Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE |
Title 12. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT |
Subtitle A. MUNICIPAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT |
Chapter 378. NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE |
Sec. 378.002. CREATION OF ZONE
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A municipality may create a neighborhood empowerment zone covering a part of the municipality if the municipality determines the creation of the zone would promote:
(1) the creation of affordable housing, including manufactured housing, in the zone;
(2) an increase in economic development in the zone;
(3) an increase in the quality of social services, education, or public safety provided to residents of the zone; or
(4) the rehabilitation of affordable housing in the zone.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 305, Sec. 1, eff. May 29, 1999.