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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the acquisition of real property by public housing |
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authorities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 392.005, Local Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 392.005. TAX EXEMPTION; PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES TO |
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OTHER TAXING UNITS. |
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SECTION 2. Section 392.005, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) If a housing authority's acquisition of real property |
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for a proposed housing project will result in removing real |
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property otherwise subject to ad valorem taxation from a taxing |
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unit's tax rolls, the housing authority shall pay to each taxing |
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unit in which the property is located, on or before January 1 of |
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each year, as a payment in lieu of taxes, an amount equal to the |
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amount of ad valorem taxes that otherwise would have been levied by |
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the taxing unit for the preceding tax year on that real property, |
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excluding the value of any improvements constructed on the |
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property. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 392, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 392.0527 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 392.0527. APPROVAL BY MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY REQUIRED |
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FOR PROPOSED HOUSING PROJECTS. Before the site for a housing |
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project is approved by the commissioners of a housing authority, |
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the authority must obtain written approval from the governing body |
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of any municipality in which the site is located or, if the site is |
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not located in a municipality, from the commissioners court of any |
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county in which the site is located. |
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SECTION 4. Sections 392.054(a) and (d), Local Government |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) In addition to any other notice required by law, the |
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commissioners of an authority shall post notice of the date, hour, |
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place, and subject of a meeting required by Section 392.053. If the |
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proposed housing project that is the subject of the meeting |
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involves the purchase of real property, the notice must include the |
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street address of the proposed housing project and a description of |
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the site of the proposed housing project, including any common name |
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for the site. The notice must be posted before the 30th day before |
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the date of the meeting on a bulletin board at a place convenient to |
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the public in: |
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(1) the county courthouse of the county in which the |
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proposed site is located; and |
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(2) the city hall of the municipality in which the |
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proposed site is located, if applicable. |
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(d) At a location at the proposed site that is visible from a |
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regularly traveled thoroughfare, before the 30th day before the |
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date of the meeting the commissioners shall post a sign not less |
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than four feet by four feet with a caption stating "Site of Proposed |
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Housing Project" in eight-inch letters. The sign must state the |
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nature and street address [location] of the proposed project, the |
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names and addresses of the governmental entities involved in the |
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development of the project, and the date, time, and place of the |
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meeting. |
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SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a housing project that is proposed by a housing authority on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. A project that is proposed by |
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a housing authority before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the project was proposed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |