Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for hotel and convention center projects.
What changed between versions
Added 37 new eligibility criteria (items 28-65) covering diverse municipalities including those with specific cultural institutions, geographic features, festivals, and proximity to military installations.
Refined existing criteria with more precise geographic descriptions, such as specifying exact lake names, river locations, and population thresholds for adjacent counties.
Added new criteria for municipalities hosting specific events like annual wine festivals, peach festivals, and Cajun festivals.
Added criteria for municipalities containing specific cultural institutions like country music hall of fame, Western American art museum, and railroad museums.
Changed some criteria from 'more than 70 percent of population' to exact population thresholds for certain counties.
Added new criteria for municipalities adjacent to specific geographic features like Joe Pool Lake, Neches River, and Guadalupe River.
Added criteria for municipalities containing branch campuses of University of Houston System and component universities of Texas A&M University System.
Modified criteria for municipalities with populations under 10,000 to include those with city halls near federal space centers.
Added criteria for municipalities that are county seats of counties bordering both the Gulf of Mexico and United Mexican States.
Added criteria for municipalities containing portions of Cedar Creek Reservoir and hosting private colleges.
Added criteria for municipalities with populations over 750,000 in counties with populations of 1.5 million or less.
Added criteria for municipalities containing country music hall of fame with populations under 7,000.
Added criteria for municipalities on international borders with specific population and World Birding Center requirements.
Added criteria for municipalities within five miles of state historic sites serving as visitor centers for large state parks.
Added criteria for municipalities adjacent to at least two municipalities described in the new subdivision 15.
Added criteria for municipalities containing portions of Blanco River with historic railroad depots and heritage centers.
Added criteria for municipalities containing component universities of University of Houston System in counties with populations not exceeding 300,000.
Added criteria for municipalities adjacent to municipalities described in subdivision 31.
Added criteria for municipalities with populations over 67,000 where 90 percent of territory is in counties with at least 800,000 population.
Added criteria for municipalities with populations of 100,000 or more wholly located in counties with one million or more population but not as county seats.
Added criteria for county seats bordering both Gulf of Mexico and United Mexican States.
Added criteria for municipalities bisected by Guadalupe River and county seats with populations of 170,000 or more.
Added criteria for municipalities with populations of 70,000 to 150,000 bordering Joe Pool Lake.
Added criteria for municipalities with populations of 115,000 or more bordering the Neches River.
Added criteria for municipalities described in Section 351.101(k).
Added criteria for county seats of counties with national monuments and Brazos River flow.
Added criteria for municipalities with populations of 45,000 or more that are not county seats in single counties containing portions of Lake Lewisville.
Added criteria for county seats of counties with populations over 900,000 adjacent to two counties each with populations over 1.8 million.
Added criteria for municipalities hosting annual wine festivals in three counties each with populations over 900,000.
Added criteria for municipalities with populations of 150,000 to 1,300,000 partially located in counties containing portions of Cedar Creek Reservoir.
Added criteria for municipalities in counties containing portions of Cedar Creek Reservoir with private colleges.
Added criteria for county seats of counties with populations of one million or more adjacent to counties with populations of 2.5 million or more.
Added criteria for county seats of counties containing portions of Cedar Creek Reservoir bordering counties with populations over 240,000.
Added criteria for municipalities with populations of 80,000 to 150,000 in counties with populations of 369,000 to 864,000 containing active duty Army installations.
Added criteria for municipalities with populations of 750,000 or more in counties with populations of 1.5 million or less.
Added criteria for municipalities with populations under 7,000 containing country music hall of fame.
Added criteria for municipalities with populations of 35,000 or more containing railroad museums in counties with populations of 800,000 or more adjacent to counties with populations of four million or more.
Added criteria for county seats of counties with populations of 60,000 or less bordering the Rio Grande containing United States military forts listed in National Register of Historic Places.
Added criteria for municipalities described in Section 334.0082(a)(2) of Local Government Code.