Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3827.005: FINDINGS RELATED TO REDEVELOPMENT.

The legislature finds that development or redevelopment in the area in the district would not occur solely through private investment in the reasonably foreseeable future and that the area in the district:

(1) is unproductive, underdeveloped, or blighted;

(2) substantially arrests and impairs the sound growth of the city of Katy because of:

(A) obsolete platting;

(B) deterioration of structures or site improvements; or

(C) other factors;

(3) retards the provision of housing accommodations;

(4) is an economic and social liability;

(5) is a menace to the public health, safety, morals, and welfare in its present condition and use; and

(6) is predominantly open.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2007.