1031 or 501.108 unless the use of tax proceeds or other
	corporate revenues for those purposes is authorized by an election
	as provided by this section.
	(b)  The governing body of a Type A corporation's authorizing
	municipality by resolution may order an election on the question of
	approving the use of sales and use tax proceeds and other corporate
	revenues for:
	(1)  the general infrastructure projects described by
	Section 501.1031; or
	(2)  the public safety projects described by Section
	501.108.
	(c)  A resolution ordering an election under Subsection (b)
	must be passed by majority vote of all members of the governing body
	of the Type A corporation's authorizing municipality and entered in
	its minutes.
	(d)  The governing body of a Type A corporation's authorizing
	municipality shall order an election on the question described by
	Subsection (b)(1) or (2) on receipt of a petition requesting the
	election that is signed by a number of registered voters of the
	municipality equal to at least 10 percent of the number of voters
	participating in the last general election held in the
	municipality.
	(e)  An election under this section must be held on the first
	authorized uniform election date prescribed by Chapter 41, Election
	Code, that occurs after the date the election is ordered and that
	allows sufficient time to comply with other requirements of law.
	(f)  The ballot in an election under this section on the
	question described by Subsection (b)(1) shall be printed to provide
	for voting for or against the proposition: "Allowing the use of
	Type A corporation sales tax funds and other corporate revenues for
	streets and roads, water supply facilities, or sewage facilities in
	the City of ________."
	(g)  The ballot in an election under this section on the
	question described by Subsection (b)(2) shall be printed to provide
	for voting for or against the proposition: "Allowing the use of Type
	A corporation sales tax funds and other corporate revenues for
	improving, enhancing, or supporting public safety in the City of
	________."
	SECTION 4.  The heading to Subchapter D, Chapter 505, Local
	Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER D. AUTHORIZATION FOR ADDITIONAL [AUTHORIZED] PROJECTS
	SECTION 5.  Subchapter D, Chapter 505, Local Government
	Code, is amended by adding Section 505.162 to read as follows:
	Sec. 505.162.  AUTHORITY TO UNDERTAKE CERTAIN GENERAL
	INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS OR PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS; ELECTION.
	(a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, a Type B
	corporation may not use proceeds from the sales and use tax or other
	corporate revenues to undertake the projects described by Section
	501.1031 or 501.108 unless the use of tax proceeds or other
	corporate revenues for those purposes is authorized by an election
	as provided by this section.
	(b)  The governing body of a Type B corporation's authorizing
	municipality by resolution may order an election on the question of
	approving the use of sales and use tax proceeds and other corporate
	revenues for:
	(1)  the general infrastructure projects described by
	Section 501.1031; or
	(2)  the public safety projects described by Section
	501.108.
	(c)  A resolution ordering an election under Subsection (b)
	must be passed by majority vote of all members of the governing body
	of the Type B corporation's authorizing municipality and entered in
	its minutes.
	(d)  The governing body of a Type B corporation's authorizing
	municipality shall order an election on the question described by
	Subsection (b)(1) or (2) on receipt of a petition requesting the
	election that is signed by a number of registered voters of the
	municipality equal to at least 10 percent of the number of voters
	participating in the last general election held in the
	municipality.
	(e)  An election under this section must be held on the first
	authorized uniform election date prescribed by Chapter 41, Election
	Code, that occurs after the date the election is ordered and that
	allows sufficient time to comply with other requirements of law.
	(f)  The ballot in an election under this section on the
	question described by Subsection (b)(1) shall be printed to provide
	for voting for or against the proposition: "Allowing the use of
	Type B corporation sales tax funds and other corporate revenues for
	streets and roads, water supply facilities, or sewage facilities in
	the City of ________."
	(g)  The ballot in an election under this section on the
	question described by Subsection (b)(2) shall be printed to provide
	for voting for or against the proposition: "Allowing the use of Type
	B corporation sales tax funds and other corporate revenues for
	improving, enhancing, or supporting public safety in the City of
	________."
	SECTION 6.  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, 2023.