Texas Local Government Code Title 12, Chapter 386 - Commercial And Industrial Development Zones
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 386.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means a board of directors of a commercial and industrial development zone. (2) "Development zone" means an area designated as...
SUBCHAPTER B CREATION OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ZONE
- Texas Section 386.002 - Jurisdiction Of Municipality
For the purposes of this chapter, territory in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality is considered to be in the jurisdiction of the municipality. Added...
- Texas Section 386.031 - Criteria For Development Zone Creation
(a) To be created as a development zone, an area must: (1) have a continuous boundary; (2) be at least 10 square miles but not...
- Texas Section 386.032 - Area Of Pervasive Poverty, Unemployment, Or Economic Distress
An area is an area of pervasive poverty, unemployment, or economic distress for the purposes of Section 386.031 if: (1) the average rate of unemployment...
- Texas Section 386.033 - Creation Of Development Zone
(a) A development zone is created to promote and encourage: (1) commercial development, including the development of businesses in the technology field; (2) workforce development;...
- Texas Section 386.034 - Designating Ordinance Or Order
(a) An ordinance or order designating an area as a development zone must: (1) describe precisely the area to be included in the zone by...
- Texas Section 386.035 - Tax Increment
(a) A creating body may use tax increment financing to fund a development zone, as provided by Chapter 311, Tax Code, and as modified by...
SUBCHAPTER C BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Texas Section 386.036 - Amending Boundaries
(a) A creating body by ordinance or order may amend the boundary of a development zone after a public hearing on the issue. (b) The...
- Texas Section 386.061 - Board Of Directors
(a) A development zone is governed by a board of nine directors who serve two-year terms, appointed as follows: (1) the governing body of the...
- Texas Section 386.062 - Qualifications Of Directors
To serve as a director, a person must: (1) be at least 21 years old; and (2) be registered to vote in the county in...
- Texas Section 386.063 - Disqualification Of Directors
Section 49.052, Water Code, applies to directors of a development zone created under this chapter as if the zone were a district governed by that...
- Texas Section 386.064 - Board Vacancies
A vacancy in the office of director shall be filled by appointment by the entity that appointed the vacating director. Added by Acts 2001, 77th...
- Texas Section 386.065 - Removal Of Director
A majority of the board may remove a director for misconduct or failure to carry out the director's duties. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg.,...
- Texas Section 386.066 - Organization Of Board
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), after each appointment and qualification of directors by the appointing entities, the board shall organize by electing a...
- Texas Section 386.067 - Quorum; Director's Duties; Management Of Zone
Sections 49.053, 49.057, and 49.058, Water Code, apply to the board of directors of a development zone created under this chapter as if the zone...
- Texas Section 386.068 - Meetings And Notice
(a) The board shall designate and establish a development zone office in the county. (b) The board may establish regular meetings to conduct development zone...
SUBCHAPTER D POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 386.069 - Director's Compensation; Bond And Oath Of Office
Sections 375.067, 375.069, and 375.070 apply to directors of a development zone created under this chapter as if the zone were a municipal management district....
- Texas Section 386.101 - General Powers
(a) A development zone may acquire and dispose of projects and has the powers, authority, rights, and duties that are necessary to permit the accomplishment...
- Texas Section 386.102 - Duty To Evaluate Available Financing Options
The board shall evaluate all options available to the development zone as alternatives to imposing a tax under Section 386.035, including: (1) regional grants from...
- Texas Section 386.103 - Limit On Development Zone Powers; Other Laws Supersede
(a) For purposes of this section, "district or zone" means: (1) a federal enterprise zone; (2) a state enterprise zone; (3) a municipal management district;...
- Texas Section 386.104 - Monitoring
(a) The board shall monitor each person in a development zone that receives benefits available under this chapter. (b) On the board's request, the Texas...
- Texas Section 386.105 - Neighborhood Redevelopment Zones
(a) The board may designate an area as a neighborhood redevelopment zone if the area is: (1) adjacent to the development zone; and (2) eligible...
SUBCHAPTER E GENERAL FISCAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 386.106 - Suits
A development zone may, through its directors, sue and be sued in this state in the name of the development zone. Service of process in...
- Texas Section 386.201 - Expenditures
A development zone's money may be disbursed only by check, draft, order, or other instrument signed by at least three directors. The general manager, treasurer,...
SUBCHAPTER F DISSOLUTION
- Texas Section 386.202 - Competitive Bidding; Contract Award
Subchapter K, Chapter 375, applies to a development zone created under this chapter as if the zone were a municipal management district. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 386.301 - Dissolution Of Development Zone By Creating Body
(a) After a hearing, a creating body may dissolve a development zone if: (1) the area no longer meets the criteria for designation under this...
- Texas Section 386.302 - Dissolution By Board Request
A board may petition a creating body to dissolve the development zone under Section 386.301 if a majority of the board finds at any time:...
- Texas Section 386.303 - Taxes
On dissolution of a development zone, any taxes levied on behalf of the zone are abolished. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1390, Sec....
Last modified: September 28, 2016