Tax Code § 311.0087

Sec. 311.0087. RESTRICTION ON POWERS OF CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This section applies only to a proposed reinvestment zone: (1) the designation of which is requested in a petition submitted under Section 311.005(a)(4) before July 31, 2004, to the governing body of a home-rule municipality that: (A) has a population of more than 1.1 million; (B) is located primarily in a county with a population of 1.5 million or less; and (C) has created at least 20 reinvestment zones under this chapter; and (2) that is the subject of a resolution of intent that was adopted before October 31, 2004, by the governing body of the municipality. (b) If the municipality imposes a fee of more than $25,000 for processing the petition, the municipality may not require a property owner who submitted the petition, as a condition of designating the reinvestment zone or approving a development agreement, interlocal agreement, or project plan for the proposed reinvestment zone: (1) to waive any rights of the owner under Chapter 245, Local Government Code, or under any agreed order or settlement agreement to which the municipality is a party; (2) to dedicate more than 20 percent of the owner's land in the area described in the petition as open-space land; or (3) to use a nonconventional use pattern for a development to be located within the proposed reinvestment zone. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1347 (S.B. 771), Sec. 3, eff. June 18, 2005. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 14.005, eff. September 1, 2007.