Relating to the definition of a project financing zone for the purposes of certain municipalities that use certain tax revenue to fund convention center facilities, multipurpose arenas, venues, and related infrastructure.

89(R) SB 1250 - Senate Committee Report version - Bill Text

By: Hinojosa of Hidalgo

S.B. No. 1250

(In the Senate - Filed February 12, 2025; February 28, 2025,

read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development;

April 28, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee

Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 28, 2025,

sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1250

By: Sparks

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the definition of a project financing zone for the

purposes of certain municipalities that use certain tax revenue to

fund convention center facilities, multipurpose arenas, venues,

and related infrastructure.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 351.1015(a)(4), Tax Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(4) "Project financing zone" means an area within a

municipality:

(A) that the municipality by ordinance or by

agreement under Chapter 380, Local Government Code, designates as a

project financing zone;

(B) the boundaries of which are
:

(i)
within a three-mile radius of the

center of a qualified project;
or

(ii)

if designated by a municipality

described by Section 351.001(7)(B) on or before December 31, 2024,

a continuous geographic area the total area of which is less than or

equal to the maximum area allowed under Subparagraph (i) that

contains the qualified project;

(C) the designation of which specifies
:

(i)

for a zone the boundaries of which are

prescribed by Paragraph (B)(i),
the longitude and latitude of the

center of the qualified project;
or

(ii)

for a zone the boundaries of which are

prescribed by Paragraph (B)(ii), the exact boundaries of the zone;

and

(D) the designation of which expires not later

than the 30th anniversary of the date of designation.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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