Texas Local Government Code 382.006 – Establishment of Economic Development Projects; Optional Creation of Public Improvement District
(a) The commissioners court of a county may on receipt of a petition satisfying the requirements of § 372.005, establish by order an economic development project in a designated portion of the county, or, if the county determines it is in the best interests of the county, create a district by order only in an area located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality in that county. If the county is a county described by § 382.002(2), the petition described by this subsection must also be approved by a resolution adopted by the municipality with a population of 1.1 million or more.
(b) For a county described by § 382.002(2), a district may only be created in an area containing at least 2,000 contiguous acres of land that is located wholly or partly in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of 1.1 million or more.
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 382.006
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
- Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) The order must:
(1) describe the territory in which the economic development project is to be located or the boundaries of a district;
(2) specifically authorize the district to exercise the powers of this chapter if the county has determined that creating a district is in the county’s best interests; and
(3) state whether the petition requests improvements to be financed and paid for with taxes authorized by this chapter instead of or in addition to assessments.