H.B. No. 2032

	AN ACT
	relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use tax
	revenue for certain venue projects.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 334, Local Government
	Code, is amended by adding Section 334.0082 to read as follows:
	Sec. 334.0082.  VENUE PROJECTS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
	(a)  This section applies only to a municipality that:
	(1)  has a population of at least 176,000 that borders
	the Rio Grande, and that approved a sports and community venue
	project before January 1, 2009; or
	(2)  is located in a county adjacent to the
	Texas-Mexico border if:
	(A)  the county has a population of at least
	500,000;
	(B)  the county does not have a city located
	within it that has a population of at least 500,000; and
	(C)  the municipality is the largest municipality
	in the county described by this subdivision.
	(b)  Notwithstanding any other law, including Section
	334.089, after complying with Section 334.022, a municipality to
	which this section applies may hold an election under Section
	334.024 on the question of approving and implementing a resolution
	to:
	(1)  authorize the municipality to plan, acquire,
	establish, develop, construct, or renovate a convention center and
	related infrastructure in the city limits of the municipality as
	part of an existing or previously approved sports and community
	venue project, regardless of whether the convention center is
	located on the premises of the existing or previously approved
	venue project;
	(2)  impose a tax under Subchapter H at a rate not to
	exceed two percent of the cost of a room; and
	(3)  authorize the municipality to finance, operate,
	and maintain the venue project described by Subdivision (1),
	including the convention center, using the revenue from any taxes
	imposed by the municipality under this chapter, including taxes
	previously approved in relation to the existing or previously
	approved venue project.
	(c)  If the resolution is approved by a majority of the votes
	cast in the election, the municipality may implement the
	resolution.
	SECTION 2.  Section 334.2516(a), Local Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a)  This section applies only to a municipality that:
	(1)  is located in three counties;
	(2)  has a population of less than 130,000 as shown by
	the 2000 federal decennial census [120,000]; and
	(3)  acquires by purchase or lease with a term of not
	less than 20 years an interest in real property that by the terms of
	the acquisition is required to be maintained as park property.
	SECTION 3.  Section 351.001(7), Tax Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(7)  "Eligible central municipality" means a
	municipality with a population of more than 140,000 [440,000] but
	less than 1.5 million that is located in a county with a population
	of one million or more and that has adopted a capital improvement
	plan for the expansion of an existing convention center facility.
	SECTION 4.  Section 1504.003(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  Bonds issued under this subchapter must be secured by a
	pledge of and be payable from all or a designated part of the
	revenue from the facility for which the bonds are issued or from
	additional sources made available by the municipality for that
	purpose, as provided in the ordinance authorizing or approving the
	issuance of the bonds.
	SECTION 5.  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. 2032 was passed by the House on April
	24, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 137, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 2032 on May 18, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 1,
	2 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2032 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 15, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays
	0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor