022621 Friday Staff Report „ City Manager's Office
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DENTON
MEMORANDUM
DATE: February 26, 2021
TO: The Honorable Mayor Hudspeth and Council Members
FROM: Sara Hensley, Interim City Manager
SUBJECT: Staff Report
I. Council Schedule
A. Meetings
1. Cancelled - Committee on the Environment Meeting on Monday, March 1,
2021, at 9:00 a.m. via video/teleconference — City Council Work Session
Room.
2. City Council - Joint DISD Luncheon on Monday, March 1, 2021, at
11:30 a.m. via video/teleconference—City Council Work Session Room.
3. City Council Work Session on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at 2:00 p.m.
followed by a Regular Meeting at 6:30 p.m. via video/teleconference — City
Council Work Session Room
4. Traffic Safety Commission Meeting on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at
11:30 a.m. via video/teleconference—City Council Work Session Room.
5. Planning and Zoning Commission Work Session on Wednesday, March 3,
2021, at 5:00 p.m. followed by a Regular Meeting at 6:30 p.m. via
video/teleconference—City Council Work Session Room.
6. Downtown Economic Development Committee on Thursday, March 4,
2021, at 8:30 a.m. via video/teleconference — City Council Work Session
Room.
7. Public Art Committee on Thursday, March 4, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. via
video/teleconference—City Council Work Session Room.
II. General Information & Status Update
A. Pending Council Requests Work Session Topics — Pursuant to Ordinance No. 19-
2026, the following items will be discussed during the March 2 City Council work
session. Each week, the topics that will be presented during the next week's agenda
will be included in the Friday Report the prior week. Staff contact: Rachel Balthrop
Mendoza, City Manager's Office
OUR CORE VALUES
Integrity • Fiscal Responsibility • Transparency • Outstanding Customer Service
1. Audit of all aspects (procedural and financial) of our response to this
current statewide power shortage state of local disaster. (Internal Audit
request)
a. Requestor: Council Member Armintor
b. Council Member Request: I'm requesting a work session to discuss ordering
an audit of all aspects (procedural, infrastructural, and financial) of the city's
preparedness and response to this recent statewide and local power shortage,
including but not limited to the related water shortage and other forms of
local emergency management for the duration of the statewide and local
power shortage.
c. Staff Information: City departments will be presenting to Council in Work
Sessions,beginning March 2, After Action Reports, regarding the following:
• What were the intended results of your department operation/s? What
was supposed to happen during this weather event under your
departments areas of responsibilities?
• What were the actual results? What actually happened under your
departments areas of responsibilities? Did you have to vary operations
under these circumstances? If so, what?
• What caused the results of your operations and what were the
differences, if any. What worked, what did not and why?
• What will we sustain and what do we need to improve regarding the
operations of your areas of responsibilities?
The City Manager's Office will work with the Internal Audit Department in
partnership to identify any issues and/or areas for improvement and create
an action plan.As an alternative to a full audit at this time,the Internal Audit
Department could perform an audit of this action plan towards the end of
FY21-22.
If the City Council would like this item added to this year's audit plan, staff
will bring forward an audit plan amendment for Council consideration at an
upcoming meeting. At that time, staff will present proposed audit
objectives, anticipated time frame for completion, and potential effects to
the current audit plan.
B. Enhanced Review of High Utility Bills—Due to the rotating outages experienced last
week,utility customers may be understandably apprehensive regarding how the cold
weather could affect their bill. While utility rates have not changed, the record cold
weather experienced between February 8 and February 20, paired with several days
of rotating outages, may lead some customers to be concerned that their bill amount
may vary from what they would normally expect for February. For the next billing
period, DME will perform an enhanced evaluation of higher than normal utility bills,
in addition to its regular review of high bills. It should be noted that meter readings
are automatic and exceptionally accurate, leaving a very low probability of meter
error. For any significantly high bills that are due to changes in usage, Customer
Service will provide outreach to the customer to make them aware their change in
usage and discuss any alternative payment arrangements if needed. Staff Contact:
Bill Shepherd, DME
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C. TCEQ Comprehensive Compliance Investigation — On February 5, the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) notified staff of an upcoming
comprehensive compliance investigation (CCI) of the City's municipal separate
storm sewer system (MS4) permit. Staff expects the investigation to be conducted
between March 15-30th.TCEQ performs these routine investigations every five years.
The day-long investigation would be conducted on City premises by multiple TCEQ
investigators and would cover all six minimum control measures (MCMs) included
on the City's storm water management plan (SWMP), a review of the 2019 storm
water annual report, and a field inspection component involving a construction site
of a public or private development and/or a city facility. The purpose of the field
inspection is for verifying that the City's practices follow and enforce the approved
SWMP. Staff from the Watershed Protection division would be assisting with the
investigation. Staff contact: Deborah Viera, Environmental Services
D. New City-Related Bills Filed—During the current session of the Texas Legislature,
the Texas Municipal League provides its member cities with summaries of all city-
related bills that have been filed. The attached bill list represents bill summaries of
city-related bills filed in the last week. Staff is actively reviewing these proposed bills
to evaluate their potential impact and develop strategies to engage in outreach with
the legislature and our local delegation prior to and during the upcoming session.
Questions regarding any piece of legislation or to receive the full text of legislation,
please contact Ryan Adams or Rachel Balthrop Mendoza. Staff contact: Ryan
Adams, Customer Service and Public Affairs
E. Paycheck Protection Program: Key Updates — On Feb. 22, the SBA announced key
changes to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Starting Feb. 24, the SBA will
begin a 14-day exclusive PPP loan application period for businesses and nonprofits
with fewer than 20 employees. In addition, the SBA will implement additional
changes the first week of March, including
• Allowing sole proprietors, independent contractors, and self-employed
individuals to receive more financial support by revising the PPP's
funding formula for these categories of applicants
• Eliminating an exclusionary restriction on PPP access for small business
owners with prior non-fraud felony convictions, consistent with a
bipartisan congressional proposal
• Eliminating PPP access restrictions on small business owners who have
struggled to make federal student loan payments by eliminating federal
student loan debt delinquency and default as disqualifiers to participating
in the PPP; and
• Ensuring access for non-citizen small business owners who are lawful
U.S. residents by clarifying that they may use Individual Taxpayer
Identification Number(ITIN) to apply for the PPP.
Additional information is available in the SBA press release announcing the changes
(attached). Staff contact: Jessica Rogers, Economic Development
F. Impact of Winter Weather on DTV Cable Channel Access — There were several
equipment-related problems in the DTV control room caused by the extreme weather
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of last week.As a reminder,DTV is the City's government channel available through
Frontier channel 38, Charter channel 194, and Grande channel 12. DTV is also
streamed live 24/7 on the City's website: www.cityofdenton.com. Due to the rotating
outages, the power at City Hall went off several times. While staff have addressed
most of the issues, DTV remains off the air for Charter cable customers. For a short
period following the outages, DTV was off the air entirely, across all platforms,
including Charter, Grande, Frontier, and the City's website. After reestablishing the
live stream on the City's website and the signal on Grande in short order, the signal
restoration to Charter and Frontier proved more complex. Frontier had multiple
technicians at City Hall over a couple of days and made the necessary repairs to their
equipment. As of the morning of February 23, and thanks to their work,DTV is back
on the air on Frontier. Charter has yet to dispatch anyone to City Hall to assess the
damage to their equipment; staff have,however,begun conversations as to next steps
and how long DTV will be off the air. Staff contact: Billy Matthews, Public Affairs
G. Disaster Assistance Loans for Businesses — On February 23, the Small Business
Administration(SBA) Administrator announced that Texas businesses and residents
are now eligible for low-interest federal disaster following President Biden's major
disaster declaration. In consideration of the public health concerns due to the
Coronavirus pandemic, the SBA will establish a Virtual Business Recovery Center
to provide personalized assistance to business owners. SBA will also open a Virtual
Disaster Loan Outreach Center to help homeowners and renters. Customer Service
Representatives will be available to business owners and individuals to answer
questions about SBA's disaster loan program, explain the application process and
help each person complete their electronic loan application.Residents and businesses
can contact the Virtual Business Recovery Center and the Virtual Disaster Loan
Outreach Center, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., at either
FOCWAssistance(&sba.gov or (800) 659-2955 (TTY: 800-877-8339), or visit
www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance. To be considered for all forms of disaster
assistance, survivors must first contact the Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA . Staff contact: Jessica Rogers, Economic Development
H. Cancellation of 2021 Mayor's Summer Youth Jobs Program—The Mayor's Summer
Youth Jobs Program strives to provide meaningful job experiences for local high
school students and recent high school graduates of Denton. Through MSYJP,
participants access job skills training, career development resources, mentorship
opportunities, and fulfilling work experience that create opportunities for personal
and professional advancement.
Due to the ongoing pandemic,the City continues to operate virtually,where possible,
and will not be able to offer some of the same experiences for students going through
MSYJP`in various departments and divisions. In addition to protecting the health and
safety of potential high school student participants and City staff, as well as striving
to coordinate the most successful program possible without compromising on high
standards,the City of Denton will not open the Mayor's Summer Youth Jobs Program
(MSYJP) for Summer 2021. Staff will reevaluate opening the program for Summer
2022 in early January 2022. For updated information when it becomes available,
please visit the program's page on City's web site. Staff contact: Rachel Balthrop
Mendoza, City Manager's Office
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I. Emergency Warming Stations— Parks and Recreation staff, and volunteers from
other departments,worked around the clock to operate a 24-hour emergency warming
station at MLK Jr. Recreation Center and a daytime warming station at North Lakes
Recreation Center during the winter storm last week. The warming stations operated
for 149 hours and served 129 individuals. Prior to the 24-hour emergency warming
stations closing,case managers with The Junction met with 17 individuals and placed
15 at Monsignor King Outreach Center (MKOC) for Saturday evening. Recreation
staff also helped transport individuals to MKOC. Warming Station Attendance
Numbers are below.
Civic Center/MLK Jr. Rec Center Max Attendance
Sunday, February 14 112
Monday, February 15 34
Tuesday, February 16 64
Wednesday, February 17 164
Thursday, February 18147
Friday, February 19 141
Saturday, February 20 131
North Lakes Rec Center Max Attendance
Sunday, February 14 10
Monday, February 15 10
Tuesday, February 16 10
Wednesday, February 17 12
Thursday, February 18 10
Friday, February 19 10
Saturday, February 20 10
Staff contact: Caroline Seward, Parks and Recreation
J. Ryan Road Updates—On Tuesday, February 23,the City Council approved a design
contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates for the Ryan Road Reconstruction Project.
The 2019 Bond Program included $4 million in funding for the widening of
approximately two miles of Ryan Road, from Teasley Lane to Country Club Road,
from a two-lane road to a three-lane road. The anticipated addition of a center turn
lane will allow for improved traffic flow. Significant residential development is
planned or currently underway along Ryan Road. The intent of the roadway widening
project is to decrease congestion, particularly during peak traffic hours, and improve
pedestrian connectivity-including connectivity to Ryan Elementary and L.A.Nelson
Elementary.
With the approved 30% design contract, Kimley-Horn has initiated development of
design documents, including necessary survey, geotechnical, utilities and, right-of
way documentation to plan for the future roadway reconstruction. As a companion
effort, staff is coordinating with Freese and Nichols, Inc. to develop solicitation
documents to deliver this project using the construction manager at risk project
delivery methodology. Staff is considering use of this methodology to ensure the
timely delivery of the project and reduce the number of project change orders and
liability to the City during construction.
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The Capital Projects-Engineering Department, Procurement & Compliance
Department, and staff from the City Attorney's Office will work closely with Freese
and Nichols, Inc. to ensure staff is properly trained on the construction manager at
risk methodology and to develop the contract and solicitation documentation so the
contract for construction management services can begin as soon as 30% design
documents are accepted by the City,which is estimated to be by the end of July 2021.
The City of Denton has had positive experience delivering vertical construction
projects using the construction manager at risk methodology, Ryan Road will be the
City's first endeavor into delivering horizontal infrastructure projects using the
methodology.
During the joint City/Denton Independent School District (DISD) Luncheon on
Monday, March 1, staff will provide a brief update on the status of the Ryan Road
update as part of the Capital Projects overview presentation because of the impact
project construction will have on L.A. Nelson Elementary and Ryan Road
Elementary notifying the DISD that design work is underway for the Ryan Road
Reconstruction Project. Staff contacts: Rachel Wood and Trevor Crain, Capital
Projects
K. Denton Economic Development Partnership Recognized for Economic Excellence—
The Denton Economic Development Partnership, through the City of Denton, has
been recognized through the 2020 Economic Excellence Recognition program
through the Texas Economic Development Council (TEDC). Through its annual
recognition program,the TEDC recognizes economic development organizations that
meet a desired threshold of professionalism, organizational effectiveness, and
professional memberships, certifications, and activities. A press release announcing
the 51 organizations that received the recognition is attached. Staff contact: Jessica
Rogers, Economic Development
L. DCTA Rail Trail Educational Signage Update —Parks and Recreation Maintenance
staff replaced the worn and outdated educational signage that dots the DCTA Rail
Trail along the Southeast Denton portion. These signs were originally vinyl printed
on aluminum. They faded and peeled over time by UV rays.The new signs are iZone,
which has a much longer lifespan and protects against UV rays. The new signs are
iZone, which has a much longer lifespan and protects against UV rays.
The below signage showcases the history of Southeast Denton and its prominent
members like Fred Moore. Staff is currently working on adding new signs in the
future. Staff contact: Craig Arrington, Parks and Recreation
M. Left-Turn Prevention at Torchy's Taco on Bonnie Brae - On February 8, Council
Member Davis requested staff evaluate potential measures to prevent drivers from
turning left into or out the Torchy's Taco entrance on Bonnie Brae Street.While there
is not a median separating northbound traffic from southbound traffic on Bonnie Brae
St. north of University Dr., the Bonnie Brae Phase 6 Project includes the addition of
a median at this location, depicted below.Bonnie Brae Phase 6 is scheduled to begin
construction on Fall of 2021,pending right-of-way acquisition.
The current entrance is structured to deter drivers from making left-turns, however,
the maneuver is still possible. Staff assessed the driveway entrance and considered
the feasibility, safety, and cost of multiple interim improvements. Staff determined
the best approach is to install delineators to the island along with pavement markings
to clearly denote left-turns are not permitted. These improvements were executed on
February 25, the before and after are shown below. Staff contacts: James Andrews,
Traffic Operations & Seth Garcia, Capital Projects
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N. Denton Receives Two Awards from Workforce Solutions of North Central Texas —
Workforce Solutions of North Central Texas hosted its annual awards of excellence
reception on Feb. 24.At the virtual ceremony,local business Computer Crushers was
recognized as Small Business of the Year and the Denton Economic Development
Partnership was named Economic Development Partner of the Year. Computer
Crusher Recycling Company, a local computer recycling and data destruction
company, uses many programs and resources made available through WSNCT, such
as the Summer Earn and Learn program,to keep their workforce trained and thriving.
This is the second time Computer Crusher Recycling Company has received this
award. WSNCT also recognized the Denton Economic Development Partnership as
the Economic Development Partner of the Year as a result of the Partnership's
outstanding commitment to working with strategic partners through the COVID
pandemic, adopting an innovative approach to economic development, and for
having a strong dedication to growing the Denton area workforce. Jessica Rogers
accepted the award on behalf of the Denton Economic Development Partnership,
Denton City Council, and Denton Chamber of Commerce. Staff Contact: Jessica
Rogers, Economic Development
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O. Speed Limit Signs on Hercules Lane Update — On September 24, former Council
Member Briggs requested information on the placement of speed limit signs on
Hercules Lane, which is being reconstructed from Sherman Dr. to Nicosia St. as a
part of the 2019 Street Construction project. The majority of the construction has
been completed, with the exception of the stretch from Hunting Dr. to Stuart Rd.,
which is scheduled for completion in May 2021. Six 30MPH speed limit signs have
been installed on the expanse of the Hercules Lane, depicted below. Additionally, a
pedestrian crossing sign has been installed east of Beatriz Dr. to allow pedestrians to
safely access Northpoint Park. Staff contact: Becky Diviney, Capital Projects
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P. Senior Center Outreach—During the winter weather,Senior Center staff and advisory
council members called seniors to check in on them. They checked on them several
times throughout the week to ensure they were aware of the power outages, water
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conservation efforts, boil water notice, and the boil notice's cancelation. Staff
contact: Caroline Seward, Parks and Recreation
Q. Water Distribution and Showers—Residents who don't have access to water can use
the showers at Denton Natatorium, North Lakes Recreation Center, and MLK Jr.
Recreation Center through Friday,March 5. Towels and hygiene products will not be
supplied, and residents should bring in their own. Each center also has bottled water
for those in need. While in the buildings,patrons will need to wear masks and follow
COVID-19 protocol.
Residents may shower during the hours below:
North Lakes Rec Center 16 a.m.-8 p.m.
MLK Jr. Rec Center I noon-7 p.m.
Denton Natatorium 110 a.m.-3 p.m.
Denton Natatorium Shower Numbers:
Sunday, February 21177
Monday, February 22 19
Tuesday, February 23 17
Wednesday, February 24 16
Thursday, February 25 11
North Lakes Rec Center Shower Numbers
Monday, February 22 111
Tuesday, February 23 18
Wednesday, February 24 17
Thursday, February 25 13
MLK Jr. Rec Center Shower Numbers
Monday, February 22 12
Tuesday, February 23 15
Wednesday, February 24 15
Thursday, February 25 17
Staff contact: Caroline Seward, Parks and Recreation
R. Denton ISD/Recreation Center Update— Borman Elementary School, 1201 Parvin
Street, sustained damage during the winter weather last week. The school district
contacted Parks and Recreation staff about accommodating misplaced teachers for
virtual instruction.Denia Recreation Center, 1001 Parvin Street,will host the teachers
from February 24 to March 5. Staff contact: Caroline Seward, Parks and Recreation
S. Joe Skiles Pla rye—Parks and Recreation began taking down the playground at
Joe Skiles Park on February 23. There is fencing around the playground to protect
the area. Staff will finish the installation of the new playground by early May. A
rendering of the playground is below. Staff contact: Drew Huffman, Parks and
Recreation
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III. Upcoming Community Events and Meetings
A. Events
1. Black History Month Virtual Celebration—Saturday, February 27 hosted
virtually by MLK Jr. Rec Center. The virtual program will focus on the theme
of "The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity," and the
speaker is Mr. T.Mohair. The Denton Parks and Rec Facebook page will show
the program.Please note the date did change from February 13 to February 27.
Staff contact: Cheylon Brown, Parks and Recreation
2. Southeast Denton Virtual Community Input Meeting — Thursday, March 4
at 6:00 p.m.Residents that are interested in attending the virtual meeting must
submit an email request with their name, contact number and email address to
Stephanie.Yatesgeityofdenton.com to receive a meeting link. Residents are
encouraged to sign up to attend the virtual meeting at least 24 hours in advance
to receive the meeting link.
IV. Attachments
A. New Bill List Posting for February 26.................................................................I I
B. SBA Press Release—PPP Updates.......................................................................46
C. TEDC 2020 EER Press Release...................................................................................50
V. Informal Staff Reports
A. 2021-012 Debt Summary Report .........................................................................52
VI. Council Information
A. Council Requests for Information .......................................................................86
B. Council Calendar .................................................................................................88
C. Future Work Session Items .................................................................................91
D. Street Construction Report ..................................................................................92
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CITY-RELATED BILLS FILED (POSTED 2/26)
(Editor's Note: You will find all of this session's city-related bill summaries online
at https://www.tml.org/319/Legislative-Information.)
PROPERTY TAX
H.B. 1705 (Schofield)—Property Tax Limitation: would establish a mandatory property tax
freeze for all taxing units on the residence homesteads of individuals who are disabled or over 65
and their surviving spouses. (See H.J.R. 84, below.)
H.B. 1762 (Jarvis Johnson)—Property Tax Exemption: would provide that: (1) an individual
is entitled to an exemption from property taxation of the total appraised value of the individual's
residence homestead if. (a)the individual is 80 years of age or older; and(b)the individual has
received a homestead property tax exemption for at least the preceding ten years; and(2) the
surviving spouse of an individual who qualifies for an exemption under(1), above, is entitled to
an exemption from property taxation of the total appraised value of the same property tow which
the deceased spouse's exemption applied if. (a)the deceased spouse died in a year in which the
deceased spouse qualified for the exemption; (b) the surviving spouse was 55 years of age or
older when the deceased spouse died; and(c) the property was the residence homestead of the
surviving spouse when the deceased spouse died and remains the residence homestead of the
surviving spouse. (See H.J.R. 88,below.)
H.B. 1789 (Vasut)—Appraisal Review Board: would: (1) authorize the appraisal review board,
on motion of the chief appraiser or a property owner, to direct by written order changes in the
appraisal roll or related records as provided by(2), below; and(2) authorize the appraisal review
board to order the appraised value of the owner's property in the current tax year and either of
the two preceding tax years to be changed to the sales price of the property in the current tax year
if, for each tax year for which the change is to be made: (a)the property qualifies as that owner's
residence homestead; (b) the sales price of the property is at least ten percent less than the
appraised value of the property; and(c) the board makes a finding that the sales price reflects the
market value of the property.
H.B. 1798 (Shaheen)—Property Tax Limitations in a Disaster: would, among other things,
provide that: (1) for real property located in a taxing unit any part of which is located in an area
that at any time during the preceding tax year was declared a disaster area by the governor or by
the president of the United States, an appraisal office may increase the appraised value of
property for purposes of taxation by any taxing unit that taxes the property to an amount not to
exceed the lesser of. (a)the market value of the property for the most recent tax year that the
market value was determined by the appraisal office; or(b)the sum of. (i)the appraised value of
the property for the preceding tax year; and(ii) the market value of all new improvements to the
property; and(2) for a taxing unit, other than a school district, any part of which is located in an
area that at any time during the preceding tax year was declared a disaster area by the governor
or by the president of the United States, may not adopt a tax rate for the current tax year that
exceeds the sum of. (a) the no-new-revenue maintenance and operations rate for the taxing unit;
and(b)the current debt rate for the taxing unit. (See H.J.R. 90, below.)
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H.B. 1828 (Martinez Fischer)—Property Tax Installment Payments: would provide that: (1)
any individual who qualifies for a residential homestead exemption or disabled veteran
exemption may pay off property taxes in ten equal installment payments without penalty or
interest if the first installment is paid before the delinquency date and is accompanied by notice
to the taxing unit that the person will pay the remaining taxes in nine equal installments; and(2)
each of the remaining nine installments must be paid before the first day of each month for each
of the nine months following the date on which the first installment is paid.
H.B. 1852 (Rodriguez)—Homestead Exemption: would authorize the governing body of a
taxing unit that adopts a local option residence homestead exemption to set the minimum dollar
amount of the exemption to which an individual is entitled in a tax year to not more than
$25,000. (See H.J.R. 91,below.)
H.B. 1869 (Burrows)—Debt Financing: would modify the definition of"debt" for purposes of
the debt service property tax rate calculation to only include debt approved at an election. (Note:
this means that debt obligations like certificates of obligation, time warrants, anticipation notes,
and lease-purchase agreements must be financed through a city's maintenance and operations tax
rate if payable solely through property tax revenue.)
H.B. 1881 (Middleton)—Property Tax Exemption: would: (1) define "qualifying educational
organization" as a qualified open-enrollment charter school or a public junior college; (2)
provide that a person is entitled to a property tax exemption for the portion of real property the
person owns and leases to a qualifying educational organization under certain circumstances.
H.B. 2014 (Lucio)—Property Tax Appraisal: would, among other things,provide that for a
property owner who pays property taxes subject to an appeal before the delinquency date but not
later than the fifth day after the date the chief appraiser certifies a correction to the appraisal roll,
if the final determination of an appeal decreases a property owner's tax liability and the chief
appraiser certifies the correction to the appraisal roll before the property owner has paid the
property owner's taxes, the taxing unit shall refund to the property owner the difference between
the amount of taxes paid and the amount of taxes for which the property owner is liable.
H.J.R. 84 (Schofield)—Property Tax Limitation: would amend the Texas Constitution to
establish a mandatory property tax freeze for all taxing units on the residence homesteads of
individuals who are disabled or over 65 and their surviving spouses. (See H.B. 1705, above.)
H.J.R. 88 (Jarvis Johnson)—Property Tax Exemption: would amend the Texas Constitution
to: (1)provide that an individual is entitled to an exemption from property taxation of the total
appraised value of the individual's residence homestead if (a) the individual is 80 years of age or
older; and(b)the individual has received a homestead property tax exemption for at least the
preceding ten years; and(2)provide that the surviving spouse of an individual who qualifies for
an exemption under(1), above, is entitled to an exemption from property taxation of the total
appraised value of the same property tow which the deceased spouse's exemption applied if: (a)
the deceased spouse died in a year in which the deceased spouse qualified for the exemption; (b)
the surviving spouse was 55 years of age or older when the deceased spouse died; and(c)the
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property was the residence homestead of the surviving spouse when the deceased spouse died
and remains the residence homestead of the surviving spouse. (See H.B. 1762, above.)
H.J.R. 90 (Shaheen)—Property Tax Limitations in a Disaster: would amend the Texas
Constitution to allow the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property
located in a political subdivision any part of which is located in an area that at any time during
the preceding tax year was declared a disaster area by the governor or the president of the United
States to the lesser of the most recent market value of the property as determined by the appraisal
entity or the appraised value of the property as determined by the appraisal entity for the
preceding tax year. (See H.B. 1798, above.)
H.J.R. 91 (Rodriguez)—Homestead Exemption: would amend the Texas Constitution to
authorize the governing body of a taxing unit that adopts a local option residence homestead
exemption to set the minimum dollar amount of the exemption to which an individual is entitled
in a tax year at a dollar amount greater than $5,000. (See H.B. 1852, above.)
S.B. 670 (Springer)—Property Tax Exemption: would exempt from property taxation the
portion of real property owned by a person that is leased to an open-enrollment charter school if:
(1) the portion of the real property that is leased to the school is: (a)used exclusively by the
school for the operation or administration of the school or the performance of other educational
functions; and (b) reasonably necessary for the operation of the school; and(2) the owner of the
portion of real property that is leased to the school certifies by affidavit to the school that: (a) if
the lease agreement requires the school to pay the taxes imposed on the real property as a portion
of the total consideration paid to the property owner under the agreement, the owner will reduce
the consideration required to be paid by the school under the lease agreement by an amount equal
to the amount by which the taxes on the real property are reduced as a result of the exemption by
providing a monthly or annual credit against the total consideration due under the agreement; or
(b) if the lease agreement requires the school to pay the taxes imposed on the real property
directly to the collector for the applicable taxing unit or to the owner or the property manager
separately from the payment of rent to the property owner under the agreement, the school is no
longer required to pay the taxes to the collector, owner, or property manager, as applicable, and
the rent charged to the school under the agreement is not affected unless a term of the agreement
specifically provides for a change in the amount of the rent(See S.J.R.38, below.) (Companion
bill is H.B. 1022 by Murphy.)
S.B. 689 (Lucio)—Waiver of Penalties and Interest in Disaster Area: would authorize the
governing body of a taxing unit to waive penalties and interest on a delinquent property tax if, at
any time during the tax year for which the taxes were imposed, the property for which the tax is
owed was located in an area declared by the governor to be a disaster area following a disaster.
S.B. 734 (Paxton)—Property Tax Exemption: would exempt from property taxes property
owned by a charitable organization that provides services related to the placement of a child in a
foster or adoptive home or providing relief to women who are or may be pregnant and who are
considering placing their unborn children for adoption.
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S.J.R. 38 (Springer)—Property Tax Exemption: would amend the Texas Constitution to
authorize the legislature to exempt from property taxation any real property that is leased for use
as an open-enrollment charter school. (See S.B. 670, above.)
PUBLIC SAFETY
H.B. 1694 (Raney)—911 Good Samaritan: would: (1)provide a defense to prosecution for
certain drug offenses if the actor: (a)was the first person to request emergency medical
assistance in response to the possible overdose of another person and: (i) made the request for
medical assistance during an ongoing medical emergency; (ii) remained on the scene until
medical assistance arrived; and(iii) cooperated with medical assistance and law enforcement; or
(b) was the victim of a possible overdose for which emergency medical assistance was requested
by the actor or by another person during an ongoing medical emergency; (2)provide exceptions
to the defense in(1) if. (a) at the time the request for emergency medical assistance was made: (i)
a peace officer was in the process of arresting the actor or executing a search warrant describing
the actor or the place from which the request for medical assistance was made, or(ii) the actor
was committing certain other offenses other than one for which the defense is available; (b) the
actor has previously been convicted or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision
for certain offenses; or(c)the actor was acquitted in a previous proceeding in which the actor
successfully used the defense in (1); and(3)provide that the defense in (1) does not preclude the
admission of evidence obtained by law enforcement resulting from the request for emergency
assistance if that evidence pertains to an offense for which the defense in (1) is not available.
H.B. 1757 (Krause)—Peace Officers Recordings: would provide that: (1) if during the
performance of a peace officer 's official duties a peace officer makes a video or audio recording
of the officer's interaction with a person, the peace officer must immediately disclose to the
person that the officer is recording the interaction and the method by which the officer is making
the recording; (2) a peace officer is not required to make the disclosure described in (1), above:
(a) if the peace officer's interaction with a person occurs as part of an ongoing criminal
investigation; (b) immediately, if making the disclosure immediately would be unsafe,
unrealistic, or impracticable, provided that the failure to make such disclosure immediately is
based on whether a reasonable officer under the same or similar circumstances would have made
the same decision; (3) a peace officer or other employee of a law enforcement agency who alters,
destroys, or conceals another person's audio, visual, or photographic recording of a peace
officer's performance of official duties without obtaining that other person's written consent
commits a felony of the third degree; (4) it is a defense to prosecution for an offense of
interrupting, disrupting, impeding, or otherwise interfering with a peace office while the peace
officer is performing a duty or exercising authority imposed or granted by law if the defendant's
conduct consisted only of filming, recording, photographing, documenting, or observing a peace
officer,provide that if, before, or while engaging in the conduct, the defendant obeyed any
reasonable and lawful order by a peace officer to change the defendant's proximity or position;
and(5) a peace officer may not order or direct a person to cease filming, recording,
photographing, documenting, or observing a peace officer while the officer is engaged in the
performance of official duties, except that a peace officer may give the person a reasonable and
lawful order or direction to change the person's proximity or position relative to a peace officer
who is engaged in the performance of official duties.
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H.B. 1779 (Jetton)—Alcohol To-Go: would allow for the pickup and delivery of alcoholic
beverages for off-premises consumption under certain circumstances.
H.B. 1784 (Thierry)—Prohibiting Chokeholds: would provide that the use of any force, by
any person, including a peace officer or person acting in and the direction of an officer, in
connection with the arrest of another person, is not a justified use of force if such force is used in
a manner that impedes the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of the person by applying
pressure to the person's throat, neck, or torso or by blocking the person's nose or mouth.
(Companion bill is S.B. 69 by Miles.)
H.B. 1837 (M. Gonzalez)—Motorcycle Profiling: would provide that: (1) a peace officer may
not engage in a law enforcement-initiated action based, in whole or in part, on an individual
operating a motorcycle or wearing motorcycle-related or motorcycle club-related paraphernalia
rather than on the individual's behavior or on information identifying the individual as having
engaged in criminal activity; (2) an individual against whom a peace officer has engaged in
motorcycle profiling may bring an action against the peace officer or the governmental unit
employing the peace officer to recover damages arising from the motorcycle profiling and for an
injunction against future violations; (3) an individual who establishes that a peace officer
engaged in motorcycle profiling against the individual is entitled to recover reasonable attorney's
fees and litigation costs; (4) a governmental unit is vicariously liable under the doctrine of
respondeat superior for damages arising from motorcycle profiling engaged in by a peace officer
employed by the governmental unit; (5) a governmental unit's sovereign or governmental
immunity to suit and from liability is waived to the extent of liability created; and(6) a peace
officer may not assert official immunity as a defense to liability.
H.B. 1838 (M. Gonzalez)—Databases for Combinations and Criminal Gangs: would, among
other things: (1)provide that an agency that submits information relating to a person to an
intelligence database for the purpose of investigating or prosecuting the criminal activities of
combinations or criminal street gangs shall provide to the person by certified mail: (a)
notification regarding the inclusion of the person's information in the intelligence database; (b) a
description of the process for disputing the inclusion of information in the database, including
associated costs or fees, processes, and timelines, and any potential evidence necessary for
purposes of a dispute; and(c) a description of the process for removing information from the
database following renunciation of criminal street gang membership; (2) increase the standard
the agency must show to demonstrate the information that someone is a member of a
combination or street gang is correct from reasonable suspicion to probable cause; and(3)
provide that a person who is no longer a member of a criminal street gang may renounce
membership and the information of that person must be removed from the applicable intelligence
database on the second anniversary of the renunciation.
H.B. 1843 (Hefner)—Abandoned Children: would add a fire department and law enforcement
agency to the list of emergency infant care providers who must take possession of certain
abandoned children. (Companion bill is S.B. 443 by Hughes.)
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H.B. 1893 (Smithee)—Intoxication Offenses: would provide that a search warrant issued to
collect a blood specimen from a person suspected of committing certain intoxication offense may
be executed: (1) in any county adjacent to the county in which the warrant was issued; and(2)by
any law enforcement officer authorized to make an arrest in the county of execution.
H.B. 1927 (Schaefer)—Firearm Regulation: would, among other things, provide that a peace
officer who is acting in the lawful discharge of the officer's official duties may temporarily
disarm a person: (1) at any time the officer reasonably believes it is necessary for the protection
of the person, officer, or another individual, but require the peace officer return the weapon to
the person before discharging the person from the scene if the officer determines that the person
is not a threat to the officer, person, or another individual and if the person has not committed a
violation that results in the arrest of the person; and(2) when the person enters a nonpublic,
secure portion of a law enforcement facility, if the law enforcement agency provides a gun locker
where the peace officer can secure the weapon and returns the weapon to the person immediately
after the person leaves the nonpublic, secure portion of the law enforcement facility.
H.B. 1928 (Wilson)—Peace Officer Employment Records: would provide that: (1) a person
licensed by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement(TCOLE), including a peace officer and
a reserve law enforcement officer, may not enter into an agreement with a law enforcement
agency employing the person under which the agency is prohibited from: (a) making the person's
employment records available to another law enforcement agency; or(b) disclosing information
about the person's employment to another law enforcement agency or a potential employer in a
related field; (2) a law enforcement agency that obtains a consent form to view a person's
employment records shall make an electronic copy of the person's employment records available
to a hiring law enforcement agency on request; and(3) TCOLE,by rule, shall prescribe the
manner by which a law enforcement agency shall make a person's employment records
electronically available to a hiring law enforcement agency, and such rules must provide
appropriate security protections.
H.B. 1938 (Jetton)—Body Worn Camera Grants: would provide that a law enforcement
agency that provides body worn cameras to its peace officers may apply to the office of the
governor for a grant to defray the cost of data storage for recordings created with the body worn
cameras.
H.B. 1943 (Crockett)—Firing at Moving Vehicles: would provide that: (1) a peace officer may
not,while performing an official duty, discharge a firearm at or in the direction of a moving
vehicle unless: (a) if the vehicle is occupied solely by the driver: (i)the peace officer discharges
the firearm only when and to the degree the officer reasonably believes is immediately necessary
to protect the officer or another person from the use of unlawful deadly force by the driver of the
vehicle; and(ii)before discharging the firearm, the officer has exhausted all other reasonable
means of mitigating or preventing the deadly force by the driver or has determined that other
means of mitigating or preventing the deadly force would be inappropriate under the
circumstances; or(b) if the vehicle has one or more passengers: (i) the peace officer discharges
the firearm only when and to the degree the officer reasonably believes is immediately necessary
to protect the officer from unlawful deadly force by the driver of the vehicle by means of the
vehicle; and(ii)the officer reasonably believes that the officer is unable to mitigate or prevent
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the deadly force by the officer moving out of the path of the vehicle; (2) a law enforcement
agency shall adopt a policy regarding a peace officer's use of force with respect to a moving
vehicle; and(3) a peace officer commits an offense if the officer engages in conduct prohibited
by(1), above in violation of a policy adopted under(2), above, and such offense is a felony of
the third degree.
H.B. 1954 (Dutton)—Criminal Penalties for Drug Possession: would: (1)reduce the criminal
penalties for possession of small amounts of certain controlled substances and marihuana; and
(2)provide that a judge who grants community supervision to a person convicted of certain drug-
related Class A misdemeanors may require, as a condition of community supervision, that the
person successfully complete an educational program on substance abuse awareness approved by
the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
H.B. 1955 (Dutton)—Justified Use of Deadly Force: would provide that: (1) a peace officer is
justified in using deadly force against another when and to the degree the peace officer
reasonably believes the deadly force is immediately necessary to make an arrest, or to prevent
escape after arrest, if. (a) the use of force would have been justified by the law; (b)the person to
be arrested or attempting to escape after arrest possesses a deadly weapon; and(c)the peace
officer reasonably believes: (i) the conduct for which arrest is authorized included the use or
attempted use of deadly force; or(ii)there is a substantial risk that the person to be arrested or
attempting to escape after arrest will cause death or serious bodily injury to the actor or another
if the arrest or apprehension is delayed; and(2) a person other than a peace officer acting in a
peace officer's presence and at his direction is justified in using deadly force against another
when and to the degree the person reasonably believes the deadly force is immediately necessary
to make a lawful arrest, or to prevent escape after a lawful arrest, if. (a) the use of force would
have been justified by the law; (b)the person to be arrested or attempting to escape after arrest
possesses a deadly weapon; and(c) the actor reasonably believes: (i) the felony or offense
against the public peace for which arrest is authorized included the use or attempted use of
deadly force; or(ii)there is a substantial risk that the person to be arrested will cause death or
serious bodily injury to another if the arrest or apprehension is delayed.
H.B. 1982 (Pacheco)—Medical Cannabis: would: (1)provide that medical cannabis may be
dispensed to a patient only by a pharmacist; (2)provide that a person may not cultivate,produce,
manufacture, or distribute medical cannabis without a license; and(3) authorize a fee for a
license issued under(2).
H.B. 2007 (Reynolds)—Law Enforcement Agencies: would provide, among other things, that:
(1) a law enforcement agency of a city or county shall adopt a policy requiring a peace officer to
participate in at least eight hours of community events in the city or county not later than the
60th day after the date the peace officer begins employment with the agency; (2) a law
enforcement agency may grant an extension of the period described in(1), above, based on
reasonable grounds; (3) the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement(TCOLE) shall establish
and administer a grant program through which eligible cities and counties may apply for a grant
to provide increased compensation to peace officers employed by a law enforcement agency
based on the extent to which the peace officers employed by the law enforcement agency of the
applicant city or county: (a) hold a bachelor's degrees or higher; (b) reside in the applicable city
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or county; and(c)have received certificates of distinction for certain achievements, including
performing more than 40 hours of community service, completing more than 50 hours of
continuing education programs, or providing more than 25 hours of instruction in continuing
education programs; (4) TCOLE shall annually evaluate each law enforcement agency of a city
or county for professionalism based on the following criteria and any additional criteria TCOLE
adopts by rule: (a)whether at least half of the peace officers of the agency reside in the
applicable city or county; (b) whether the peace officers of the agency in supervisory positions
hold bachelor's degrees or higher; (c)the peace officers of the agency each perform 30 or more
hours of community service annually; (d)the agency has a citizens academy or youth enrichment
program; and (e)the peace officers of the agency are certified as special officers for offenders
with mental impairments; (5) TCOLE may establish and administer a grant program to award
grants to agencies that receive positive evaluations; (6) as part of the minimum curriculum
requirements, TCOLE shall require an officer to complete a training program on implicit bias
that consists of not less than eight hours of training; and(7) as part of the continuing education
programs, a peace officer must complete a training and education program developed by the
commission that includes not less than: (a) four hours of training on implicit bias; and(b) eight
hours of training on de-escalation and crisis intervention techniques.
H.B. 2008 (Reynolds)—Peace Officer License Suspension: would amend current law to
provide that the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall suspend a peace officer's license
upon notification that the officer has been dishonorably discharged. (Companion bill is S.B.
352 by Miles.)
H.B. 2009 (Reynolds)—No Knock Entries: would prohibit a magistrate, including a municipal
judge, from issuing an arrest or search warrant that authorizes a peace officer from entering, for
the purpose of executing a warrant, into a building or other place without giving notice of the
officer's authority or purpose before entering (a no-knock entry). (Companion bill is S.B.
175 by Miles.)
H.B. 2011 (Reynolds)—Duty to Intervene: would provide that: (1) a peace officer has a duty to
intervene to stop or prevent another peace officer from using excessive force against a person
suspected of committing an offense if an ordinary, prudent peace officer would intervene under
the same or similar circumstances; and (2) a peace officer who witnesses the use of excessive
force by another peace officer shall promptly make a detailed report of the incident and deliver
the report to the supervisor of the peace officer making the report and the supervisor of the peace
officer who used the excessive force. (Companion bill is S.B. 68 by Miles.)
H.B. 2028 (Lambert)—Ungraded Eggs: would, among other things,prohibit a state agency or
political subdivision from prohibiting the following from purchasing, reselling, or using
ungraded eggs: (1) a hatchery buying eggs exclusively for hatching purposes; (2) a hotel,
restaurant, or other public eating place where all eggs purchased are served by the establishment;
(3) a food manufacturer purchasing eggs for use only in the manufacture of food products, except
for a person who operates a plant for the purpose of breaking eggs for freezing, drying, or
commercial food manufacturing; (4) an agent employed and paid a salary by a person licensed
by the Texas Department of Agriculture; or(5) a retailer selling eggs to the ultimate consumer of
the eggs.
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H.B. 2054 (Beckley)—Sex Parlors: would: (1)redefine "massage parlor" as a"sex parlor"that
is a business establishment that purports to provide services involving physical contact with a
customer and that allows: (a) a person to engage in sexual contact for compensation; or(b) a
person to provide services involving physical contact with a customer in a private or semiprivate
location while nude or wearing clothing intended to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any
person; and(2) authorize the governing body of a municipality, by ordinance, to prohibit or
otherwise regulate sex parlors.
S.B. 652 (Eckhardt)—Criminal Penalties for Drug Possession: would: (1)reduce the criminal
penalties for possession of small amounts of marihuana; (2)provide that a peace officer or any
other person may not arrest an offender without a warrant for certain drug offenses that are
misdemeanors punishable by a fine only; and(3)provide, with certain exceptions, that a peace
officer who is charging a person with committing certain Class C misdemeanor drug offenses
may not arrest the person and shall issue the person a citation.
S.B. 664 (Powell)—Strangulation: would provide that: (1) a peace officer who responds to a
call for service that involves an alleged or suspected act of strangulation shall: (a) request
assistance from emergency medical services personnel to evaluate and render aid to the victim of
strangulation; (b)use the checklist described in(4), below, in providing appropriate assistance to
the victim; and (c)provide the victim with referral information to the appropriate support agency
for purposes of receiving additional assistance; (2) a peace officer's report regarding the incident
must thoroughly document the following: (a) the name, identification number, employment
agency, and unit number of all emergency medical services personnel providing assistance under
(1), above; (b) victim and witness accounts of the suspect's behavior, actions, and any comments
made during the act of strangulation; (c) the officer's observations regarding the suspect's
behavior, actions, and any comments made after the officer's arrival on the scene; and(d) the
referral information given to the victim under(1)(c), above; (3) emergency medical services
personnel providing assistance under(1), above, shall conduct a medical evaluation and
assessment of the victim; and(4)the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall develop and
make available a checklist to assist peace officers in evaluating an alleged or suspected act of
strangulation and providing assistance to the victim of strangulation.
SALES TAX
H.B. 1696 (Raney)—Remote Sales Taxes: would provide that the comptroller may not except a
remote seller or marketplace provider from collecting sales and use taxes, among other statutory
requirements,based on: (1)revenue or sales in an amount greater than $100,000 in a 12-month
period; or(2)transactions in a number greater than 200 in a 12-month period. (Note: this
legislation would supersede the comptroller's "safe harbor"rule providing that remote sellers
with total Texas revenue of less than$500,000 in the preceding 12 calendar months are not
required to collect state and local sales and use taxes in Texas.)
H.B. 1992 (Thierry)—Sales Tax Exemption: would exempt the following from sales and use
taxes as "emergency preparation items": (1) medical or other face masks used to protect the nose
and mouth of a person wearing the mask from potential contaminants, or from transmission of
particles from the person wearing the mask; (2) disposable gloves the primary purpose of which
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is to act as a protective barrier to prevent the possible transmission of disease; and(3)
disinfectant cleaning supplies, including bleach products and sanitizing wipes. (Companion
is S.B. 438 by Blanco.)
COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
H.B. 1785 (Thierry)—Operating Boarding Home without License: would: (1) create a Class
B misdemeanor offense when a person operates a boarding home facility without a local permit;
and(2)provide that (1) only applies when a county or municipality requires a permit to operate a
boarding home facility. (Companion bill is S.B. 500 by Miles.)
H.B. 1803 (Wilson)—Homelessness: would: (1)prohibit a municipality from purchasing a
property to house homeless individuals unless the commissioners court of the county in which
the property is located approves a plan described in(4), below; (2)provide that a municipality
may not convert the use of a property owned by the municipality to enable the property to house
homeless individuals unless the commissioners court of the county in which the property is
located approves a plan described in(4),below; (3) for the purposes of the plan in(4),below,
define "proposed new residents" as homeless individuals the municipality intends to house at the
purchased or converted property; (4)require a plan to house homeless individuals to describe: (a)
the availability of local health care for proposed new residents, including access to Medicaid
services and mental health services; (b)the availability of indigent services for proposed new
residents; (c) the availability of reasonably affordable public transportation for proposed new
residents; (d) local law enforcement resources in the area of the property; and(e)what steps the
municipality has taken to coordinate with the local mental health authority to provide for any
proposed new residents; (5) require a municipality to respond to any reasonable requests for
additional information made by the commissioners court regarding the proposed property
purchase or use conversion; and(6)require a municipality that intends to purchase or convert a
property to house homeless individuals to: (a)post notice of the proposed use of the property at
the property not later than the 61 st day before the proposed date of purchase or conversion; and
(b)publish notice of the proposed purchase or conversion of the property for 10 consecutive days
in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the property is located. (Companion
bill is S.B. 646 by Schwertner.)
H.B. 1885 (Harris)—Regulation: would, with certain exceptions,prohibit a city from
regulating an activity or structure in an area in which the residents are ineligible or have only
limited eligibility to vote in municipal elections.
H.B. 1897 (Sanford)—Annexation: would: (1)require that, at the time a municipality makes an
offer to a landowner to enter into an agreement in which the landowner consents to annexation,
the municipality must provide the landowner with a written disclosure: (a) that the landowner is
not required to enter into the agreement; (b) of the authority under which the municipality may
annex the land with references to relevant law; (c)with a plain-language description of the
annexation procedures applicable to the land; and(d)regarding whether the procedures require
the landowner's consent; and(2)provide that a failure to provide the disclosure in (1)makes the
annexation agreement void.
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H.B. 1916 (C. Turner)—Credit Access Business: would prohibit a credit access business from
making a telemarketing call to a consumer whose name and telephone number are on the Texas
no-call list.
H.B. 1929 (Wilson)—ETJ Development Agreements: would, except in the extraterritorial
jurisdiction(ETJ) of a city with a population of 1.9 million or more,provide that: (1) a city that
enters into an ETJ development agreement waives immunity from suit for the purpose of
adjudicating a claim for breach of contract; and(2) actual damages, specific performance, or
injunctive relief(but not consequential or exemplary damages)may be granted in an adjudication
brought against a city for breach of an ETJ development agreement.
H.B. 1931 (Walle)—Public Facility Corporations: would, among other things,provide for
beneficial tax treatment relating to a leasehold or other possessory interest in a public facility
only if the public facility user with a leasehold or other possessory interest in a public facility
used to provide multifamily housing meets the following requirements: (1) the public facility
user reserve at least 10 percent of the residential units in a housing development for individuals
or families participating in the housing choice voucher program if the development is located: (a)
in the attendance zone of an elementary school that has passed accountability standards for the
most recent school year; (b) in the attendance zone of a high school with a graduation rate of at
least 85 percent; and(c) in a census tract in which fewer than 10 percent of the households have
a household income equal to or less than the federal poverty line and the median income for
households is equal to or greater than 80 percent of area median income; and(2) the public
facility user may not: (a) refuse to rent a residential unit in a housing development to an
individual or family because the individual or family participates in the housing choice voucher
program; or(b)use a financial or minimum income standard that requires an individual or family
participating in the housing choice voucher program to have a monthly income of more than 250
percent of the individual's or family's share of the total monthly rent payable for a residential
unit.
H.B. 1937 (Pacheco)—Deferred Presentment Transactions: would provide that: (1)the
maximum rate or amount of interest that may be contracted for, charged, or received from a
borrower for a deferred presentment transaction(which includes a payday or auto title loan) is 36
percent a year, unless otherwise provided by law; (2) the annual percentage rate of an extension
of consumer credit in the form of a deferred presentment transaction is calculated including total
charges charged to the consumer in connection with the extension of consumer credit, including
interest, lender charges, and any fees or any other valuable consideration received by the credit
access business or a representative of the credit access business; (3) the annual percentage rate of
an extension of consumer credit in the form of a deferred presentment transaction that a credit
access business obtains for a consumer or assists a consumer in obtaining may not exceed 36
percent; and(4) a deferred presentment transaction entered into in violation of(1), (2), or(3),
above, is void and unenforceable.
H.B. 1968 (Reynolds)—Municipal Management Districts: would provide that: (1) the board
of a municipal management district may declare that a position on the board is a civil office of
emolument for purposes of the constitutional dual office holding prohibition if the city council of
the city in which the district is located consents by resolution or ordinance; and(2) a director of a
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municipal management district whose position is made a civil office of emolument under(1) is
entitled to receive fees of office and reimbursement of eligible expenses in the manner available
to other districts in state law.
H.B. 2027 (Cortez)—Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program: would eliminate: (1) the
requirement for a city council to hold a public hearing and adopt a resolution in order for the
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA)to approve an application for
housing tax credits for developments financed through the private activity bond program; (2) the
requirement that TDHCA score and rank applications using a point system that prioritizes
criteria in a particular order; and(3) the ability of TDHCA to provide incentives through the
qualified allocation plan to reward applicants for low income housing tax credits for locating a
housing development in a census tract in which there are no other existing developments
supported by housing tax credits.
S.B. 631 (Buckingham)—Board of Adjustment: would provide that, in exercising its authority
to grant or deny a zoning variance, a board of adjustment may consider the following as grounds
to determine whether compliance with the zoning ordinance as applied to a structure would result
in an unnecessary hardship: (1)whether the financial cost of compliance is greater than 50
percent of the appraised value of the structure as shown on the most recent certified appraisal
roll; (2)whether compliance would result in a loss to the lot on which the structure is located of
at least 25 percent of the area on which development may physically occur; (3)whether
compliance would result in the structure not being in compliance with a requirement of a city
ordinance, building code, or other requirement; (4) whether compliance would result in the
unreasonable encroachment on an adjacent property or easement; or(5)whether the city
considers the structure to be a nonconforming structure. (Companion bill is H.B.
1475 by Cyrier.)
S.B. 646 (Schwertner)—Homelessness: would: (1)prohibit a municipality from purchasing a
property to house homeless individuals unless the commissioners court of the county in which
the property is located approves a plan described in(4), below; (2)provide that a municipality
may not convert the use of a property owned by the municipality to enable the property to house
homeless individuals unless the commissioners court of the county in which the property is
located approves a plan described in(4),below; (3) for the purposes of the plan in(4), below,
define "proposed new residents" as homeless individuals the municipality intends to house at the
purchased or converted property; (4)require a plan to house homeless individuals to describe: (a)
the availability of local health care for proposed new residents, including access to Medicaid
services and mental health services; (b)the availability of indigent services for proposed new
residents; (c) the availability of reasonably affordable public transportation for proposed new
residents; (d) local law enforcement resources in the area of the property; and(e)what steps the
municipality has taken to coordinate with the local mental health authority to provide for any
proposed new residents; (5)require a municipality to respond to any reasonable requests for
additional information made by the commissioners court regarding the proposed property
purchase or use conversion; and(6)require a municipality that intends to purchase or convert a
property to house homeless individuals to: (a)post notice of the proposed use of the property at
the property not later than the 61 st day before the proposed date of purchase or conversion; and
(b)publish notice of the proposed purchase or conversion of the property for 10 consecutive days
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in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the property is located. (Companion
bill is H.B. 1803 by Wilson.)
S.B. 659 (Buckingham)—Disannexation: would: (1)provide for the disannexation of an area
that: (a) does not receive full municipal services and was exempt from municipal taxation for
more than 20 years under an ordinance that provided that the area was exempt from taxation until
full municipal services were provided; or(b)was annexed for limited purposes before certain
laws were enacted and has not received at any time full municipal services; and(2)provide that
if, after receiving a valid petition, a city fails to disannex property described in (1), the person
filing the petition may bring an action against the city to compel disannexation and potentially
recover attorney's fees and court costs. (Companion bill is H.B. 1653 by Craddick.)
S.B. 683 (Blanco)—Defense Communities: would make various changes relating to defense
economic readjustment zones.
ELECTIONS
H.B. 1708 (White)—Voting System: would: (1) define "auditable voting system" as a voting
system that produces a voter-verifiable paper record; (2) define "voter-verifiable paper record" as
a paper record of an electronically generated ballot that may be: (a) reviewed and corrected by
the voter at the time the ballot is cast; and(b)used for a recount in an election in which
electronically generated ballots were used; (3)prohibit a political subdivision from purchasing a
voting system consisting of direct recording electronic voting machines that is not an auditable
voting system; and(4)prohibit the use of a voting system consisting of direct recording
electronic voting machines in an election unless the system is an auditable voting system.
H.B. 1724 (Paul)—Poll Watchers: would, among other things: (1) authorize a watcher to sit or
stand near enough to see and hear the election officers conducting the observed activity, except
as otherwise prohibited by state law; (2)provide that if an election clerk disagrees with a watcher
concerning a matter discussed in(1), above, the clerk may not proceed until the presiding judge
provides clarifying instruction; and(3)would provide that a person commits an offense if the
person serves in an official capacity at a location at which the presence of watchers is authorized
and knowingly prevents a watcher from seeing or hearing an activity the watcher is entitled to
observe.
H.B. 1725 (Paul) —Mail Ballot Delivery: would prohibit the in-person delivery of ballots by
mail.
H.B. 1749 (Crockett)—Voter Registration: would, among other things: (1)require the voter
registrar to appoint at least one election officer serving each polling place as a regular deputy
registrar; and(2)provide that a person may register to vote at a polling place at which the person
would be allowed to vote if the person submits a voter registration application, presents adequate
proof of identification, and submits an affidavit stating the person is eligible to vote and voting
only once in the election on the day the person offers to vote.
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H.B. 1806 (J. Gonzalez)—Early Voting Ballot Board: would, among other things: (1)provide
that the early voting ballot board consists of a presiding judge, an alternate presiding judge, and
at least two other members; (2) require the alternate president judge of an early voting ballot
board to serve as presiding judge for an election if the regularly appointed presiding judge cannot
serve; and(3)provide that an early voting ballot board may make a determination that the
signatures on the carrier envelope certificate and ballot application are those of the same person
by a vote of at least on-half of the board's membership, with a tie-vote of the board's
membership resulting in the signatures being considered to be those of the same person.
H.B. 1807 (J. Gonzalez)—Vote by Mail Application: would: (1)provide that the officially
prescribed application form for an early voting ballot must include, among other things, a space
for entering an applicant's email address; (2)provide that the email address provided for the
purpose of applying for an early voting ballot is confidential and does not constitute public
information for purposes of the Public Information Act; (3) require the early voting clerk,before
rejecting an application for a ballot to be voted by mail, to make a reasonable effort to contact
the applicant by e-mail, at any e-mail address provided on the application, to ask questions about
the application; (4)provide that if the early voting clerk does not receive a response before the
seventh day after the date the clerk tries to contact an applicant as described in(3), the clerk may
reject the application; (5) authorize an applicant for an application for a ballot to be voted by
mail to make clerical corrections to the application by email; (6) require the early voting clerk to
attach to and maintain with the original application submissions and corrections provided by
email; and(7)prohibit an applicant from changing the address or county of residence submitted
on the original application to a different address or county of residence by email.
H.B. 1822 (Zwiener)—Early Voting by Mail: would: (1) authorize a person to deliver a
marked ballot voted by mail in-person during the early voted period to: (a) the early voting
clerk's office; or(b) an election officer at an early voting polling place where the voter who
marked the ballot is eligible to vote an early voting ballot by personal appearance; (2) authorize a
person to deliver a marked ballot voted by mail to the early voting clerk's office while the polls
are open on election day; (3) require the secretary of state to permit a person who submits an
application for a ballot to be voted by mail to track the location and status of the person's
application and ballot on the secretary of state's Internet website; and(4)require the signature
verification committee and early voting ballot board to provide an opportunity for a voter to
correct a defect in a timely delivered ballot under certain circumstances.
H.B. 1832 (Rosenthal)—Early Voting by Mail: would provide that an application for a ballot
to be voted by mail is considered to be submitted for the year in which the application is
submitted and the following calendar year if. (1) the first election in which the applicant is
eligible to vote following the submission of the application is an election held on the uniform
election date in November of an odd-numbered year; and(2)the applicant indicates that the
application is for the next November election and the elections held in the following calendar
year.
H.B. 1882 (Bucy)—Early Voting: would, among other things, provide that: (1) the authority
ordering an election may order early voting by personal appearance at the main early voting
polling place to be conducted during an early voting period extended from the fourth day before
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election day for any number of consecutive days up to and including the day before election day;
and(2) an authority that extends early voting under(1), above, shall order personal appearance
voting at the main early voting polling place to be conducted for at least 12 hours on any
weekday or Saturday and for at least five hours on any Sunday of the extended early voting
period.
H.B. 1890 (Schofield)—Primary Runoff Election Date: would set the primary runoff election
date for a non-federal office as the second Tuesday in April following the general primary
election.
H.B. 1899 (Beckley)—Voter Information: would, among other things: (1)require an office,
agency, or other authority with whom an election application, report, or other election document
is required to be submitted or filed that maintains an internet website to make election forms
available on that entity's internet website; and(2) require the posting on the authority's Internet
website, if the authority maintains a website, notice of the date, hour, and place of the drawing of
names of candidates for placement on the ballot.
H.B. 1901 (Beckley)—Early Voting Ballot Board: would, among other things, require an early
voting ballot board to deliver to the early voting clerk any early voting applications included in a
carrier envelope with a ballot voted in an election held on the November uniform election date,
regardless of whether the ballot is accepted.
H.B. 1902 (White)—Voting System: would require a voting system or voting system equipment
to have all components of the voting system, including all software and hardware, manufactured,
stored, and held in the United States.
H.B. 1979 (Toth)—Early Voting Ballots: would require, among other things: (1) an early
voting ballot voted by mail to include a unique code readable by an electronic device that may be
used to verify the authenticity of the ballot; (2)the early voting ballot board to identify the
unique code included on each ballot with an electronic device and compare the code on the ballot
to the codes recorded by the early voting clerk; and (3) rejection of the ballot if the recorded code
on the ballot does not match that recorded by the early voting clerk.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
H.B. 1747 (Lozano)—COVID-19 Vaccine: would provide that the COVID-19 Expert Vaccine
Allocation Panel convened to develop recommendations for the allocation of COVID-19
vaccines for the Department of State Health Services Commissioner shall prioritize the allocation
and distribution of vaccines for first responders, including: (1)peace officers; (2) firefighters,
including volunteer firefighters; and(3) certified emergency medical services personnel.
H.B. 1909 (Leach)—Pregnancy Resource Centers: would provide, among other things, that:
(1) a pregnancy resource center is an essential business at all times, including during a declared
state of disaster or public health disaster, and the center's services are considered essential
regardless of whether the services are listed as essential or included in a category of services
allowed to operate in an order issued under a state of disaster or a public health disaster; (2) an
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order issued under a state of disaster or public health disaster may not: (a)prohibit a pregnancy
resource center from continuing to operate in the discharge of the center's purpose; or(b) require
a pregnancy resource center to close; (3) sovereign and governmental immunity for liability are
waived to the extent of liability for violation of(1) or(2), above; and(4)the attorney general
may bring an action for injunctive or declaratory relief to enforce compliance, but may not
recover expenses incurred in bringing, instituting, or intervening in an action.
H.B. 1922 (Thierry)—Pandemic Response Plan: would provide that: (1) the Texas Division of
Emergency Management(TDEM) shall prepare and keep current a pandemic response plan that
may include provisions for: (a) consulting infectious disease experts; (b)preventing
and minimizing injury and damage caused by a pandemic; (c)prompt and effective response to a
pandemic; (d) emergency relief; (e) identifying areas and populations particularly vulnerable to
the occurrence of a pandemic; (f) communicating with governmental and private entities to
facilitate coordination and collaboration for the efficient and effective planning and execution of
a pandemic response plan; (g) organizing federal, state, and local pandemic response activities;
(h) assisting local officials in designing local pandemic response plans; (i)preparing and
distributing to appropriate state and local officials catalogs of federal, state, and private
assistance programs; and 0) other necessary matters relating to pandemics; and(2) in preparing
and revising the pandemic response plan, TDEM shall seek the assistance of, among others,
necessary federal, state, or local governmental entities. (Companion bill is S.B. 435 by Blanco.)
H.B. 1923 (Thierry)—Disruption in Supply Chains Caused by COVID-19: would require the
comptroller to: (1) conduct a study to identify and evaluate local and state supply chain
disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; and(2)prepare and submit a report containing
the results of the study and any recommendations for legislative or other action to aid in the
state's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for future health and economic crises
to the governor and the legislature by September 1, 2022. (Companion bill is S.B.
453 by Blanco.)
H.B. 1978 (Toth)—Termination of COVID-19 Disaster Declaration: would provide that: (1)
the governor may not declare a state of disaster because of COVID-19; and(2) the state of
disaster declared by the governor related to COVID, as renewed, is terminated.
H.B. 1983 (Thierry)—Disaster Preparedness: would: (1) add the term"pandemic"to the
definition of disaster under the Texas Disaster Act; (2)provide that the business advisory council
that was established to provide advice and expertise on actions state and local governments can
take to assist businesses in recovering from a disaster shall, in addition to its other duties,
propose solutions to mitigate medical supply chain problems and nursing and physician staff
shortages that may occur during a disaster; and(3)provide that the disaster recovery task force
shall, in addition to its other duties, address long-term solutions to issues arising from a disaster
that are specific to a pandemic or epidemic, including unemployment issues and rental policies
and other housing issues.
H.B. 1985 (Thierry)—Unemployment Benefits: would provide that: (1) during a public health
disaster, the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) shall suspend the following eligibility
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conditions to authorize an individual who is otherwise eligible to receive unemployment benefits
to receive benefits: (a) the condition that an individual be actively seeking work; and(b) the
condition that an individual has been totally or partially unemployed for a waiting period; and(2)
the period of a suspension imposed under(1), above, begins on the date the public health disaster
is declared, and TWC may reinstate the conditions described by (1), above, only after the public
health disaster expires. (Companion bill is S.B. 469 by Blanco.)
H.B. 1989 (Thierry)—Personal Protective Equipment: would provide, among other things,
that:
(1) the Department of State Health Services (DSHS), in coordination with other relevant state
agencies, shall establish and maintain a minimum 90-day reserve of personal protective
equipment (PPE) for use by health care workers and essential personnel during a public health
disaster or other public health emergency; and(2) DSHS shall establish the Personal Protective
Equipment Reserve Advisory Committee that shall, as necessary, make recommendations to the
Health and Human Services Commissioner for the development of guidelines for the
procurement, storage, and distribution of the PPE reserves. (Companion bill is S.B.
437 by Blanco.)
MUNICIPAL COURTS
H.B. 1693 (Shaheen)—Financial Responsibility: would: (1) authorize a justice or municipal
court to access the financial responsibility verification program to verify financial responsibility
for the purpose of court proceedings; and(2) require the costs associated with accessing the
verification program to be paid out of the county treasury by order of the commissioners' court
or the municipal treasury by order of the governing body of the municipality, as applicable.
H.B. 1944 (Crockett)—Expunction: would require a trial court, including a municipal court of
record, to enter an order of expunction for the arrest records of a person who is acquitted of
either a felony or misdemeanor.
S.B. 690 (Zaffirini)—Remote Court Proceedings: would, among other things: (1) define
"remote proceeding" as a proceeding before a court in which one or more of the participants,
including a judge,party, attorney,witness, court reporter,juror, or other individual, attends the
proceeding remotely through the use of technology and the internet; (2) authorize a court in this
state on the court's own motion or on the motion of any party to: (a) conduct a hearing or other
proceeding as a remote proceeding without the consent of the parties unless the United States
Constitution or Texas Constitution requires consent; and(b) allow or require a judge,party,
attorney, witness, court reporter,juror, or any other individual to participate in a remote
proceeding, including a deposition, hearing, trial, or other proceeding; and(3)provide that in any
criminal proceeding that requires the consent of parties for the proceeding to be conducted as a
remote proceeding, the prosecutor and defendant must each consent for the proceeding to be
conducted as a remote proceeding.
OPEN GOVERNMENT
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H.B. 1810 (Capriglione)—Electronic Public Information: would provide that: (1) data
dictionaries and other indicia of the type or category of information held in each field of a
database is public information under the Public Information Act(PIA); (2) a governmental
body's use of an electronic recordkeeping system may not erode the public's right of access to
public information under the PIA; (3)the contents of public information that is produced and
maintained in an electronic spreadsheet or database that is searchable or sortable (electronic
public information), including the information described in(1), above, is significant and not
merely used as a tool for the maintenance, manipulation, or protection of property; (4) if a
request for public information applies to electronic public information and the requestor requests
the information in a searchable or sortable format, the governmental body shall provide an
electronic copy of the requested electronic public information in the searchable or sortable
format requested using computer software the governmental body has in its possession, but if the
requestor prefers, the governmental body shall provide a copy of electronic public information in
the form of a paper printout; (5) a governmental body may not refuse to provide a copy of
electronic public information on the grounds that exporting the information or redacting excepted
information will require inputting range, search, filter, report parameters, or similar commands or
instructions into the governmental body 's computer system if the commands or instructions can
be executed with computer software used by the governmental body in the ordinary course of
business to access, support, or otherwise manage the information; (6) a requestor may request
that a copy of electronic public information be provided in the format in which the information is
maintained by the governmental body or in a standard export format such as a flat file electronic
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) if the governmental body's
computer programs support exporting the information in that format, and the governmental body
shall provide the copy in the requested format or in another format acceptable to the requester;
(7) if the electronic public information is maintained by a governmental body in a format that is:
(a) searchable but not sortable, the governmental body shall provide an electronic copy of the
information in a searchable format; or(b) sortable, the governmental body shall provide an
electronic copy of the information in a sortable format; and(8) a governmental body shall use
reasonable efforts to ensure that a contract entered into by the governmental body for the
creation and maintenance of electronic public information does not impair the public's ability to
inspect or copy the information or make the information more difficult for the public to inspect
or copy than records maintained by the governmental body.
H.B. 1888 (Fierro)—Open Meetings: would: (1) authorize a governmental body to hold an
open or closed meeting by conference call; (2) define "conference call"to mean a meeting held
by telephone conference call, videoconference call, or telephone conference and videoconference
call; (3)require that each part of a meeting held by conference call required to be open to the
public shall: (a) be audible to the public; (b) be visible to the public if it is a videoconference
call; and(c) have two-way communication with each participant; (4)provide that a member or
employee of a governmental body may participate in a meeting by conference call only if the
audio signal of the participant is heard live at the meeting; (5)provide that a member of a
governmental body who participates in a meeting by conference call shall: (a)be counted as
present at the meeting for all purposes; and(b)be considered absent from any portion of the
meeting during which audio communication with the member is lost or disconnected, but allow
the governmental body to continue the meeting if a quorum of the body continues to participate
in the meeting; (6)provide that a governmental body may allow a member of the public to testify
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at a meeting by conference call; (7) provide that a meeting held by conference call is subject to
the notice requirements applicable to other meetings and also must include certain instructions to
the public; (8) require that a meeting held by conference call be recorded, and that the recording
be made available to the public; and(9) require the Department of Information Resources by rule
to specify minimum standards for the recording of a meeting held by conference call.
S.B. 639 (Menendez)—Open Meetings: would: (1)provide that, without regard to whether a
member of the governmental body is participating in a meeting from a remote location by
telephone conference call, a governmental body may allow a member of the public to speak at a
meeting from a remote location by telephone conference call; (2)provide that, when a member
of a governmental body loses audio or video during a videoconference meeting, the meeting may
continue when a quorum of the body remain audible and visible to each other and, during the
open portion of the meeting, to the public; (3) allow a meeting by videoconference so long as the
presiding officer is present at a physical location open to the public where members of the public
may observe and participate in the meeting; (4) set out the notice requirements for a
videoconference meeting; and(5)provide that, without regard to whether a member of the
governmental body is participating in a meeting from a remote location by videoconference call,
a governmental body may allow a person to speak at a meeting from a remote location by
videoconference call.
OTHER FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
H.B. 1703 (Middleton)—Conflicts Disclosure: would, among other things,provide that a local
government officer is required to file a conflicts disclosure statement if a vendor: (1) is a family
member of the officer, defined to include a person within the third degree by blood or the second
degree by marriage; (2) has an employment or business relationship with the officer or a family
member of the officer, or a business entity in which the officer or a family member of the officer
holds an ownership interest or is an employee, that results in the officer, family member, or
business entity receiving certain taxable income; (3)has an employment or other business
relationship with the officer, a family member of the officer, or a business entity in which the
officer or a family member of the officer holds an ownership interest or is an employee, or that
the officer anticipates will result in the officer, family member, or business entity receiving any
amount of taxable income, including investment income, in the future; or(4)has given to the
officer or a family member of the officer, or a business entity in which the officer or family
member of the officer holds an ownership interest or is an employee, certain gifts.
H.B. 1720 (Reynolds)—County Assistance Districts: would provide that, without a petition or
election, a county assistance district may include an area in the district that has no registered
voters.
H.B. 1760 (Krause)—Reporting of Federal Funds: would require a political subdivision that
receives or expends a federal grant or other federal funds that have not been appropriated by the
legislature to report to the Legislative Budget Board, the comptroller, and the governor not later
than the 150th day of the political subdivision's fiscal year: (a) the total amount of federal funds
received or expended in the previous fiscal year; and(b)the use or proposed use of those federal
funds.
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H.B. 1767 (Anchia)—Handguns: would: (1)prohibit a state agency or political subdivision
from taking any action that states or implies that a license holder who is carrying a handgun is
prohibited from entering or remaining on a premises or other place owned and occupied by the
governmental entity or leased to and occupied by the governmental entity, unless the license
holder is prohibited from carrying a handgun on the premises under certain laws; and(2) require
a resident that gives an agency or political subdivision written notice of a violation of the
prohibition in(1) include in the written notice a copy of any document or the specific location of
a sign found to be in violation of the prohibition in (1).
H.B. 1770 (Anchia)—Licensed Handgun Carry: would provide that a city over 750,000
population may hold an election on the question of whether the city can adopt an ordinance to
prohibit a person who holds a license to carry a handgun from carrying in that city.
H.B. 1772 (Anchia)—Licensed Carry: would provide that, in relation to the notice required to
prohibit licensed carry (e.g., "30.06" and"30.07" signs), the words "Pursuant to Section 30.06,
Penal Code, Concealed Carry of Handguns Prohibited" and/or"Pursuant to Section 30.07, Penal
Code, Open Carry of Handguns Prohibited," along with a pictogram that shows a handgun within
a circle and a diagonal line across the handgun,provide sufficient notice to a license holder that
carrying is prohibited on the premises.
H.B. 1818 (Patterson)—Pet Stores: would provide that: (1) a pet store may not sell a dog or cat
unless the pet store obtained the dog or cat from: (a) an animal control agency; (b) an animal
shelter; (c) an animal rescue organization; or(c) a licensed breeder; and (2) a pet store that
violates (1) is liable to the state for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $500 for each dog
or cat sold in violation of(1).
H.B. 1819 (Martinez)—Emergency Services Districts: would: (1) authorize two or more
emergency services districts (ESDs)to adopt and enforce a fire code, including fines for any
violations, for the area served by the ESDs if the ESDs have established a joint response area
through contracts that includes land in two or more counties; and (2)provide that the board of an
ESD that adopts a fire code under(1) may not enforce the fire code in the boundaries of a city
that has adopted a fire code, except for an area that has been annexed only for limited purposes
in which the city does not enforce a fire code.
H.B. 1841 (Lambert)—Local Mental Health Authority: would provide that each local mental
health authority group shall meet at least quarterly to collaborate on planning and implementing
regional strategies to reduce: (1) costs to local governments of providing services to persons
experiencing a mental health crisis; (2) transportation to mental health facilities of persons
served by an authority that is a member of the group; (3) incarceration of persons with mental
illness in county jails that are located in an area served by an authority that is a member of the
group; and(4)visits by persons with mental illness at hospital emergency rooms located in an
area served by an authority that is a member of the group. (Companion bill is S.B.
454 by Kolkhorst.)
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H.B. 1857 (Anchia)—Licensed Carry: would: (1)prohibit a person who holds a license to carry
a handgun from carrying on the premises or property of an indoor or outdoor arena, stadium, golf
course, automobile racetrack, amphitheater, auditorium, theater, museum, zoo, civic center, or
convention center,unless the license holder is a participant in an event conducted at the facility
and a handgun is used in the event; and(2) provide that the prohibition in(1) is not effective
without proper notice.
H.B. 1877 (Gates)—Vacant Residential Buildings: would: (1)prohibit a city or county from
adopting or enforcing an order, ordinance, or other regulation that requires an owner of a vacant
residential building, when repairing damage to the building, to improve the building to a
condition that is better than would have been legally acceptable before the damage occurred,
including by requiring conformance to updated building code standards; (2)prohibit the
governor to exempt a city or county from this prohibition by an executive order issued under the
Texas Disaster Act; (3)provide that an owner of a vacant residential building who is required to
improve the building in violation of this prohibition may: (a)bring an action against the city or
county that violated state law for damages incurred due to the violation; and(b)recover
reasonable attorney's fees and litigation costs if the owner prevails in the action; and(4)waive
governmental immunity of the city or county to suit and from liability to the extent of liability
created by this prohibition.
H.B. 1878 (Gates)—Vacant Residential Buildings: would: (1)prohibit a city or county from
adopting or enforcing an order, ordinance, or other regulation that requires an owner of a vacant
residential building to obtain a permit to conduct repairs to the building if the repairs are
necessary to: (a)protect public safety; or(b)prevent further damage to the building; (2)prohibit
the governor to exempt a county or municipality from this prohibition by an executive order
issued under the Texas Disaster Act; (3)provide that an owner of a vacant residential building
who is required to obtain a permit in violation of this prohibition may: (a)bring an action against
the county or municipality that violated state law for damages incurred due to the violation; and
(b) recover reasonable attorney's fees and litigation costs if the owner prevails in the action; and
(4) waives governmental immunity of the city or county to suit and from liability to the extent of
liability created by this prohibition.
H.B. 1879 (Schofield)—Eminent Domain: would, in relation to a property owner's right to
repurchase property from a condemning entity: (1) eliminate the following as elements
establishing"actual progress" on a project: (a) the acquisition of a tract or parcel of real property
adjacent to the property for the same public use project for which the owner's property was
acquired; and (b) for a governmental entity, the adoption by a majority of the entity's governing
body at a public hearing of a development plan for a public use project that indicates that the
entity will not complete more than one tolling action before the tenth anniversary of the date of
acquisition of the property; and(2) require three of five remaining elements to be met to
establish actual progress.
H.B. 1887 (Schofield)—Local Debt: would prohibit a political subdivision from issuing a public
security to purchase or lease tangible personal property if the expected useful life of the property
ends before the maturity date of the public security.
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H.B. 1898 (Beckley)—Tuition Fees for Emergency Operators: would provide, with certain
exceptions, that: (1) the governing board of an institution of higher education shall exempt from
the payment of tuition and laboratory fees charged by the institution for courses relating to
emergency telecommunications, criminal justice, or emergency medical services an
undergraduate student who: (a) is employed as an emergency response operator or emergency
services dispatcher by Texas or by a political subdivision in Texas; (b) is enrolled in a certificate
or degree program relating to emergency telecommunications, criminal justice, or emergency
medical services at the institution; (c) is making satisfactory academic progress toward the
student's certificate or degree as determined by the institution; and(d) applies for the exemption
at least one week before the last date of the institution's regular registration period for the
applicable semester or other term.
H.B. 1960 (Beckley)—Short-Term Rental Preemption: would severely limit a city's authority
to regulate short-term rentals. Specifically, the bill would provide that:
1. "short-term rental unit"means a dwelling that is: (a)used or designed to be used as the
home of a person, family, or household, including a single-family dwelling or a unit in a
multi-unit building, including an apartment, condominium, cooperative, or timeshare; and(b)
rented wholly or partly for a fee and for a period of less than 30 consecutive days;
2. the bill does not require a city to regulate a short-term rental unit, but does require a city
that elects to regulate a unit to comply with the bill;
3. except as provided by the bill, a city may not: (a) adopt or enforce an ordinance, rule, or
other measure that: (i)prohibits or limits the use of property as a short-term rental unit; or(ii)
is applicable solely to short-term rental units, or short-term rental unit providers, short-term
rental unit tenants, or other persons associated with short-term rental units; or(b) apply a
municipal law, including a noise restriction, parking requirement, or building code
requirement, or other law to short-term rental units or short-term rental unit providers, short-
term rental unit tenants, or other persons associated with short-term rental units in a manner
that is more restrictive or otherwise inconsistent with the application of the law to other
similarly situated property or persons;
4. in regard to a short-term rental unit, a city may prohibit: (a) the use of the unit to promote
activities that are illegal under municipal or other law; (b) the provision or management of the
unit by a registered sex offender or any person having been convicted of a felony; (c) the
serving of food to a tenant unless the serving of food at the unit is otherwise authorized by
municipal law; (d)the rental of the unit to a person younger than 18 years of age; or(d)the
rental of the unit for less than 24 hours;
5. in regard to a short-term rental unit, a city may require: (a) a unit provider(an undefined
term) to: (i)register the unit; (ii) designate an emergency contact responsible for responding
to complaints regarding the unit; (iii) have the unit inspected on an annual basis by the local
building code department or fire marshal, as applicable, to verify that the unit meets state and
municipal requirements; and(iv)post the number of a permit issued by the city for the unit on
every listing advertising the unit on a short-term rental unit listing service; and(b) either: (i) a
unit provider or property manager on the provider's behalf to maintain property and liability
insurance for the unit in an amount required by the city; or(ii) the unit provider to provide
proof that the short-term rental unit listing service that lists the unit is maintaining property
and liability insurance for the unit in an amount required by the municipality;
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6. "bedroom" means an area of a residential dwelling intended and used as sleeping quarters,
and the term does not include a kitchen, dining room, bathroom, living room, utility room,
closet, or storage area;
7. a city may limit the maximum occupancy of individuals 18 years of age or older in a unit
to a number that is not less than two individuals multiplied by the number of bedrooms in the
unit plus two additional individuals;
8. with regard to registration, a city that adopts a registration requirement: (a) shall approve
or deny a registration application not later than the 45th calendar day after the date the city
receives the application, or the application is deemed approved; (b) if the municipality
approves a registration application, shall issue a permit valid for at least one year following
the date of the issuance of the permit; (c) may suspend a permit only in accordance with the
bill; and(d) may not charge a registration fee in an amount greater than the lesser of an
amount to cover the administrative costs of enforcing the registration requirement or$450; (e)
may require the short-term rental unit provider to affirm that the unit does not violate any
rules or bylaws of any condominium, cooperative,property owners' association, or other
similar entity that has jurisdiction over the property in which the unit is located; (f) may
maintain an Internet website or telephone hotline that enables a member of the public to file a
complaint regarding a short-term rental unit; (g) may deny renewal of a permit if the short-
term rental unit provider did not provide the city with a renewal application before midnight
on the date in which the permit expires; (g)may prohibit transfer of registration permits; (h)
may not restrict the number of permits issued for short-term rental units, including units in
multi-family dwellings, located in a commercial area or another area outside of a residential
area of the city regardless of whether a unit is the primary residence of the unit owner; (i) may
not restrict the number of permits issued for short-term rental units that are located within a
residential area of the city and are the primary residence of the unit owner; 0) may restrict the
number of permits issued for short-term rental units that are located in a residential area and
not the primary residence of the owner if the city: (i) finds that active enforcement of the
city's noise restrictions,parking requirements, building code requirements, or other laws is
insufficient to protect the health and safety of municipal residents in the residential area; and
(ii) does not prohibit more than 12.5 percent of the total number of residential properties in
the city from being eligible for a permit; and(k) a registration requirement adopted by a city
that is more stringent than requirements in effect immediately before the new requirement
takes effect applies only to a permit issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the
new requirement;
9. with regard to registration suspension: (a) a city may suspend the registration of a short-
term rental unit for a period not to exceed one year if. (i) as a direct result of the operation of
the unit, the unit has been in violation of a municipal law related to noise, parking, or
habitability standards at least three times during one calendar year; (ii) the unit provider is
delinquent in the remittance of a local hotel occupancy tax by more than 90 days and the city
has provided sufficient notice and opportunity for the provider to remit the tax; or(iii)the unit
provider is in violation of a municipal requirement enacted in accordance with the bill; and
(b)the city has the burden of proof of demonstrating that the violation was a direct result of
the short-term rental unit's operation and the unit provider failed to make reasonable attempts
to abate the violation;
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10. in addition to any penalty provided for an underlying offense or violation, a city may
assess a civil penalty against a unit provider not to exceed $200 per day for a violation of the
bill;
11. if a short-term rental unit provider knowingly tolerates a violation of the bill, fails to
make reasonable attempts to abate a violation, and has violated a municipal law related to
unsanitary conditions,noise, over-occupancy, parking, or solid waste five times or more in a
calendar year, the city may assess a civil penalty against the unit provider in an amount not to
exceed $2,000 per day for the violation; and
12. the bill does not prohibit a city from contracting with a third party, which may be a
short-term rental listing service (defined as a person who facilitates, including by listing
short-term rental units on an Internet website, the rental of a short-term rental unit), to provide
services that assist in ensuring compliance with municipal requirements imposed in
accordance with the bill.
