HB 3693
AN ACT relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
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What This Bill Does
Modifies tax revenue usage rules for specific municipalities with populations between 700,000 and 950,000, or those meeting certain population density requirements in their counties. The legislation allows these municipalities additional flexibility in using tax revenues for qualified projects, potentially enabling local governments to fund specific community or economic development initiatives. The changes will take effect on September 1, 2025, potentially impacting local infrastructure, development, and tax allocation strategies for the specified municipalities.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for certain qualified projects. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 351.1015(b), Tax Code, as amended by Chapters 644 (H.B. 4559), 779 (H.B. 5012), 927 (S.B. 2220), and 1110 (S.B. 1057), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is reenacted and amended to read as follows: (b) This section applies only to a qualified project located (1) a municipality with a population of at least 700,000 but less than 950,000 according to the most recent federal (2) a municipality that contains more than 70 percent of the population of a county with a population of 1.5 million or (3) [(2)] a municipality described by Section [(3)] a municipality described by Section (5) [(2)] a municipality with a population of at least (6) a municipality described by Section 351.152(52). SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain
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