TITLE: Relating to community development by municipal management districts in certain counties.

SUMMARY: Relating to community development by municipal management districts in certain counties.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to community development by municipal management districts in certain counties. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 375.099 to read as follows: Sec. 375.099. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a district in a county with a population of more than two million that is adjacent to another county with a population of more than one million. (b) The district may develop and administer a community and economic development program described by Section 381.004(b)(2), (5), (6), or (7) in the same manner as a commissioners court. (c) If the municipality creates a tax increment reinvestment zone under Chapter 311, Tax Code, the municipality, by contract with the district, may grant money deposited in the tax increment fund to the district to be used by the district for the purposes permitted for money granted to a corporation under Section 380.002(b), Local Government Code. (d) The district may require that a person who receives a financial incentive or benefit from the district for construction or the development of property in the district provide support for a community development project in the district. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.