Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 3846.253 · Subchapter F. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONES
DEVELOPMENT ZONES AUTHORIZED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owners of all real property in a defined area of the district consisting of one tract of land containing at least 25 contiguous acres and any additional smaller or larger tracts, as appropriate, by resolution may create, designate, describe, assign a name to, and appoint the governing body for a development zone in the district to promote development or redevelopment of the area, if the board finds that the creation of the zone will further the public purposes of:
(1) the development and diversification of the economy of the district and the state;
(2) the elimination of unemployment or underemployment in the district and the state;
(3) the development or expansion of transportation or commerce in the district and the state; or
(4) the promotion and stimulation of business, commercial, and economic activity in the district and the state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 21.036, eff. September 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1247 (S.B. 2453), Sec. 5(b), eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.3846.htm
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