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      S.B. No. 529         AN ACT   relating to the entitlement of certain municipalities to receive   and use tax revenue from certain establishments located near a   hotel and convention center project.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 351.155, Tax Code, is amended by adding   Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:           (c-1)     This subsection applies only to a municipality   described by Section 351.152(12) that has a population of 130,000   or more.   Notwithstanding Subsection (c), a municipality to which   this subsection applies may pledge or commit revenue under this   section for only two qualified projects.          SECTION 2.  Section 351.157, Tax Code, is amended by adding   Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:           (b-1)     In addition to the municipalities described by   Subsection (b), this section applies to a municipality described by   Section 351.155(c-1).          SECTION 3.  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.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 529 passed the Senate on   April 30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4; and that   the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 20, 2025, by the   following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 529 passed the House, with   amendment, on May 13, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 108,   Nays 33, two present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor