Anchía Bill Lets Hotel Managers Sign The District Petition

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89R4687 DNC-F

By: Anchía
H.B. No. 3509

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a common characteristic or use project in a public

improvement district in certain municipalities.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 372.0015, Local Government Code, is

amended to read as follows:

Sec. 372.0015. DEFINITIONS [ DEFINITION ]. In this

subchapter :

(1) "Extraterritorial [ , "extraterritorial ]

jurisdiction" means extraterritorial jurisdiction as determined

under Chapter 42.

(2) "Hotel" has the meaning assigned by Section

156.001, Tax Code.

SECTION 2. Section 372.005, Local Government Code, is

amended by amending Subsection (b-1) and adding Subsection (b-2) to

read as follows:

(b-1) A person is a qualified petitioner under Subsection

(b-2) if the person:

(1) is employed in a management position responsible

for overseeing the operations of a hotel, including:

(A) the owner or general manager of a hotel;

(B) a regional manager who oversees the

operations of a hotel; or

(C) an employee of a management company who

oversees the operation of a hotel; and

(2) affirms by affidavit that the person is authorized

to enter into a contract on behalf of a hotel.

(b-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a petition for the

establishment of a public improvement district described by Section

372.0035(a) or (a-1) is sufficient only if the petition is:

(1) signed by qualified petitioners who represent

[ record owners of taxable real property liable for assessment under

the proposal who constitute:

[ (1) ] more than 60 percent of the appraised value of

hotel [ taxable real ] property liable for assessment under the

proposal, as determined by the current roll of the appraisal

district in which the property is located , [ ; ] and who:

[ (2) more than 60 percent of: ]

(A) represent more than 60 percent of all hotels

[ all record owners of taxable real property ] that are liable for

assessment under the proposal; or

(B) represent more than 60 percent of the area of

all taxable real property that is liable for assessment under the

proposal ; and

(2) accompanied by an affidavit described by

Subsection (b-1)(2) for each qualified petitioner signing the

petition .

SECTION 3. Section 372.005, Local Government Code, as

amended by this Act, applies only to a petition for the

establishment of a public improvement district filed on or after

the effective date of this Act. A petition filed before the

effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the

date the petition is filed, and the former law is continued in

effect for that purpose.

SECTION 4. 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, 2025.