H.B. 1961 (Beckley)—Short-Term Rental Preemption: would severely limit a city's authority
to regulate short-term rentals. Specifically, the bill would provide that:
1. "short-term rental unit"means a dwelling that is: (a)used or designed to be used as the
home of a person, family, or household, including a single-family dwelling or a unit in a
multi-unit building, including an apartment, condominium, cooperative, or timeshare; and(b)
rented wholly or partly for a fee and for a period of less than 30 consecutive days;
2. the bill does not require a city to regulate a short-term rental unit, but does require a city
that elects to regulate a unit to comply with the bill;
3. except as provided by the bill, a city may not: (a) adopt or enforce an ordinance, rule, or
other measure that: (i)prohibits or limits the use of property as a short-term rental unit; or(ii)
is applicable solely to short-term rental units, or short-term rental unit providers, short-term
rental unit tenants, or other persons associated with short-term rental units; or(b) apply a
municipal law, including a noise restriction,parking requirement, or building code
requirement, or other law to short-term rental units or short-term rental unit providers, short-
term rental unit tenants, or other persons associated with short-term rental units in a manner
that is more restrictive or otherwise inconsistent with the application of the law to other
similarly situated property or persons;
4. in regard to a short-term rental unit, a city may prohibit: (a) the use of the unit to promote
activities that are illegal under municipal or other law; (b) the provision or management of the
unit by a registered sex offender or any person having been convicted of a felony; (c)the
serving of food to a tenant unless the serving of food at the unit is otherwise authorized by
municipal law; (d)the rental of the unit to a person younger than 18 years of age; or(d)the
rental of the unit for less than 24 hours;
5. in regard to a short-term rental unit, a city may require: (a) a unit provider(an undefined
term) to: (i)register the unit; (ii) designate an emergency contact responsible for responding
to complaints regarding the unit; (iii) have the unit inspected on an annual basis by the local
building code department or fire marshal, as applicable, to verify that the unit meets state and
municipal requirements; and(iv)post the number of a permit issued by the city for the unit on
every listing advertising the unit on a short-term rental unit listing service; and(b) either: (i) a
unit provider, or property manager on the provider's behalf, to maintain property and liability
insurance for the unit in an amount required by the city; or(ii) the unit provider to provide
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proof that the short-term rental unit listing service that lists the unit is maintaining property
and liability insurance for the unit in an amount required by the city;
6. "bedroom" means an area of a residential dwelling intended and used as sleeping quarters,
and the term does not include a kitchen, dining room, bathroom, living room, utility room,
closet, or storage area;
7. a city may limit the maximum occupancy of individuals 18 years of age or older in a unit
to a number that is not less than two individuals multiplied by the number of bedrooms in the
unit plus two additional individuals;
8. with regard to registration, a city that adopts a registration requirement: (a) shall approve
or deny a registration application not later than the 45th calendar day after the date the city
receives the application, or the application is deemed approved; (b) if the city approves a
registration application, shall issue a permit valid for at least one year following the date of
the issuance of the permit; (c) may suspend a permit only in accordance with the bill; (d)may
not charge a registration fee in an amount greater than the lesser of an amount to cover the
administrative costs of enforcing the registration requirement or$450; (e) may require the
short-term rental unit provider to affirm that the unit does not violate any rules or bylaws of
any condominium, cooperative,property owners' association, or other similar entity that has
jurisdiction over the property in which the unit is located; (f)may maintain an Internet
website or telephone hotline that enables a member of the public to file a complaint regarding
a short-term rental unit; (g)may deny renewal of a permit if the short-term rental unit
provider did not provide the city with a renewal application before midnight on the date in
which the permit expires; (g) may prohibit transfer of registration permits; (h) may not restrict
the number of permits issued for short-term rental units, including units in multi-family
dwellings, located in a commercial area or another area outside of a residential area of the city
regardless of whether a unit is the primary residence of the unit owner; (i)may not restrict the
number of permits issued for short-term rental units that are located within a residential area
of the city and are the primary residence of the unit owner; 0)may place a reasonable density
restriction or reasonable per capita percentage restriction on the number of permits issued for
short-term rental units that are located in a residential area and not the primary residence of
the owner if the city: (i) finds that active enforcement of the city's noise restrictions,parking
requirements, building code requirements, or other laws is insufficient to protect the health
and safety of city residents in the residential area; (ii) does not prohibit more than 12.5
percent of the total number of residential properties in the city from being eligible for a
permit; and(iii) applies the restriction uniformly across the entire city; (k)the registration is
considered approved if a city fails to approve or deny a registration application in accordance
with certain requirements; and(1) a registration requirement adopted by a city that is more
stringent than requirements in effect immediately before the new requirement takes effect
applies only to a permit issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the new
requirement;
9. with regard to registration suspension: (a) a city may suspend the registration of a short-
term rental unit for a period not to exceed one year if. (i) as a direct result of the operation of
the unit, the unit has been in violation of a municipal law related to noise,parking, or
habitability standards at least three times during one calendar year; (ii) the unit provider is
delinquent in the remittance of a local hotel occupancy tax by more than 90 days and the city
has provided sufficient notice and opportunity for the provider to remit the tax; or(iii)the unit
provider is in violation of a municipal requirement enacted in accordance with the bill; and
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(b)the city has the burden of proof of demonstrating that the violation was a direct result of
the short-term rental unit's operation and the unit provider failed to make reasonable attempts
to abate the violation;
10. in addition to any penalty provided for an underlying offense or violation, a city may
assess a civil penalty against a unit provider not to exceed $200 per day for a violation of the
bill;
11. if a short-term rental unit provider knowingly tolerates a violation of the bill, fails to
make reasonable attempts to abate a violation, and has violated a municipal law related to
unsanitary conditions, noise, over-occupancy, parking, or solid waste five times or more in a
calendar year, the city may assess a civil penalty against the unit provider in an amount not to
exceed $2,000 per day for the violation;
12. with regard to listing requirements: (a) a short-term rental unit listing service may not
list a short-term rental unit that does not hold a permit in violation of a municipal ordinance;
and (b) a city that revokes a short-term rental unit permit may notify a short-term rental unit
listing service of the revocation for the service to comply with(a);
13. the comptroller's office shall establish and maintain a statewide database of all cities that
have adopted short-term rental unit ordinances and publish the list on its website;
14. the bill does not prohibit: (a) a condominium, cooperative, property owners' association,
or other similar entity from prohibiting or otherwise restricting an owner of property within
the entity's jurisdiction from using the property as a short-term rental unit; (b) a lessor,
through the terms of a lease agreement, from restricting the use of the leased property as a
short-term rental unit; or(c) a property owner from placing a restrictive covenant or easement
on the property that restricts the future use of the property as a short-term rental unit;
15. a person who facilitates a short-term rental but does not collect hotel tax on the short-
term rental shall file with the comptroller a report stating: (a) the physical address of the
property rented; (b)the name and address of the owner of the property rented; (c) the dates of
the rental; (d) the amount paid for the rental if the person facilitated payment for the rental;
(e)the listing price for the rental if the person listed a price for the rental; and(f) any other
information required by the comptroller;
16. the comptroller shall make information obtained from a report under(15) available to a
city or county that imposes a hotel occupancy tax on the short-term rental described by the
report; and
17. the bill does not prohibit a city from contracting with a third party, which may be a
short-term rental listing service (defined as a person who facilitates, including by listing
short-term rental units on an Internet website, the rental of a short-term rental unit), to provide
services that assist in ensuring compliance with municipal requirements imposed in
accordance with the bill.
H.B. 1962 (Beckley)—Hotel Occupancy Taxes: would, among other things: (1)require a short-
term rental marketplace to collect the appropriate amount of city hotel occupancy taxes for a city
in which a short-term rental is located on each booking charge with respect to that short-term
rental; (2) require a short-term rental marketplace to report and remit all taxes collected by the
marketplace in the manner required of a person owning, operating, managing, or controlling a
hotel and in accordance with the ordinance adopted by the city imposing the tax, or otherwise by
agreement with the comptroller or a third-party vendor, if applicable; (3)provide that a short-
term rental marketplace is considered to be the person owning, operating, managing, or
controlling the short-term rental for purposes of the collection and enforcement of city hotel
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occupancy taxes; (4)provide that a host may not collect and is not liable for a city hotel
occupancy tax on a booking charge for a rental made through the short-term rental marketplace;
(5)provide that a short-term rental marketplace may enter into an agreement with the
comptroller to collect and remit to the comptroller city hotel occupancy taxes on each booking
charge for a rental made through the short-term rental marketplace, or alternatively may enter
into an agreement with a third-party vendor to remit to the city the city hotel occupancy taxes
that the short-term rental collects; (6)require an agreement with a third-party vendor described
by(5), above, to be approved by the city council in order to be effective; (7) require the
comptroller or third-party vendor, as applicable, to promulgate a form a short-term rental
marketplace must use to report the taxes collected by the short-term rental marketplace, and
require the form to include specific information on receipts,booking charges, and the rate of the
tax; (8)prohibit the form described in(7), above, from requiring the identification of a specific
guest or the host of a short-term rental; (9)provide that if a short-term rental marketplace collects
and remits city hotel occupancy taxes to the comptroller pursuant to an agreement, the
comptroller shall: (a) deposit the taxes remitted to the comptroller in trust in the separate
suspense account of the city in which the short-term rentals are located; and(b) send to the city
treasurer or to the person who performs the office of the city treasurer payable to the city the
city's share of the taxes remitted to the comptroller at least 12 times during each state fiscal year;
(10) require the comptroller, before sending any money to a city, to deduct and deposit to the
credit of the general revenue fund an amount equal to one percent of the amount of the taxes
collected from rentals of short-term rentals located in the city during the period for which a
distribution is made as the state's charge for services provided by the state; and(11)prohibit the
comptroller from deducting from the distributions to a city more than $50,000 in each state fiscal
year.
H.B. 2024 (Rosenthal)—Change of Name and Sex: would, among other things: (1) establish a
process by which a person may apply to the state registrar for the issuance of a new birth
certificate to reflect and incorporate into the new birth certificate a change to the person's name
and sex or only to the person's sex; (2) require a person who applies for a new birth certificate
under(1)to notify the appropriate local law enforcement authority of the proposed change to the
person's name and sex or only to the person's sex, as applicable; and(3)provide that for each
person to whom the state registrar issues a new birth certificate under(1), the state registrar shall
provide a copy of the new birth certificate and accompanying certificate of change to the
applicable local law enforcement authority.
H.B. 2041 (Leman)—Eminent Domain: would provide that an entity seeking to acquire
property through the use of eminent domain shall, not later than the third business day before the
date of a special commissioner's hearing, disclose to the property owner any and all current and
existing appraisal reports produced or acquired by the entity relating specifically to the owner's
property and used in determining the entity's opinion of value, if an appraisal report is to be used
at the hearing. (Companion bill is S.B. 721 by Schwertner.)
H.B. 2042 (Leman)—Eminent Domain: would, among other things: (1)provide that if an entity
with eminent domain authority provides a form to an owner of real property requesting the
owner's permission to enter the property to examine the property or conduct a survey of the
property in connection with the potential acquisition of the property for a public use, the form
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must conspicuously state that: (a) the owner has a right to refuse to grant permission to the entity
to enter the property and conduct the examination or survey; (b) the entity has a right to sue for a
court order authorizing the entity to enter the property and conduct the examination or survey if
the owner refuses to grant the permission; (c) the owner has a right to negotiate the terms of the
examination or survey of the property; and(d)the entity has the responsibility for any damages
arising from an examination or survey of the property; (2)provide that at the time a
governmental or private entity with eminent domain authority makes an initial offer to a property
owner to acquire real property, the entity must send by first-class mail a landowner's bill of
rights statement to the last known address of the person in whose name the property is listed on
the most recent property tax roll; and(3)require a condemning entity that makes an initial offer
that includes real property that the entity does not seek to acquire by condemnation to include in
the initial offer: (a) a separate identification of the real property that the entity does not seek to
acquire by condemnation; and(b) an offer for the real property that the entity does not seek to
acquire by condemnation separate from the offer made for the real property sought to be
acquired by condemnation. (Companion bill is S.B. 723 by Schwertner.)
H.B. 2043 (Leman)—Eminent Domain: would provide that: (1) land qualifies for appraisal for
property tax purposes as agricultural land if a portion or parcel of the land is subject to a right of
way that is less than 200 feet wide and that was taken by condemnation if the remainder of the
parcel of land qualifies for appraisal as agricultural land; and(2) if additional taxes are due
because the land is diverted to a nonagricultural use as a result of a condemnation, the additional
taxes and interest are the personal obligation of the condemning entity and not the property
owner from whom the property was taken. (Companion bill is S.B. 725 by Schwertner.)
H.B. 2044 (Leman)—Eminent Domain: would, among other things, in relation to a property
owner's right to repurchase property from a condemning entity: (1) eliminate as an element
establishing"actual progress" on a project: (a) the acquisition of a tract or parcel of real property
adjacent to the property for the same public use project for which the owner's property was
acquired; and(b) for a governmental entity, the adoption by a majority of the entity's governing
body at a public hearing of a development plan for a public use project that indicates that the
entity will not complete more than one tolling action before the tenth anniversary of the date of
acquisition of the property; and(2) require three of five remaining elements to be met to
establish actual progress. (Companion bill is S.B. 726 by Schwertner.)
H.J.R. 85 (Patterson)—Operation of Industry: would amend the Texas Constitution to
provide that an agency or officer of the executive department of this state, a political subdivision
of this state, or an officer of a political subdivision of this state may not prohibit the operation of
an industry or other category of business or commercial activity otherwise legally operating in
this state.
H.J.R. 87 (Burns)—Unfunded Mandates: would amend the Texas Constitution to provide that
a law enacted by the legislature on or after January 1, 2022, that requires a city or county to
establish, expand, or modify a duty or activity that requires the expenditure of revenue by the
city or county is not effective unless the legislature appropriates or otherwise provides, from a
source other than the revenue of the city or county, for the payment or reimbursement of the
costs incurred for the biennium by the city or county in complying with the requirement.
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H.J.R. 92 (Schofield)—Eminent Domain: would amend the Texas Constitution to: (1)provide
that a person from whom a real property interest is acquired by an entity through eminent domain
for a public use, or that person's heirs, successors, or assigns, is entitled to repurchase the
property under certain conditions; and(2) require that a governmental entity offer to sell real
property acquired through eminent domain to the person who owned the real property interest
immediately before the governmental entity acquired the property interest, or to the person's
heirs, successors, or assigns under certain circumstances.
H.J.R. 93 (Schofield)—Eminent Domain: would amend the Texas Constitution to provide that
"public use" does not include the taking of property for transfer to a private entity. (Note: the
current constitutional provision provides that property may not be taken to transfer to a private
entity"for the primary purpose of economic development or enhancement of tax revenues.")
S.B. 645 (Zaffirini)—Natural Gas Vehicle Grant Program: would expand the natural gas
vehicle grant program to fund a used natural gas vehicle of model year 2017 or later that is
proposed to replace an on-road heavy-duty or medium-duty motor vehicle, provided that the
model year may not be more than six years older than the current model year at the time of the
submission of the grant application. (Companion bill is H.B. 963 by Lozano.)
S.B. 650 (Campbell)—Abortion: would: (1)provide that a governmental entity may not enter
into a taxpayer resource transaction, appropriate money, or spend money to provide to any
person logistical support for the express purpose of assisting a woman with procuring an abortion
or the services of an abortion provider; and(2) authorize the attorney general to enjoin a
violation of the prohibition in(1). (Companion bill is H.B. 1173 by Noble.)
S.B. 678 (Alvarado)— Small Business Disaster Recovery Loans: would require the
comptroller by rule to establish a loan program to use money from the small business disaster
recovery revolving fund to provide financial assistance to small businesses affected by a disaster.
S.B. 681 (Blanco)—School Bus: would, among other things: (1) define "idling" as allowing an
engine to run while the motor vehicle is not engaged in forward or reverse motion; (2)require
the board of trustees of each school district to adopt a policy that minimizes the amount of time
that drivers of buses operated or contracted for operation by the district spend idling the bus
engine; (3)to maximize the effectiveness of a policy adopted, a school district may, among other
things: (a)review any federal, state, or local regulations relating to engine idling to ensure the
district's policy is consistent with those regulations; and(b) encourage local governmental
entities to adopt idling reduction plans and programs.
S.B. 700 (Buckingham)—Texas Parks and Wildlife Department: would, among other things,
continue the functions of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department until September 1, 2033.
(Companion bill is H.B. 1615 by Cyrier.)
S.B. 721 (Schwertner)—Eminent Domain: would provide that an entity seeking to acquire
property through the use of eminent domain shall, not later than the third business day before the
date of a special commissioner's hearing, disclose to the property owner any and all current and
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existing appraisal reports produced or acquired by the entity relating specifically to the owner's
property and used in determining the entity's opinion of value, if an appraisal report is to be used
at the hearing. (Companion bill is H.B. 2041 by Leman.)
S.B. 722 (Schwertner)—Eminent Domain: would provide that an entity that fails to disclose
certain appraisal reports in connection with an offer to acquire real property through eminent
domain is liable to the property owner for reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the owner in
connection with the entity's acquisition of the owner's property.
S.B. 723 (Schwertner)—Eminent Domain: would, among other things: (1)provide that if an
entity with eminent domain authority provides a form to an owner of real property requesting the
owner's permission to enter the property to examine the property or conduct a survey of the
property in connection with the potential acquisition of the property for a public use, the form
must conspicuously state that: (a) the owner has a right to refuse to grant permission to the entity
to enter the property and conduct the examination or survey; (b) the entity has a right to sue for a
court order authorizing the entity to enter the property and conduct the examination or survey if
the owner refuses to grant the permission; (c) the owner has a right to negotiate the terms of the
examination or survey of the property; and(d)the entity has the responsibility for any damages
arising from an examination or survey of the property; (2)provide that at the time a
governmental or private entity with eminent domain authority makes an initial offer to a property
owner to acquire real property, the entity must send by first-class mail a landowner's bill of
rights statement to the last known address of the person in whose name the property is listed on
the most recent property tax roll; and(3)require a condemning entity that makes an initial offer
that includes real property that the entity does not seek to acquire by condemnation to include in
the initial offer: (a) a separate identification of the real property that the entity does not seek to
acquire by condemnation; and (b) an offer for the real property that the entity does not seek to
acquire by condemnation separate from the offer made for the real property sought to be
acquired by condemnation. (Companion bill is H.B. 2042 by Leman.)
S.B. 724 (Schwertner)—Eminent Domain: would provide that if the amount of damages
awarded by the special commissioners in an eminent domain proceeding is at least 20 percent
greater than the amount of the condemnor's final offer, or if the commissioners' award is
appealed and a court awards damages in an amount that is at least 20 percent greater than the
amount of the condemnor's final offer made, the condemnor: (1) shall pay all costs of the
eminent domain proceeding; and (2) may be required to pay reasonable attorney's fees and other
professional fees incurred by the property owner in connection with the eminent domain
proceeding.
S.B. 725 (Schwertner)—Eminent Domain: would provide that: (1) land qualifies for appraisal
for property tax purposes as agricultural land if a portion or parcel of the land is subject to a right
of way that is less than 200 feet wide and that was taken by condemnation if the remainder of the
parcel of land qualifies for appraisal as agricultural land; and(2) if additional taxes are due
because the land is diverted to a nonagricultural use as a result of a condemnation, the additional
taxes and interest are the personal obligation of the condemning entity and not the property
owner from whom the property was taken. (Companion bill is H.B. 2043 by Leman.)
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S.B. 726 (Schwertner)—Eminent Domain: would, among other things, in relation to a property
owner's right to repurchase property from a condemning entity: (1) eliminate as an element
establishing"actual progress" on a project: (a) the acquisition of a tract or parcel of real property
adjacent to the property for the same public use project for which the owner's property was
acquired; and(b) for a governmental entity, the adoption by a majority of the entity's governing
body at a public hearing of a development plan for a public use project that indicates that the
entity will not complete more than one tolling action before the tenth anniversary of the date of
acquisition of the property; and(2) require three of five remaining elements to be met to
establish actual progress. (Companion bill is H.B. 2044 by Leman.)
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H.B. 1827 (Martinez Fischer)—Minimum Wage: would provide that the minimum wage shall
be the greater of the current minimum wage ($7.25 per hour) or the following: (1) $10 per hour
in 2022; (2) $12.50 per hour in 2023; (3) $14 per hour in 2024; and(4) $15 per hour thereafter.
H.B. 1915 (C. Turner)—Overtime Pay: would provide that: (1) for the purpose of calculating
the minimum wage paid to an employee, an employer may not use a method that: (1) guarantees
weekly pay for a variable number of hours; or(2) establishes a fixed salary for fluctuating hours
in a workweek.
H.B. 1917 (C. Turner)—Minimum Wage: would increase the minimum wage to not less than
the greater of$15 an hour or the federal minimum wage (currently at $7.25/hour).
H.B. 1940 (Gervin-Hawkins)—Disciplinary Appeals: would provide that, in an appeal of a
disciplinary suspension by a police officer or fire fighter to the civil service commission: (1)the
commission, in its decision, shall state whether the original written statement and charges of the
police chief or fire chief, as applicable, are supported by substantial evidence in the record; (2) if
the commission states in its decision that the statement and charges of the police chief or fire
chief, as applicable, are not supported by substantial evidence in the record, the suspended fire
fighter or police officer shall be restored to the person's former position or status in the
department's classified service; and(3) if the commission states in its decision that the statement
and charges of the police chief or fire chief, as applicable, are supported by substantial evidence
in the record, the commission shall affirm the suspension.
H.B. 1973 (Canales)—Investigation of Fire Fighters: would provide that: (1) a city,regardless
of whether the city is covered by a meet and confer or collective bargaining agreement, shall not
take punitive action(suspension, indefinite suspension, demotion, reprimand, or any combination
of these actions) against a paid employee of a city fire department unless an administrative
investigation has been conducted by the city in accordance with specific investigation procedures
that apply to the investigation of police officers and fire fighters in civil service cities or other
applicable law; and(2) a copy of a signed complaint against a fire fighter shall be given to the
fire fighter in accordance with the procedures adopted under(1), above.
H.B. 1980 (Neave)—Nondisclosure and Confidentiality Agreements: would provide that,
except for a negotiated settlement agreement or administrative action, a nondisclosure or
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confidentiality agreement or other agreement between an employer and an employee is void and
unenforceable as against the public policy to the extent the agreement: (1)prohibits the employee
from notifying, or limits the employee's ability to notify, a local or state law enforcement agency
or any state or federal regulatory agency of sexual assault or sexual harassment committed by an
employee of the employer or at the employee's place of employment; or(2)prohibits an
employee from disclosing to any person, including during any related investigation,prosecution,
legal proceeding, or dispute resolution, facts surrounding any sexual assault or sexual harassment
committed by an employee of the employer or at the employee's place of employment, including
the identity of the alleged offender.
H.B. 2002 (Stanford)—Mental Illness: would provide that: (1) an employer, including a city, of
a first responder(peace officer, fire fighter, or EMS personnel)may not suspend, terminate, or
take any other adverse employment action, including a demotion in rank or reduction of pay or
benefits, against a first responder solely because the employer knows or believes that the first
responder has certain mental illness, except that the employer may take an appropriate adverse
employment action that is necessary to ensure public safety; (2) a person may assert a violation
of(1), above, against an employer, or as a defense, in a judicial or administrative proceeding and
may seek: (a) compensatory damages; (b)reasonable attorney's fees and court costs; and(c) any
other appropriate relief; and(3) sovereign immunity to suit is waived.
