{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-tax-code-311.0087","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Tax Code § 311.0087","heading":"RESTRICTION ON POWERS OF CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.","body":"(a) This section applies only to a proposed reinvestment zone:\n(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:\n(A) has a population of more than 1.1 million;\n(B) is located primarily in a county with a population of 1.5 million or less; and\n(C) has created at least 20 reinvestment zones under this chapter; and\n(2) that is the subject of a resolution of intent that was adopted before October 31, 2004, by the governing body of the municipality.\n(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:\n(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;\n(2) to dedicate more than 20 percent of the owner's land in the area described in the petition as open-space land; or\n(3) to use a nonconventional use pattern for a development to be located within the proposed reinvestment zone.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1347 (S.B. 771), Sec. 3, eff. June 18, 2005.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 14.005, eff. September 1, 2007.","path":["TAX CODE","TITLE 3. LOCAL TAXATION","SUBTITLE B. SPECIAL PROPERTY TAX PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 311. TAX INCREMENT FINANCING ACT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TX/htm/TX.311.htm#311.0087","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"084085026e1ae994dad77d450bde3a98879c36d511fce1eb8fbf0717271597a7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-tax-code-311.0085","next":"us-tx/tex.-tax-code-311.009"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}