HB3509 - Relating to a common characteristic or use project in a public improvement district in certain municipalities.

  89R20764 DNC-F     By: Anchía, Leo Wilson, Schofield H.B. No. 3509     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3509:     By:  Bell of Montgomery C.S.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. The term includes a property that begins   operating as a hotel after the establishment of a public   improvement district that includes the property.          SECTION 2.  Section 372.0035(e), Local Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (e)   Notwithstanding Section 372.003, a [ 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.          SECTION 3.  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)     provides a written statement that the person is   authorized to enter into a binding agreement concerning the   operation of a hotel on behalf of the owner of a hotel.           (b-2)   Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a petition for the   establishment of a public improvement district described by Section   372.0035(a-1) [ 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 the written statement described by   Subsection (b-1)(2) for each qualified petitioner signing the   petition .          SECTION 4.  Sections 372.0035(a) and (e-1), Local Government   Code, are repealed.          SECTION 5.  Section 372.005, Local Government Code, as   amended by this Act, applies only to a petition for the   establishment or renewal 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 6.  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.