SB2736 - Relating to the requirement that the board of directors of certain tax increment reinvestment zones utilize the services of the legal department of the municipality that created the zone.

  89R15901 BEF-D     By: Cook S.B. No. 2736       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the requirement that the board of directors of certain   tax increment reinvestment zones utilize the services of the legal   department of the municipality that created the zone.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 311.010, Tax Code, is amended by adding   Subsection (j) to read as follows:           (j)     The board of directors of a reinvestment zone to which   this subsection applies shall utilize the legal department of the   municipality that created the zone as the zone's primary legal   counsel. If the city attorney for the municipality that created the   reinvestment zone determines that it is necessary, the city   attorney may retain and oversee outside legal counsel for the zone.   This subsection applies only to a reinvestment zone created by a   municipality with a population of at least two million.          SECTION 2.  Section 311.010(j), Tax Code, as added by this   Act, does not apply to a contract or agreement for legal services   entered into before the effective date of this Act, except that   Section 311.010(j), Tax Code, as added by this Act, does apply to   any renewal, modification, or extension of the contract or   agreement that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.