H.B. 2047 (Talarico)—Injuries In the Scope of Duty: would, among other things,provide that:
(1) an employer, including a city(but excluding a city that has adopted civil service for its fire
fighters or peace officers), may not take an adverse employment action against a peace officer,
detention officer, county jailer, or fire fighter who has sustained a compensable injury on the
basis of the person's inability to perform the duties for which the person was elected, appointed,
or employed before the person is certified as having reached maximum medical improvement,
unless the person's treating doctor indicates that the person is permanently restricted from
returning to perform the duties for which the person was elected, appointed, or employed; (2) an
employer that violates (1), above, shall be liable for reasonable damages incurred by the person
as a result of the violation in an amount not to exceed $100,000; and(3) sovereign immunity to
suit and from liability is waived, and a peace officer, detention officer, county jailer, or fire
fighter may sue an employer for damages described in(2), above, and reinstatement to the
person's former position of employment.
PURCHASING
H.B. 1739 (Romero)—Airport Contracts: would provide that: (1) a local government,
including a city, or a person operating an airport on behalf of a local government may not enter
into a contract for the acquisition, construction, improvement, or renovation of airport
infrastructure or equipment, including a terminal, security system, or passenger boarding bridge,
used at an airport or an air navigation facility associated with an airport (an"airport
infrastructure or equipment contract")with the following entities: (a) an entity that a federal
court determines has misappropriated intellectual property or trade secrets from another entity
organized under federal, state, or local law and is owned wholly or partly by, is controlled by, or
receives subsidies from the government of a country that: (i) is identified under federal law as a
priority foreign country; or(ii) is subject to monitoring by the Office of the United States Trade
Representative for compliance with a measure or trade agreement; or(b) any entity that owns,
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controls, is owned or controlled by, is under common ownership with, or is a successor to an
entity described by(1)(a), above; and(2) an airport infrastructure or equipment contract for
goods or services entered into by a local government or a person operating an airport on behalf
of a local government must contain a written statement by the entity with which the local
government or person is contracting verifying that the entity is not an entity described by(1),
above.
H.B. 1974 (Canales)—Contingent Fee Contracts: would define, for purposes of the
Professional Services Procurement Act, the term"contingent fee contract"to include an
amendment to a contingent fee contract if the amendment changes the scope of representation or
may result in the filing of a lawsuit or the amending of a petition in an existing lawsuit.
H.B. 2051 (Gervin-Hawkins)—Payment Bonds: would increase the amount of a public works
contract for which a payment bond is required from $25,000 to $100,000.
TRANSPORTATION
H.B. 1946 (Goodwin)—Highway Safety Corridors: would: (1)require the Texas Department
of Transportation(TxDOT) to designate as a highway safety corridor a portion of a roadway
containing a site with a high number of traffic fatalities, as identified by the city council; (2)
require TxDOT to adopt rules regarding the process a city must use to identify a highway safety
corridor; and(3) require TxDOT to erect signs along a highway safety corridor reading "Fines
double: highway safety corridor."
H.B. 1998 (Lucio)—Weight Limitations: would provide that a vehicle or combination of
vehicles that is powered by an engine fueled primarily by liquefied petroleum gas may exceed
certain weight limitations by an amount that is equal to the difference between the weight of the
vehicle attributable to the liquefied petroleum gas tank and fueling system carried by that vehicle
and the weight of a comparable diesel tank and fueling system, provided that the maximum gross
weight of the vehicle or combination of vehicles may not exceed 82,000 pounds.
UTILITIES AND ENVIRONMENT
H.B. 1714 (Munoz)—Municipally Owned Utility Fees: would provide that: (1) a municipality
with a population of less than 150,000 that owns, operates, or controls a water or sewer utility
may assess a fee of not more than $1 per month; and(2)the fee in(1) may be transferred to the
general fund of the municipality for the purposes of funding an animal shelter owned or operated
by the municipality.
H.B. 1873 (Gates)—Municipally Owned Water Utilities: would provide that: (1) a city may
not charge a late payment fee that is more than the greater of$5 or two percent of the amount
past due, not to exceed$500; (2)notwithstanding the provisions of a resolution or ordinance, a
customer charged a late fee may appeal the charge by filing a petition with the utility
commission; and(3)the utility commission shall hear the appeal described in (2) de novo and the
city charging the fee has the burden of proof to establish the fee complies with (1).
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H.B. 1912 (Wilson)—Concrete Plants: would, among other things, require that at a Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality(TCEQ) meeting or hearing regarding the issuance or
renewal of a standard permit for certain aggregate production operations and concrete batch
plants TCEQ shall: (1) accept written questions about the facility from the public until the 15th
day before the date of the hearing or meeting; and(2)not later than the 14th day before the date
of the hearing or meeting, notify certain entities (including each municipality and county in
which the facility is located or proposed to be located) of the date, time, and place of the hearing
or meeting.
H.B. 1947 (Ordaz Perez)—Medical Waste: would: (1)require an applicant for a permit to
construct, operate, or maintain a facility to store,process, or dispose of medical waste, to send
notice of the application or notice of intent to: (a) the state senator and representative who
represent the area in which the facility is or is to be located; (b) the commissioners court of the
county in which the facility is or is to be located; and(c)the governing bodies of the city and
school district in which the facility is or is to be located, as applicable; (2) require the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to reject an application submitted by a person
who has not complied with(1); and(3)provide that TCEQ may not issue a permit for a new
medical waste facility or the subsequent areal expansion of a medical waste facility or unit of
that facility if the boundary of the facility or unit is to be located within 500 feet of an
established residence, farm, ranch, church, school, university, community college, day-care
center, surface water body used for a public drinking water supply, or dedicated public park.
H.B. 1951 (Patterson)—Electricity Pricing: would require: (1) the Public Utility Commission
and the Energy Reliability Council of Texas independent system operator to adopt rules,
operating procedures, and protocols to eliminate or compensate for any distortion in electricity
pricing in the ERCOT power region caused by a federal tax credit provided for electricity
produced from certain renewable resources; (2)that the rules adopted under(1) ensure that costs
imposed on the system by the sale of electricity that is eligible for a federal tax credit, including
costs of maintaining sufficient capacity to serve load at the summer peak demand caused by the
loss of new investment from below-market prices, are paid by the parties that impose the costs;
and(3)the PUC and ERCOT independent system operator to eliminate any rules, operating
procedures, or protocols that attempt to adjust electricity prices to reflect the value of reserves at
different reserve levels based on the probability of reserves falling below the minimum
contingency level and the value of lost load.
H.B. 1965 (Beckley)—ERCOT: would, among other things, require the Public Utility
Commission to adopt rules to develop a process for obtaining emergency reserve power
generation capacity as appropriate to prevent blackout conditions caused by shortages of
generated power in the ERCOT power region.
H.B. 2016 (Thierry)—ERCOT: would, among other things, require the Public Utility
Commission to adopt rules to develop a process for obtaining emergency reserve power
generation capacity as appropriate to prevent blackout conditions caused by shortages of
generated power in the ERCOT power region.
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H.B. 2038 (Talarico)—Lead Service Lines: would require a public water system, which
includes a city, to replace lead service lines in each public school,private school, or child care
facility that is served by the system.
S.B. 668 (Menendez)—Confidentiality of Government-Operated Utility Customer
Information: would: (1)provide that information is excepted from disclosure under the Public
Information Act if it is information maintained by a government-operated utility that: (a)
discloses whether services have been discontinued or are eligible for disconnection by the
government-operated utility; or(b) is collected as part of an advanced metering system for usage,
services, and billing, including amounts billed or collected for utility usage, except that all such
information is to be made available to that customer or their designated representative; (2) amend
the existing confidentiality provision for personal and utility usage information for government-
operated utility customers by making that information confidential unless the customer requests
that the government-operated utility disclose such information on an appropriately marked form
or other written request for disclosure (Note: current law makes personal information and utility
usage information confidential only if the customer elects to keep the information confidential on
a form provided by the government-operated utility); and (3)provide that a government-operated
utility may post notice of the customer's right to request disclosure of personal and utility usage
information, along with the form to elect for disclosure, on the government-operated utility's
website in lieu of sending the notice and form with each customer's utility bill. (Companion bill
is H.B. 872 by Bernal.)
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2/23/2021 SBA and lenders take more steps to improve Paycheck Protection Program
President Biden announced important changes to the PPP,including a two-week window for businesses with fewer than 20
employees.
LEARN MORE
PRESS RELEASE
SBA and lenders take more steps to improve
Pa check Protection Programv
February 10) 20211 Release Number 21-15
Contact U.S. Small Business Administration at Press OfficaPba.gov
Loan data shows 1.3 million loans and significant increase to underserved entrepreneurs
WASHINGTON--Today,the U.S.Small Business Administration and lenders are taking more strides to improve the Paycheck Protection Program
.(PPP),so that small businesses can access much needed PPP funds to persevere through the pandemic,recover,and build back better.The
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2/23/2021 SBA and lenders take more steps to improve Paycheck Protection Program
President Biden announced important changes to the PPP,including a two-week window for businesses with fewer than 20
employees.
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include:
o Reaching more of the smallest businesses;82%of all loans going to businesses requesting less than $100,000
o Reaching rural communities in a meaningful way;28%of businesses who have received funding this round are in rural communities
o Increasing partnerships with Community Development Financial Institutions(CDFIs)and Minority Depository Institutions(MDIs)who are trusted
agents in extending economic relief to minority communities and underserved populations
The SBA is also following through on its commitment to take additional steps towards improving the speed to resolve data mismatches and eligibility
concerns so that small businesses have as much time as possible to access much needed PPP funds,while maintaining the integrity of the program.
Three important changes will:
1. Enable lenders to directly certify eligibility of borrowers for First Draw and Second Draw PPP loan applications with validation errors to ensure
businesses who need funds and are eligible receive them as quickly as possible
2. Allow lenders to upload supporting documentation of borrowers with validation errors during the forgiveness process
3. Create additional communication channels with lenders to assure we are constantly improving equity,speed,and integrity of the program,including
an immediate national lender call to brief them on the Platform's added capabilities
"We are pleased that the Paycheck Protection Program is targeting the smallest of small businesses and providing economic relief at a crucial time in
American history.The SBA has achieved another major milestone to provide critical recovery capital to America's small businesses by approving 1.3
million PPP loans totaling$104 billion in the current round.While we are excited that we are doing a betterjob of reaching the hardest hit industries
and communities,we are committed to taking additional steps to ensure that there is equitable access for underserved businesses and that we are
leading with empathy to support small businesses in a difficult spot;'says SBA SeniorAdvisorto the Administrator Michael Roth.
Through SBA's 68 district offices,the Agency will work in close partnership with the Biden-Harris Administration to further leverage its resource partner
network and expand on multilingual access and outreach about the PPP. Updated PPP information,including forms,guidance,and resources can be
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President Biden announced important changes to the PPP,including a two-week window for businesses with fewer than 20
employees.
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About the U.S.Small Business Administration
The U.S.Small Business Administration makes the American dream of business ownership a reality.As the only go-to resource and voice for small
businesses backed by the strength of the federal government,the SBA empowers entrepreneurs and small business owners with the resources and
support they need to start,grow or expand their businesses,or recover from a declared disaster. It delivers services through an extensive network of
SBA field offices and partnerships with public and private organizations.To learn more,visit www.sba.gov.
Related programs: PPP
What We Do SBA Team
Newsroom SBA Performance
FOIA Inspector General
Contact SBA Privacy Policy
SBA en Espanol Blog
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TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
TIEI I L
News Release
Texas Economic Development Council
For more information contact:
Mr. Carlton Schwab
President/CEO
Texas Economic Development Council
(512) 480-8432
carlton@texasedc.org
For Immediate Release
February 23rd, 2021
TEDC Presents the 2020 Economic Excellence Recognition at 2021 Legislative Conference
The Texas Economic Development Council (TEDC) announced the recipients of its annual Economic
Excellence Recognition program for 2020. The awards were presented on Tuesday, February 23rd, during the
TEDC's 2021 Legislative Conference hosted virtually, February 22-26, 2021.
The Economic Excellence Recognition program provides recognition to economic development organizations
that meet a desired threshold of professionalism. Recipients qualify for recognition based
on training taken by their governing board/council as well as the economic development director and
professional staff. Certifications, professional memberships and activities, and organizational effectiveness of
the economic development staff also contribute to the standards for qualification.
These fifty-one (51) economic development organizations received the TEDC's 2020 Economic
Excellence Recognition:
City of Anna Economic Development Corporation
City of Balch Springs Economic Development Corporation
Bastrop Economic Development Corporation
Boerne/Kendall County Economic Development Corporation
Brazos Valley Economic Development Corporation
Brenham-Washington County Economic Development Corporation
Brookshire Economic Development Corporation
Buda Economic Development Corporation
Canton Economic Development Corporation
Cedar Hill Economic Development Corporation
Cedar Park Economic Development Corporation
Conroe Economic Development Council
Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation
Cuero Economic Development Corporation
Dayton Community Development Corporation
Decatur Economic Development Corporation
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Del Rio Economic Development Corporation
City of Denton
Development Corporation of Abilene
Gun Barrel City Economic Development Corporation
Harlingen Economic Development Corporation
City of Hondo
Ingleside Economic Development Corporation
Jacksboro Economic Development Corporation
Katy Area Economic Development Council
Kilgore Economic Development Corporation
La Marque Economic Development Corporation
City of Lancaster
Lavon Economic Development Corporation
City of League City Economic Development Corporation
Lindale Economic Development Corporation
Little Elm Economic Development Corporation
Lockhart Economic Development Corporation
Marble Falls Economic Development Corporation
City of Mesquite
Mexia Economic Development Corporation
New Braunfels EDC
City of North Richland Hills Economic Development Corporation
Palestine Economic Development Corporation
Pasadena Economic Development Corporation
Pflugerville Community Development Corporation
Sanger Economic Development Corporation
Sherman Economic Development Corporation
City of Southlake
Sugar Land Type A Corporation
Sugar Land Type B Corporation
Sulphur Springs Economic Development Corporation
Terrell Economic Development Corporation
The Colony Economic Development Corporation
City of Waxahachie
Wylie Economic Development Corporation
"The TEDC's Economic Excellence Recognition program is one of the ways in which our organization honors
the outstanding commitment to excellence of our communities and regions, their leaders, and their economic
development professionals have toward the professionalization of their economic development efforts,"noted
Carlton Schwab, President/CEO of the TEDC."
The Texas Economic Development Council, established in 1961, is an Austin-based, statewide, non-profit
professional association, dedicated to the development of economic and employment opportunities in Texas.
The TEDC provides information, educational and legislative services to more than 850 members. Our objective
is to support the economic growth of Texas and develop strategies that promote a positive business climate in
the state.
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Date: February 26, 2021 Report No. 2021-012
INFORMAL STAFF REPORT
TO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT:
Debt Summary Report of City's outstanding debt
BACKGROUND:
Attached is the Debt Summary Report with principal and interest outstanding as of
September 30, 2020. This report is prepared on an annual basis to provide residents and the
public with a comprehensive and easy to understand summary of the City's debt profile.
Additionally, this report includes required information in accordance with Texas Local
Government Code 140.008 (House Bill 1378).
The report provides a high-level introduction to the types and uses of debt issued by the City as
well as the most recent bond ratings. Staff has differentiated between tax-supported and revenue-
supported debt to give the public a better understanding of which debt is paid for by property
taxes versus rate revenues. Furthermore, the report details the principal and interest for each
major service area of the City and provides two visual representations by dollar amount and
percentages.
On February 10, 2021 the City's Audit/Finance Committee reviewed the Debt Summary Report
and recommended that it be submitted to the full City Council for any additional feedback.
CONCLUSION:
If no feedback is received, staff will post the report on the City's website for the public on
Monday, March 15, 2021. The report is intended to be updated annually in conjunction with the
City's fiscal year end.
ATTACHMENT(S):
Debt Summary Report as of September 30, 2020
STAFF CONTACT:
Cassey Ogden, Director of Finance
(940) 349-7195
Cassandra.Ogden(c-r�,cityofdenton.com
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City of Denton
Debt Summary Report
Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2020
Contact:
City of Denton Finance Department
Attn: Cassandra Ogden—Director of Finance
215 E. McKinney St.
Denton, Texas 76201
Email: Cassandra.Ogden@cityofdenton.com
Phone: 940-349-7195
Fax: 940-349-7206
Website: www.cityofdenton.com
February 10, 2021
Disclaimer: Data provided in this report is as of the date of publication, constitutes existing long-
term debt obligations only, and has been prepared pursuant to Texas Local Government Code
140.008 (House Bill 1378). This report does not include forward looking statements nor does it
include debt that may be incurred in the future. Interested parties should refer to the City's
audited financial statements and other disclosure documents when investing.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction.......................................................................................................3
CITYDEBT SECTION
Schedule—Total Annual Debt Service by Type of Debt....................................................6
Bar&Pie Charts—Total Annual Debt Service by Type of Debt...........................................7
Schedule—Tax Supported Debt Service..................................................................... 8
Bar&Pie Charts—Tax Supported Debt Service............................................................9
Schedule—Revenue Supported Debt Service................................................................10
Bar&Pie Charts—Revenue Supported Debt Service...................................................... 11
Schedule—General Government Debt Service...............................................................12
Bar&Pie Charts—General Government Debt Service.....................................................13
Schedule—Electric Debt Service..............................................................................14
Bar&Pie Charts—Electric Debt Service.....................................................................15
Schedule—Water Debt Service................................................................................ 16
Bar&Pie Charts—Water Debt Service.......................................................................17
Schedule—Wastewater Debt Service......................................................................... 18
Bar&Pie Charts—Wastewater Debt Service................................................................19
Schedule—Solid Waste Debt Service.........................................................................20
Bar&Pie Charts—Solid Waste Debt Service................................................................21
HOUSE BILL 1378 SECTION
Summary of Debt Obligations...................................................................................23
Individual Debt Obligations.....................................................................................24
Glossaryof Terms................................................................................................32
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INTRODUCTION
This report is divided into two sections. The first section(City Debt)presents the City's outstanding
debt by the manner in which the City intends to pay for such debt (tax-supported versus revenue-
supported). Additionally, this section provides a breakdown of the City's outstanding debt by
purpose (General Government, Electric, Water, Wastewater, Solid Waste and Airport). The second
section(House Bill 1378)is intended to comply with reporting requirements pursuant to Texas Local
Government Code 140.008.
The City of Denton utilizes long-term debt to finance non-operating expenses, which may include
equipment, facilities, and the acquisition of land. Unlike the Federal Government, the City generally
issues debt for the purchase or construction of capital assets and infrastructure improvements, and
cannot issue debt to fund operating expenses or deficit spending. All debt issued by the City must be
approved by the Texas Attorney General's Office prior to the final sale of the debt. Additional
information on the City's outstanding debt including statistical comparisons and ratios can be found
in the City's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, which is located on the City's website under
the Finance Department. (www.cityofdenton.com)
The City issues two types of long-term debt: General Obligation Debt and Revenue Bond Debt. The
City also differentiates between tax-supported and revenue-supported debt to provide the public with
a clear understanding of which debt will be paid by property taxes versus rate revenues. The
following table shows the latest bond ratings for each type of debt for which ratings are given:
Moody's' Standard&Poor's Fitch
General Obligation Debt Aal AA+ AA+
Revenue Bond Debt' Not Rated AA- A+
'Moody's upgraded General Obligation Debt in June 2019. Moody's has not rated a new a revenue bond debt issue since
2008, although surveillance ratings remain unchanged. All revenue bond debt previously rated by Moody's has been
refunded or paid off.
2Ratings for the Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series 2017 which were originally rated in December 2016. Fitch rating
was affirmed in May 2020.
GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT.
The largest category of debt is General Obligation Debt. It consists of two categories of bonds:
General Obligation Bonds(GOs) and Certificates of Obligation(COs).
GOs are generally voter approved and backed by the full faith and credit of the City (property tax
pledge) and must be approved at an election. Voter approval may be granted during one of two
general election dates each year. GOs which are issued to refund outstanding debt do not require
voter approval. Under the City's debt policy, GOs strive to have a final maturity of twenty (20)
years or less.
COs do not require voter approval and generally have a dual pledge of a specific City revenue source
as well and the full faith and credit of the City. Some examples of pledged City revenues are
electric, water, wastewater, and drainage revenues. Under the City's debt policy, COs will strive to
have a final maturity of thirty (30) years or less. Historically, COs have mostly been issued with
twenty (20) year final maturities for general government purposes. In 2010, the City began issuing
COs not only for general government purposes which are repaid by property taxes,but also for utility
related projects of the City. The COs issued for utility purposes are repaid from the specific utility
fund for which the debt was issued. COs have a lower interest rate than revenue bonds, due to the
pledge of full faith and credit of the City. A portion of the interest savings to the City's utilities
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through issuing COs (instead of revenue bonds) is being paid to the general government and placed
in the Street Improvement Fund.
