Sec. 3918.008. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES. (a) All or any part of the area of the district that is not in the city's corporate limits is eligible to be included in:
(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under Chapter 311, Tax Code;
(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under Chapter 312, Tax Code;
(3) an enterprise zone created under Chapter 2303, Government Code; or
(4) an industrial district created under Chapter 42, Local Government Code.
(b) If the city creates a tax increment reinvestment zone described by Subsection (a), the city and the board of directors of the zone, by contract with the district, may grant money deposited in the tax increment fund to the district to be used by the district for:
(1) the purposes permitted for money granted to a corporation under Section 380.002(b), Local Government Code; and
(2) any other district purpose, including the right to pledge the money as security for any bonds or other obligations issued by the district under Section 3918.203.
(c) All or any part of the area of the district that is within the city's corporate limits is eligible to be included in:
(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under Chapter 311, Tax Code; or
(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under Chapter 312, Tax Code.
(d) If the city creates a tax increment reinvestment zone described by Subsection (c)(1), the city and the board of directors of the zone, by contract, may allocate money deposited in the tax increment fund between the city and the district to be used by the city and the district for:
(1) the purposes permitted for money granted to a corporation under Section 380.002(b), Local Government Code;
(2) any other district purpose, including the right to pledge the money as security for any bonds or other obligations issued by the district under Section 3918.203; and
(3) funding services provided by the city to the area in the district.
(e) A tax increment reinvestment zone created by the city in the district is not subject to the limitations provided by Section 311.006, Tax Code.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1308 (H.B. 3914), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
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