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Texas Local Government Code - LOC GOV'T § 372.0035. Common Characteristic or Use for Projects in Municipalities

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) This section applies only to:

(1) a municipality that:

(A) has a population of more than 900,000 and less than two million;

(B) has a population of more than 325,000 and less than 625,000;

(C) has a population of more than 197,000 and less than 200,500;

(D) has a population of more than 256,000 and less than 257,000;

(E) has a population of more than 20,000 and is wholly located in a county with a population of more than 62,000 and less than 68,000;

(F) has a population of more than 200,000 and borders Lake Lewisville;

(G) has a population of more than 138,000 and is wholly located in a county with a population of less than 265,000; or

(H) has a population of more than 130,000 and less than 140,000 and is wholly located in a county with a population of more than 900,000; and

(2) a public improvement district established under this subchapter and solely composed of territory in which the only businesses are:

(A) hotels with 100 or more rooms ordinarily used for sleeping, if the district is established by a municipality described by Subdivision (1)(A);

(B) hotels with 75 or more rooms ordinarily used for sleeping, if the district is established by a municipality described by Subdivision (1)(B), (D), (E), (F), (G), or (H); or

(C) hotels with 10 or more rooms ordinarily used for sleeping, if the district is established by a municipality described by Subdivision (1)(C).

(a-1) This section applies only to a public improvement district established by a municipality under this subchapter and solely composed of territory in which the only businesses are one or more hotels.

(b) A municipality may undertake a project that confers a special benefit on areas that share a common characteristic or use. The areas may be noncontiguous.

(c) This section does not prohibit a municipality from or limit a municipality to establishing a district that includes a noncontiguous area authorized by this subchapter.

(d) A municipality that undertakes a project under this section may:

(1) adopt procedures for the collection of assessments under this chapter that are consistent with the municipality's procedures for the collection of a hotel occupancy tax under Chapter 351, Tax Code; and

(2) pursue remedies for the failure to pay an assessment under this chapter that are available to the municipality for failure to pay a hotel occupancy tax under Chapter 351, Tax Code.

<Text of (e) as added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., ch. 995 (H.B. 1136), § 2>

(e) A district created after September 1, 2019, may undertake a project under this section only for advertising, promotion, or business recruitment, as authorized by Section 372.003(b)(13), directly related to hotels.

<Text of (e) as added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., ch. 59 (S.B. 385), § 1>

(e) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), § 185(c)(1).

<Text of (e) as added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., ch. 1271 (S.B. 386), § 1>

(e) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), § 185(c)(2).

(e-1) A municipality may undertake a project under this section only for a purpose described by Section 372.003(b)(13).

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