REVENUE BOND DEBT:
The second category of debt is Revenue Bond Debt. This debt is secured by only a pledge of the
operating revenues of the City's Electric, Water and Wastewater Funds (collectively known as the
"Utility System") and not the full faith and credit of the City. Under the City's debt policy, revenue
bonds will strive to have a final maturity of thirty (30) years or less. Historically, most revenue
bonds have been issued with a twenty (20) year final maturity. As of September 30, 2020, the City
only has the Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series 2017 outstanding.
OUTSTANDING DEBT:
The City's total outstanding principal and interest as of September 30, 2020 is shown in Table 1 on
page 6 of this report.
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CITY DEBT SECTION
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Table 1-Total Outstanding Debt(in millions)as of September 30,2020
Principal Interest Total
GOs $ 272.06 $ 59.06 $ 331.12
COs $ 496.19 $ 214.07 $ 710.26
Revenue Bonds $ 207.31 $ 99.98 $ 307.29
Total $ 975.56 $ 373.11 $ 1,348.67
City of Denton
Total Annual Debt Service(Principal&Interest)-All Debt
Fiscal Year Ending September 30,2020
FY End General Obligation Bonds(GOs) Certificates of Obligation(COs) Revenue
9-30 Tax Supported Revenue Supported Tax Supported Revenue Supported Bonds Total
2021 $ 16,766,638 $ 28,056,038 $ 12,390,037 $ 32,580,796 $ 18,076,750 $ 107,870,259
2022 15,854,379 25,417,642 11,617,131 31,327,550 18,073,125 102,289,826
2023 14,566,207 20,245,026 10,145,006 29,200,075 18,073,625 92,229,939
2024 14,017,563 17,923,069 9,308,331 28,780,751 18,077,000 88,106,714
2025 13,140,052 15,219,329 8,175,481 28,642,751 18,077,125 83,254,738
2026 12,498,206 8,226,800 7,380,069 28,478,376 18,073,500 74,656,950
2027 11,919,462 7,813,725 7,218,013 28,231,321 18,075,875 73,258,396
2028 10,441,725 6,575,225 6,763,531 27,830,471 18,077,375 69,688,327
2029 9,272,072 5,406,950 6,135,644 27,724,846 18,075,750 66,615,262
2030 9,270,425 5,449,325 5,984,084 27,780,242 18,074,625 66,558,702
2031 8,958,403 - 5,981,363 27,827,868 18,077,375 60,845,009
2032 8,772,869 5,953,600 25,989,644 18,077,375 58,793,488
2033 8,570,872 5,932,753 23,423,950 18,073,125 56,000,700
2034 8,278,559 5,336,650 20,202,219 18,077,750 51,895,178
2035 8,012,744 4,837,422 18,790,881 18,074,375 49,715,422
2036 6,434,797 4,606,250 17,889,481 18,076,125 47,006,653
2037 5,353,316 4,367,775 16,732,256 18,075,875 44,529,222
2038 4,216,978 3,785,563 16,692,231 - 24,694,772
2039 2,845,600 1,644,575 16,711,456 21,201,631
2040 1,600,850 1,378,650 15,900,756 18,880,256
2041 - - 15,319,563 15,319,563
2042 15,316,319 15,316,319
2043 15,316,644 15,316,644
2044 15,311,238 15,311,238
2045 11,942,497 11,942,497
2046 8,073,994 8,073,994
2047 5,079,900 5,079,900
2048 1,532,950 1,532,950
2049 1,534,725 1,534,725
2050 - - - 1,156,450 - 1,156,450
$ 190,791,715 $ 140,333,128 $ 128,941,928 $ 581,322,200 $ 307,286,750 $ 1,3489675,721
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Total Annual Debt Service ($)
■GO-Tax Supported ■GO-Revenue Supported ■CO-Tax Supported ■CO-Revenue Supported ■Revenue Bonds
$120
$100
$80
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$60
$40
$20
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City of Denton
Total Annual Debt Service (Principal&Interest)-Tax Supported Debt
Fiscal Year Ending September 30,2020
FY End General Obligation Bonds Certificates of Obligation
9-30 (GOs) (COS) Total
2021 $ 16,766,638 $ 12,390,037 $ 29,156,675
2022 15,854,379 11,617,131 27,471,510
2023 14,566,207 10,145,006 24,711,213
2024 14,017,563 9,308,331 23,325,894
2025 13,140,052 8,175,481 21,315,533
2026 12,498,206 7,380,069 19,878,275
2027 11,919,462 7,218,013 19,137,475
2028 10,441,725 6,763,531 17,205,256
2029 9,272,072 6,135,644 15,407,716
2030 9,270,425 5,984,084 15,254,509
2031 8,958,403 5,981,363 14,939,766
2032 8,772,869 5,953,600 14,726,469
2033 8,570,872 5,932,753 14,503,625
2034 8,278,559 5,336,650 13,615,209
2035 8,012,744 4,837,422 12,850,166
2036 6,434,797 4,606,250 11,041,047
2037 5,353,316 4,367,775 9,721,091
2038 4,216,978 3,785,563 8,002,541
2039 2,845,600 1,644,575 4,490,175
2040 1,600,850 1,378,650 2,979,500
$ 190,791,715 $ 128,941,928 $ 319,733,643
60
Tax Supported Debt ($)
$30
$25
$20
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$15
$10
$5
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City of Denton
Total Annual Debt Service(Principal&Interest)-Revenue Supported Debt
Fiscal Year Ending September 30,2020
FY End General Obligation Bonds Certificates of Obligation Revenue
9-30 GOs Cos Bonds Total
2021 $ 28,056,038 $ 32,580,796 $ 18,076,750 $ 78,713,584
2022 25,417,642 31,327,550 18,073,125 74,818,316
2023 20,245,026 29,200,075 18,073,625 67,518,726
2024 17,923,069 28,780,751 18,077,000 64,780,819
2025 15,219,329 28,642,751 18,077,125 61,939,205
2026 8,226,800 28,478,376 18,073,500 54,778,676
2027 7,813,725 28,231,321 18,075,875 54,120,921
2028 6,575,225 27,830,471 18,077,375 52,483,071
2029 5,406,950 27,724,846 18,075,750 51,207,546
2030 5,449,325 27,780,242 18,074,625 51,304,192
2031 - 27,827,868 18,077,375 45,905,243
2032 - 25,989,644 18,077,375 44,067,019
2033 - 23,423,950 18,073,125 41,497,075
2034 - 20,202,219 18,077,750 38,279,969
2035 - 18,790,881 18,074,375 36,865,256
2036 - 17,889,481 18,076,125 35,965,606
2037 - 16,732,256 18,075,875 34,808,131
2038 - 16,692,231 - 16,692,231
2039 - 16,711,456 - 16,711,456
2040 - 15,900,756 - 15,900,756
2041 - 15,319,563 - 15,319,563
2042 - 15,316,319 - 15,316,319
2043 - 15,316,644 - 15,316,644
2044 - 15,311,238 - 15,311,238
2045 - 11,942,497 - 11,942,497
2046 - 8,073,994 - 8,073,994
2047 - 5,079,900 - 5,079,900
2048 - 1,532,950 - 1,532,950
2049 - 1,534,725 - 1,534,725
2050 - 1,156,450 - 1,156,450
$ 140,333,128 $ 581,322,200 $ 307,286,750 $ 1,028,942,078
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$70
$60
$50
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$30
$20
$10
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City of Denton
Total Annual Debt Service(Principal&Interest)-General Government
Fiscal Year Ending September 30,2020
FY End
9-30 General Airport Water Park Warehouse Total
2021 $ 28,116,731 $ 762,923 $ 229,084 $ 47,936 $ 29,156,675
2022 26,465,461 724,659 232,027 49,364 27,471,510
2023 23,806,182 686,259 170,542 48,230 24,711,213
2024 22,464,572 690,672 170,650 - 23,325,894
2025 20,520,721 623,838 170,974 - 21,315,533
2026 19,087,936 619,913 170,426 - 19,878,275
2027 18,385,647 581,388 170,440 - 19,137,475
2028 16,450,652 583,875 170,730 - 17,205,256
2029 14,658,715 578,181 170,820 - 15,407,716
2030 14,501,271 582,581 170,657 - 15,254,509
2031 14,188,045 581,363 170,358 - 14,939,766
2032 13,971,330 584,484 170,655 - 14,726,469
2033 13,741,209 591,625 170,791 - 14,503,625
2034 12,989,194 455,150 170,866 - 13,615,209
2035 12,346,511 332,878 170,776 - 12,850,166
2036 10,569,462 332,563 139,022 - 11,041,047
2037 9,389,378 331,713 - - 9,721,091
2038 7,676,941 325,600 - - 8,002,541
2039 4,490,175 - - - 4,490,175
2040 2,979,500 - - - 2,979,500
$ 306,799,631 $ 9,969,663 $ 2,818,820 $ 145,530 $ 319,733,643
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$30
$25
$20
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$10 - —
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City of Denton
Total Annual Debt Service(Principal&Interest)-Electric
Fiscal Year Ending September 30,2020
FY End General Obligation Bonds Certificates of Obligation Revenue
9-30 GOs Cos Bonds Total
2021 $ 15,140,172 $ 21,139,689 $ 18,076,750 $ 54,356,610
2022 14,384,075 21,104,538 18,073,125 53,561,738
2023 12,859,050 21,087,313 18,073,625 52,019,988
2024 11,515,625 21,072,414 18,077,000 50,665,039
2025 8,846,900 21,034,189 18,077,125 47,958,214
2026 3,773,150 21,029,076 18,073,500 42,875,726
2027 3,474,600 21,041,506 18,075,875 42,591,981
2028 2,992,875 21,036,300 18,077,375 42,106,550
2029 2,183,375 21,003,391 18,075,750 41,262,516
2030 2,208,875 21,039,427 18,074,625 41,322,927
2031 - 21,074,106 18,077,375 39,151,481
2032 - 19,500,869 18,077,375 37,578,244
2033 - 17,915,272 18,073,125 35,988,397
2034 - 15,186,000 18,077,750 33,263,750
2035 - 15,199,106 18,074,375 33,273,481
2036 - 15,225,431 18,076,125 33,301,556
2037 - 15,251,731 18,075,875 33,327,606
2038 - 15,277,406 - 15,277,406
2039 - 15,296,956 - 15,296,956
2040 - 15,314,956 - 15,314,956
2041 - 15,319,563 - 15,319,563
2042 - 15,316,319 - 15,316,319
2043 - 15,316,644 - 15,316,644
2044 - 15,311,238 - 15,311,238
2045 - 11,942,497 - 11,942,497
2046 - 8,073,994 - 8,073,994
2047 - 5,079,900 - 5,079,900
2048 - 1,532,950 - 1,532,950
2049 - 1,534,725 - 1,534,725
2050 - 1,156,450 - 1,156,450
$ 77,378,697 $ 466,413,953 $ 307,286,750 $ 851,079,400
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$60
$50
$40
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$10
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City of Denton
Total Annual Debt Service(Principal&Interest)-Water
Fiscal Year Ending September 30,2020
FY End General Obligation Bonds Certificates of Obligation Revenue
9-30 GOs Cos Bonds Total
2021 $ 8,906,782 $ 1,994,643 $ - $ 10,901,425
2022 7,724,825 2,000,143 - 9,724,968
2023 5,453,375 1,992,943 - 7,446,318
2024 5,542,850 1,987,668 - 7,530,518
2025 5,565,950 1,976,968 - 7,542,918
2026 3,700,575 1,980,668 - 5,681,243
2027 3,710,175 1,978,753 - 5,688,928
2028 3,060,750 1,970,500 - 5,031,250
2029 2,749,325 1,947,912 - 4,697,237
2030 2,763,825 1,953,525 - 4,717,350
2031 - 1,957,006 - 1,957,006
2032 - 1,960,000 - 1,960,000
2033 - 1,521,438 - 1,521,438
2034 - 1,518,438 - 1,518,438
2035 - 890,075 - 890,075
2036 - 686,550 - 686,550
2037 - 193,950 - 193,950
2038 - 193,475 - 193,475
2039 - 192,850 - 192,850
2040 - - - -
$ 49,178,432 $ 28,897,504 $ - $ 78,075,936
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$12
$10
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$4
$2
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• 63%
■GO■CO
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City of Denton
Total Annual Debt Service(Principal&Interest)-Wastewater
Fiscal Year Ending September 30,2020
FY End General Obligation Bonds Certificates of Obligation Revenue
9-30 GOs Cos Bonds Total
2021 3,133,018 3,3 86,852 - 6,519,870
2022 2,506,300 3,286,143 - 5,792,443
2023 1,329,300 3,279,068 - 4,608,368
2024 262,475 3,266,493 - 3,528,968
2025 260,550 3,264,943 - 3,525,493
2026 267,250 3,264,018 - 3,531,268
2027 273,350 3,260,068 - 3,533,418
2028 272,750 3,268,343 - 3,541,093
2029 280,250 3,215,943 - 3,496,193
2030 281,875 3,225,725 - 3,507,600
2031 - 3,238,612 - 3,238,612
2032 - 3,234,219 - 3,234,219
2033 - 2,730,934 - 2,730,934
2034 - 2,369,450 - 2,369,450
2035 - 1,914,900 - 1,914,900
2036 - 1,441,725 - 1,441,725
2037 - 1,220,275 - 1,220,275
2038 - 1,221,350 - 1,221,350
2039 - 1,221,650 - 1,221,650
2040 - 585,800 - 585,800
$ 8,867,118 $ 51,896,513 $ - $ 60,763,631
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City of Denton
Total Annual Debt Service(Principal&Interest)-Solid Waste
Fiscal Year Ending September 30,2020
FY End General Obligation Bonds Certificates of Obligation Revenue
9-30 GOs Cos Bonds Total
2021 $ 876,066 $ 6,059,613 $ - $ 6,935,679
2022 802,442 4,936,726 - 5,739,167
2023 603,301 2,840,751 - 3,444,052
2024 602,119 2,454,176 - 3,056,294
2025 545,929 2,366,651 - 2,912,579
2026 485,825 2,204,613 - 2,690,438
2027 355,600 1,950,994 - 2,306,594
2028 248,850 1,555,329 - 1,804,179
2029 194,000 1,557,601 - 1,751,601
2030 194,750 1,561,566 - 1,756,316
2031 - 1,558,144 - 1,558,144
2032 - 1,294,556 - 1,294,556
2033 - 1,256,306 - 1,256,306
2034 - 1,128,331 - 1,128,331
2035 - 786,800 - 786,800
2036 - 535,775 - 535,775
2037 - 66,300 - 66,300
2038 - - - -
2039 - - - -
2040 - - - -
$ 4,908,881 $ 34,114,230 $ - $ 39,023,112
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$6
$5
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$2
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HOUSE BILL 1378 SECTION
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City of Denton
Summary of Debt Obligations
Fiscal Year Ending September 30,2020
TOTAL TAX-SUPPORTED AND REVENUE DEBT HB 1378 Calculation City Calculation
Total Authorized Debt Obligations $ 1,183,365,000 $ 1,183,365,000
Total Principal Of All Outstanding Debt Obligations $ 975,565,000 $ 975,565,000
Combined Principal And Interest Required To Pay All Outstanding Debt Obligations On Time And
In Full $ 1,348,675,721 $ 1,348,675,721
TOTAL DEBT SECURED BY AD VALOREM TAXATION
Total Authorized Debt Obligations Secured By Ad Valorem Taxation $ 976,055,000 $ 457,282,532
Total Principal Of All Outstanding Debt Obligations Secured By Ad Valorem Taxation $ 768,255,000 $ 249,482,532
Combined Principal And Interest Required To Pay All Outstanding Debt Obligations Secured By Ad
Valorem Taxation On Time And hi Full $ 1,041,388,971 $ 319,733,643
PER CAPITA TOTAL DEBT SECURED BY AD VALOREM TAXATION
Total Authorized Debt Obligations Secured By Ad Valorem Taxation Expressed As A Per Capita
Amount $ 6,925 $ 3,244
Total Principal Of Outstanding Debt Obligations Secured By Ad Valorem Taxation As A Per Capita
Amount $ 5,450 $ 1,770
Combined Principal And Interest Required To Pay All Outstanding Debt Obligations Secured By Ad
Valorem Taxation On Time And hi Full As A Per Capita Amount $ 7,388 $ 2,268
Population Total Used To Calculate Per Capita Figures 140,956 140,956
Source And Year of Data Used To Calculate Per Capita Figures City of Denton Planning City of Denton Planning
Department,2020 Department,2020
For all"Authorized Debt Obligations"amounts and calculations,the City has included all voted but unissued amounts and all amounts of debt that were authorized by
the City Council to be issued,but,as of the end of the fiscal year remained unissued,as well as all outstanding debt as of the end of the fiscal year.The City currently has a
$100 million GO ECP Program under existing GO debt authorization.
(2)City Calculation excludes general obligation debt issued for Enterprise Funds(Electric,Water,Wastewater and Solid Waste)since the City has paid that debt with
revenues from each respective fund. General obligation debt is issued with a limited pledge of Utility System revenue for this purpose.
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City of Denton
Individual Debt Obligations
Fiscal Year Ending September 30,2020
Outstanding Debt Principal Principal Combined Final Maturity Secured By Total Proceeds Proceeds Proceeds Official Stated Current Credit Rating
Obligations Issued Outstanding Principal&Interest Date Ad Valorem Taxes Received Spent Unspent Purpose Moodys S&P Fitch
Certificates of Obligation, $ 32,100,000.00 $ 16,505,000.00 $ 20,997,093.96 February 15,2031 Yes $ 32,381,815.73 $ 32,381,815.73 $ - Proceeds from the sale of the Certificates will be used for(a)acquisition of Aal AA+ Not Rated
Series 2011 equipment for, and acquiring, constructing, installing and equipping
additions, extensions, renovations and improvements to, the Citys
waterworks and sewer system; (b) acquisition of equipment for, and
acquiring, constructing, installing and equipping additions, extensions,
renovations and improvements to,the Citys electric light and power system;
(c)acquisition of vehicles and equipment for,and acquiring,constructing,
installing and equipping additions,extensions,renovations and improvements
to,the Citys solid waste disposal system;(d)renovations to,and equipping
of,existing municipal buildings,including City Hall East;and(e)acquisition
ofvehicles and equipment for the Citys motor pool,and also for the purpose
ofpaying all or a portion of the Citys contractual obligations for professional
services,including engineers,architects,attorneys,map makers,auditors,and
financial advisors,in connection with said projects and said Certificates of
Obligation.
General Obligation $ 10,845,000.00 $ 2,025,000.00 $ 2,425,368.77 February 15,2031 Yes $ 2,332,407.86 $ 2,332,407.86 $ - Proceeds of the Bonds are expected to be used (i) to refund certain Aal AA+ Not Rated
Refunding and outstanding obligations of the City for debt service savings and(ii)for
Improvement Bonds,Series various street improvements and park land acquisitions and improvements,
2011 and(iii)to pay the costs associated with the issuance of the Bonds.
Certificates of Obligation, $ 44,675,000.00 $ 25,280,000.00 $ 32,266,671.94 February 15,2032 Yes $ 48,950,741.64 $ 48,950,741.64 $ - Proceeds from the sale of the Certificates will be used for(a)acquisition of Not Rated AA+ AA+
Series 2012 vehicles and equipment for, and acquiring, constructing, installing and
equipping additions,extensions,renovations and improvements to,the Citys
solid waste disposal system;(b)renovations to,and equipping of,existing
municipal buildings,including the acquisition and installation of replacement
heating,venting and air conditioning equipment and flooring;(c)acquisition
of vehicles and equipment for the fire,police,streets and traffic control,
facilities management,and parks and recreation departments;(d)constructing
and improving streets,including installation of traffic signals;(e)acquisition
of equipment for, and acquiring, constructing, installing and equipping
additions, extensions, renovations and improvements to, the Citys
waterworks and sewer system; (f) acquisition of equipment for, and
acquiring, constructing, installing and equipping additions, extensions,
renovations and improvements to,the Citys electric light and power system;
and also for the purpose of paying all or a portion of the Citys contractual
obligations for professional services, including engineers, architects,
attorneys,map makers,auditors,and financial advisors,in connection the
design of an animal shelter and with said projects and said Certificates
General Obligation $ 33,590,000.00 $ 14,125,000.00 $ 15,532,493.80 February 15,2032 Yes $ 4,152,706.97 $ 4,152,706.97 $ - Proceeds of the Bonds are expected to be used (i) to refund certain Not Rated AA+ AA+
Refunding and outstanding obligations of the City for debt service savings and(ii)for
Improvement Bonds,Series various street improvements and park land acquisitions and improvements,
2012 and(iii)to pay the costs associated with the issuance of the Bonds.
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City of Denton
Individual Debt Obligations
Fiscal Year Ending September 30,2020
Outstanding Debt Principal Principal Combined Final Maturity Secured By Total Proceeds Proceeds Proceeds Official Stated Carrent Credit Rating
Obligations Issued Outstanding Principal&Interest Date Ad Valorem Taxes Received Spent Unspent Purpose Moody's S&P Fitch
Certificates of Obligation, $ 63,520,000.00 $ 40,695,000.00 $ 50,214,575.29 February 15,2033 Yes $ 67,807,600.00 $ 67,807,600.00 $ - Proceeds from the sale of the Certificates will be used for(a)acquisition of Not Rated AA+ AA+
Series 2013 vehicles and equipment for, and acquiring, constructing, installing and
equipping additions,extensions,renovations and improvements to,the City's
solid waste disposal system,including the acquisition of land for the City
landfill;(b)renovations to,and equipping of,existing municipal buildings,
including the acquisition and installation of replacement heating,venting and
air conditioning equipment,roofing and flooring;(c)acquisition of vehicles
and equipment for the fire, police,building inspections, animal services,
streets and traffic control,facilities management,and parks and recreation
departments;(d)constructing and improving streets,including installation of
traffic signals;(e)acquisition ofiand for the municipal airport;(t)acquiring,
constructing,installing and equipping a public safety training facility;(g)
acquiring, constructing, installing and equipping additions, extensions,
renovations and improvements to existing fire stations, (h) acquiring,
constructing,installing and equipping two animal shelters;(i)acquisition of
equipment for, and acquiring, constructing, installing and equipping
additions, extensions, renovations and improvements to, the City's
waterworks and sewer system;and G)acquisition of equipment for,and
acquiring, constructing, installing and equipping additions, extensions,
renovations and improvements to,the City's electric light and power system;
and also for the purpose of paying all or a portion of the City's contractual
obligations for professional services, including engineers, architects,
attorneys,map makers,auditors,and financial advisors,in connection with
said projects and said Certificates.
General Obligation $ 10,735,000.00 $ 6,335,000.00 $ 7,408,206.30 February 15,2033 Yes $ 4,081,275.34 $ 4,081,275.34 $ - Proceeds of the Bonds are expected to be used (i) to refund certain Not Rated AA+ AA+
Refunding and outstanding obligations of the City for debt service savings;(ii)for various
Improvement Bonds,Series street improvements,and(iii)to pay the costs associated with the issuance of
2013 the Bonds.
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City of Denton
Individual Debt Obligations
Fiscal Year Ending September 30,2020
Outstanding Debt Principal Principal Combined Final Maturity Secured By Total Proceeds Proceeds Proceeds Official Stated Carrent Credit Rating
Obligations Issued Outstanding Principal&Interest Date Ad Valorem Taxes Received Spent Unspent Purpose Moody's S&P Fitch
Certificates of Obligation, $ 89,180,000.00 $ 71,580,000.00 $ 105,630,806.25 February 15,2044 Yes $ 93,781,044.89 $ 93,781,044.89 $ - Proceeds of the sale of the Certificates will be used(a)acquisition of vehicles Not Rated AA+ AA+
Series 2014 and equipment for, and acquiring, constructing, installing and equipping
additions, extensions, renovations and improvements to, the City's solid
waste disposal system,including the acquisition of land for the City landfill;
(b)renovations to,and equipping of,existing municipal buildings,including
the acquisition and installation of replacement heating, venting and air
conditioning equipment,roofing and flooring;(c)acquisition of vehicles and
equipment for the fire,police,building inspections,animal services,streets
and traffic control, facilities management, and parks and recreation
departments;(d)constructing and improving streets,including installation of
traffic signals;(e)acquiring,constructing,installing and equipping hangars
for the municipal airport;(t)acquiring,constructing,installing and equipping
additions, extensions,renovations and improvements to the Civic Center
Pool facilities; (g) acquiring, constructing, installing and equipping
replacement facility for Fire Station Number 2, including related site
preparation;(h)acquisition of equipment for,and acquiring,constructing,
installing and equipping additions,extensions,renovations and improvements
to,the City's waterworks and sewer system;(i)acquisition of equipment for,
and acquiring,constructing,installing and equipping additions,extensions,
renovations and improvements to,the City's electric light and power system;
and also for the purpose of paying all or a portion of the City's contractual
obligations for professional services, including engineers, architects,
attorneys,map makers,auditors,and financial advisors,in connection with
said projects and said Certificates.
General Obligation $ 7,330,000.00 $ 3,055,000.00 $ 3,812,200.02 February 15,2034 Yes $ 4,063,543.45 $ 4,063,543.45 $ - Proceeds of the Bonds are expected to be used (i) to refund certain Not Rated AA+ AA+
Refunding and outstanding obligations of the City for debt service savings;(ii)for various
Improvement Bonds,Series street improvements,and(iii)to pay the costs associated with the issuance of
2014 the Bonds.
General Obligation $ 27,155,000.00 $ 16,625,000.00 $ 18,119,725.00 February 15,2025 Yes $ 147,264.26 $ 147,264.26 $ - Proceeds of the Bonds are expected to be used (i) to refund certain Not Rated AA+ AA+
Refunding Bonds,Series outstanding obligations of the City for debt service savings;(ii)to refinance a
2014 portion of the City's contractual obligations to the Texas Municipal Power
Agency (the "TMPA") under a power sales contract with the TMPA,
specifically in respect to the refunding of approximately$13,430,000 in
maturity value of certain outstanding TMPA bonds;and(iii)to pay the costs
associated with the issuance ofthe Bonds.
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City of Denton
Individual Debt Obligations
Fiscal Year Ending September 30,2020
Outstanding Debt Principal Principal Combined Final Maturity Secured By Total Proceeds Proceeds Proceeds Official Stated Carrent Credit Rating
Obligations Issued Outstanding Principal&Interest Date Ad Valorem Taxes Received Spent Unspent Purpose Moody's S&P Fitch
Certificates of Obligation, $ 93,015,000.00 $ 74,485,000.00 $ 115,617,041.00 February 15,2045 Yes $ 97,983,335.00 $ 96,003,428.72 $ 1,979,906.28 Proceeds of the sale of the Certificates will be used(a)acquisition of vehicles Not Rated AA+ AA+
Series 2015 and equipment for, and acquiring, constructing, installing and equipping
additions, extensions, renovations and improvements to, the Citys solid
waste disposal system,including the acquisition of land for the City landfill;
(b)renovations to,and equipping of,existing municipal buildings,including
the acquisition and installation of replacement heating, venting and air
conditioning equipment,outing and flooring;(c)acquisition of vehicles and
equipment for the fire,police,building inspections,animal services,streets
and traffic control, facilities management, and parks and recreation
departments;(d)acquiring, constructing, installing and equipping parking
facilities;(e)acquisition of land and buildings to be used for administration
facilities and/or park purposes; (f) acquiring, onstructing, installing and
equipping additions,extensions,enovations and improvements to the Civic
Center Pool facilities; and (g) acquiring, constructing, installing and
equipping replacement facility for Fire Station Number 2,including related
site preparation,and acquiring,constructing,installing and equipping a new
fire tation, including the acquisition of land therefor; (h) acquisition of
vehicles and equipment for, and acquiring, constructing, installing and
equipping additions,extensions,renovations and improvements to,the City's
waterworks and sewer system;and(i)acquisition of equipment for,and
acquiring, constructing, installing and equipping additions, extensions,
renovations and improvements to,the Citys electric light and power system,
and also for the purpose of paying all or a portion of the City's contractual
obligations for professional services, including engineers, architects,
attorneys,map makers,auditors,and financial advisors,in connection with
said projects and said Certificates.
General Obligation $ 37,640,000.00 $ 29,150,000.00 $ 36,250,196.00 February 15,2035 Yes $ 23,013,424.58 $ 23,013,424.58 $ - Proceeds of the Bonds are expected to be used (i) to refund certain Not Rated AA+ AA+
Refunding and outstanding obligations of the City for debt service savings;(ii)for street
Improvement Bonds,Series improvements,public safety facilities improvements, stormwater drainage
2015 and flood control improvements,and park system improvements,and(iii)to
pay the costs associated with the issuance of the Bonds.
General Obligation $ 33,945,000.00 $ 9,645,000.00 $ 10,501,000.00 February 15,2026 Yes $ 163,600.05 $ 163,600.05 $ - Proceeds of the Bonds will be used(i) to currently refund in part, and Not Rated AA+ AA+
Refunding Bonds,Series advance refund in part,certain outstanding obligations of the City for debt
2015 service savings;(ii)to refinance a portion of the Citys contractual obligations
to the Texas Municipal Power Agency(the"TMPA")under a power sales
contract with the TMPA, specifically in respect to the refunding of
approximately$3,430,000 in maturity value of certain outstanding TMPA
bonds;and(iii)to pay the costs associated with the issuance of the Bonds.
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City of Denton
Individual Debt Obligations
Fiscal Year Ending September 30,2020
Outstanding Debt Principal Principal Combined Final Maturity Secured By Total Proceeds Proceeds Proceeds Official Stated Carrent Credit Rating
Obligations Issued Outstanding Principal&Interest Date Ad Valorem Taxes Received Spent Unspent Purpose Moody's S&P Fitch
Certificates of Obligation, $ 83,305,000.00 $ 70,260,000.00 $ 104,942,253.37 February 15,2046 Yes $ 92,340,554.08 $ 80,935,881.54 $ 11,404,672.54 Proceeds from the sale of the Certificates will be used(a)acquisition of Not Rated AA+ AA+
Series 2016 vehicles and equipment for, and acquiring, constructing , installing and
equipping additions,extensions,renovations and improvements to,the City's
solid waste disposal system,including the acquisition of land for the City
landfill;(b)renovations to,and equipping of,existing municipal buildings,
including the acquisition and installation of replacement heating,venting and
air conditioning equipment,roofing and flooring;(c)acquisition of vehicles
and equipment for the fire, police, building inspections, community
improvement services,annual services,streets and traffic control,facilities
management, and parks and recreation departments; (d) acquiring ,
constructing,installing and equipping additions,extensions,renovations and
improvements to parking facilities;(e)constructing and improving streets,
including landscaping,drainage,utility line relocations and the acquisition of
land and rights-of-way therefor;(f)acquiring,constructing,installing and
equipping a new fire training facility;and(g)acquisition of land for a new fire
station; (h) acquisition of vehicles and equipment for, and acquiring,
constructing,installing and equipping additions,extensions,renovations and
improvements to,the City's waterworks and sewer system;and(i)acquisition
of equipment for, and acquiring, constructing, installing and equipping
additions,extensions,renovations and improvements to,the City's electric
light and power system,and also for the purpose of paying all or a portion of
the City's contractual obligations for professional services, including
engineers, architects, attorneys, map makers, auditors , and financial
advisors,in connection with said projects and said Certificates.
General Obligation $ 28,930,000.00 $ 24,155,000.00 $ 29,981,050.00 February 15,2036 Yes $ 16,915,296.52 $ 16,915,296.52 $ - Proceeds of the Bonds are expected to be used (i) to refimd certain Not Rated AA+ AA+
Refunding and outstanding obligations of the City for debt service savings;(ii)for street
Improvement Bonds,Series improvements,public safety facilities improvements, stormwater drainage
2016 and flood control improvements,and park system improvements,and(iii)to
pay the costs associated with the issuance of the Bonds.
General Obligation $ 38,425,000.00 $ 28,490,000.00 $ 34,531,275.00 February 15,2030 Yes $ 175,656.87 $ 175,656.87 $ - Proceeds from the sale of the Bonds,together with funds contributed by the Not Rated AA+ AA+
Refunding Bonds,Series City,are expected to be used(i)refund all outstanding obligations of the
2016 City's Utility System for debt service savings; and(ii) to pay the costs
associated with the issuance of the Bonds.
Utility System Revenue $ 214,890,000.00 $ 207,310,000.00 $ 307,286,750.00 December 1,2037 No $ 246,164,298.03 $ 238,155,809.06 $ 8,008,488.97 Proceeds from the sale of the Series 2017 Bonds will be used to(a)acquire Not Rated AA- A+
Bonds,Series 2017 and construct additions and improvements to the City's electric light and
power system including new quick start peak power generation facilities;(b)
fund capitalized interest on the Series 2017 Bonds;and(c)pay the costs of
issuance in connection with the issuance ofthe Series 2017 Bonds.
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City of Denton
Individual Debt Obligations
Fiscal Year Ending September 30,2020
Outstanding Debt Principal Principal Combined Final Maturity Secured By Total Proceeds Proceeds Proceeds Official Stated Carrent Credit Rating
Obligations Issued Outstanding Principal&Interest Date Ad Valorem Taxes Received Spent Unspent Purpose Moody's S&P Fitch
Certificates of Obligation, $ 90,800,000.00 $ 77,260,000.00 $ 119,242,000.00 February 15,2047 Yes $ 98,365,003.11 $ 79,530,796.59 $ 18,834,206.52 Proceeds from the sale of the Certificates will be used for(a)acquisition of Not Rated AA+ AA+
Series 2017 vehicles and equipment for, and acquiring, constructing, installing and
equipping additions,extensions,renovations and improvements to,the City's
solid waste disposal system;(b)renovations to,and equipping of,existing
municipal buildings,including the acquisition and installation of replacement
heating,venting and air conditioning equipment,roofing and flooring;(c)
acquisition of vehicles and equipment for the &e, police, building
inspections,community improvement services,animal services,streets and
traffic control,facilities management,and parks and recreation departments;
(d)acquiring,constructing,installing and equipping additions,extensions,
renovations and improvements to parking facilities; (e) constructing and
improving streets,including landscaping,drainage,utility line relocations and
the acquisition of land and rights-of-way therefor; (0 acquisition of
equipment for, and acquiring, constructing, installing and equipping
additions,extensions,renovations and improvements to,the City's electric
light and power system;and also for the purpose of paying all or a portion of
the City's contractual obligations for professional services, including
engineers,architects,attorneys,map makers,auditors,and financial advisors,
in connection with said projects and said Certificates.
General Obligation $ 29,105,000.00 $ 18,545,000.00 $ 23,274,122.07 February 15,2037 Yes $ 17,294,870.71 $ 15,797,309.36 $ 1,497,561.35 Proceeds of the Bonds are expected to be used (i) to refund certain Not Rated AA+ AA+
Refunding and outstanding obligations of the City described on Schedule I attached hereto
Improvement Bonds,Series (the "Refunded Obligations") for debt service savings; (ii) for street
2017 improvements and public safety facilities improvements,and(iii)to pay the
costs associated with the issuance of the Bonds.
General Obligation Bonds, $ 19,235,000.00 $ 18,050,000.00 $ 24,665,337.89 February 15,2038 Yes $ 19,871,127.54 $ 2,277,313.44 $ 17,593,814.10 Proceeds of the Bonds are expected to be used O street improvements, Not Rated AA+ AA+
Series 2018 storm water drainage and flood control improvements, and park system
improvements;and(ii)to pay the costs associated with the issuance of the
Bonds.
Certificates of0bligation, $ 9,555,000.00 $ 7,855,000.00 $ 9,920,637.56 February 15,2038 Yes $ 10,020,369.57 $ 9,534,741.83 $ 485,627.74 Proceeds will be used for(a)renovations to, and equipping of, existing Not Rated AA+ AA+
Series 2018 municipal buildings,including the acquisition and installation of replacement
heating,venting and air conditioning equipment,roofing and flooring;(b)
acquisition of vehicles and equipment for the &e, police, building
inspections,community improvement services,animal services,streets and
traffic control,facilities management,and parks and recreation departments;
(c)acquiring, constructing,installing and equipping additions,extensions,
renovations and improvements to runways and taxiways at the municipal
airport;and(d)acquiring,constructing,renovating,installing and equipping
fire stations, including the acquisition of land therefor: and also for the
purpose of paying all or a portion of the City's contractual obligations for
professional services,including engineers,architects,attorneys,map makers,
auditors, and financial advisors,in connection with said projects and the
Certificates(see"Plan of Financing").
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City of Denton
Individual Debt Obligations
Fiscal Year Ending September 30,2020
Outstanding Debt Principal Principal Combined Final Maturity Secured By Total Proceeds Proceeds Proceeds Official Stated Carrent Credit Rating
Obligations Issued Outstanding Principal&Interest Date Ad Valorem Taxes Received Spent Unspent Purpose Moody's S&P Fitch
Certificates of Obligation, $ 29,545,000.00 $ 27,055,000.00 $ 37,266,647.02 February 15,2038 Yes $ 31,802,096.74 $ 11,213,890.69 $ 20,588,206.05 Proceeds from the sale of the Certificates will be used for(a)renovating, Not Rated AA+ AA+
Series 2018A constructing,expanding,improving and equipping existing municipal service
center building; (b) constructing and improving streets, including
landscaping,drainage,utility line relocations and the acquisition of land and
rights-of-way therefor; (c) constructing, reconstructing and improving
vehicle roadways at the municipal airport; (d) acquiring, constructing,
installing and equipping fire stations, including the acquisition of land
therefor;(e)acquiring,constructing,installing and equipping a public safety
facility for the police department,including the acquisition of land therefor;
(acquiring and installing a radio communications system for the City;and also
for the purpose of paying all or a portion of the City's contractual obligations
for professional services, including engineers, architects, attorneys, map
makers,auditors,and financial advisors.
General Obligation $ 44,340,000.00 $ 39,780,000.00 $ 48,634,850.00 February 15,2039 Yes $ 48,176,707.02 $ 28,738,853.14 $ 19,437,853.88 (i)up to$28,620,000 for the public purpose of refunding the Refunded Not Rated AA+ AA+
Refunding&Improvement Obligations,(ii)for the purpose of the acquisition of property and making
Bonds,Series 2019 improvements for public purposes in said Issuer,to wit:(A)$14,580,000 for
street improvements, (B) $705,000 for stomtwater drainage and flood
control improvements,and(C)$4,085,000 for park system improvements.
Certificates of Obligation, $ 28,755,000.00 $ 27,140,000.00 $ 36,739,925.00 February 15,2049 Yes $ 30,516,238.82 $ 8,201,693.07 $ 22,314,545.75 Proceeds will be used for acquisition of equipment for, and acquiring, Not Rated AA+ AA+
Series 2019 constructing,installing and equipping additions,extensions,renovations and
improvements to,the(a)Issuer's waterworks system;(b) Issuer's wastewater
system;and(c)the Issuer's electric light and power system;and also for the
purpose of paying all or a portion of the Issuer's contractual obligations for
professional services,including engineers,architects,attorneys,map makers,
auditors,and financial advisors,in connection with said projects and said
Certificates of Obligation;and up to$10,110,000 in principal amount for the
purpose of.renovations to,and equipping of,existing municipal buildings,(a)
including the acquisition and installation of replacement heating,venting and
air conditioning equipment,roofing and flooring;(b)acquisition of vehicles
and equipment for the fire, police, building inspections, community
improvement services,annual services,streets and traffic control,facilities
management,and parks and recreation departments;(c)constructing and
improving streets,including landscaping,drainage,utility line relocations and
the acquisition of land and rights-of-way therefor; (d) acquiring,
constructing,installing and equipping a public safety facility for the police
department, including the acquisition of land therefor; (e) acquiring,
extending, constructing, renovating, improving and equipping parking
facilities,including the acquisition of land therefor;and(t)acquisition and
installation of technology equipment including computer equipment and
software for various municipal departments;and also for the purpose of
paying all or a portion of the Issuer's contractual obligations for professional
services,including engineers,architects,attorneys,map makers,auditors,and
financial advisors,in connection with said projects and said Certificates of
Obligation.
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City of Denton
Individual Debt Obligations
Fiscal Year Ending September 30,2020
Outstanding Debt Principal Principal Combined Final Maturity Secured By Total Proceeds Proceeds Proceeds Official Stated Current Credit Rating
Obligations Issued Outstanding Principal&Interest Date Ad Valorem Taxes Received Spent Unspent Purpose Moody's S&P Fitch
General Obligation $ 62,080,000.00 $ 62,080,000.00 $ 75,989,018.35 February 15,2040 Yes $ 70,866,955.65 $ 44,329,910.81 $ 26,537,044.84 Proceeds of the Bonds are expected to be used for O various street Not Rated AA+ AA+
Refunding&Improvement improvements,park system improvements and public safety facilities for the
Bonds,Series 2020 police department, (ii) to refund the bonds described in Schedule I —
Schedule of Refunded Obligations(the"Refunded Obligations") for debt
service savings and(iii)to pay the costs associated with the issuance of the
Bonds(see"Plan of
Financing").
Certificate of Obligations, $ 58,080,000.00 $ 58,080,000.00 $ 77,426,476.68 February 15,2050 Yes $ 64,267,138.90 $ 3,548,011.30 $ 60,719,127.60 Proceeds will be used for the purpose of paying all or a portion of the Issuer's Not Rated AA+ AA+
Series 2020 contractual obligations incurred pursuant to contracts for the purchase,
construction and acquisition of certain real and personal property,to wit:up
to$37,120,000 in principal amount for the purpose of.(a)acquisition of
equipment for, and acquiring, constructing, installing and equipping
additions, extensions, renovations and improvements to, the Issuer's
wastewater system;and(b) acquisition of equipment for, and acquiring,
constructing,installing and equipping additions,extensions,renovations and
improvements to,the Issuer's electric light and power system;and also for
the purpose of paying all or a portion of the Issuer's contractual obligations
for professional services, including engineers, architects, attorneys, map
makers,auditors,and financial advisors,in connection with said projects and
said Certificates of Obligation;and up to$27,250,000 in principal amount for
the purpose of.(a)acquisition of vehicles and equipment for the fire,police,
building inspections, community improvement services, animal services,
streets and traffic control,facilities management,and parks and recreation
departments;(b)acquiring,constructing,installing and equipping additions,
extensions, renovations and improvements to existing fire stations; (c)
acquiring,constructing,reconstructing,renovating,installing and equipping a
municipal government building for municipal development services and other
municipal administrative purposes,and the acquisition of land and interests in
land and properties therefor; (d) acquiring, constructing, reconstructing,
renovating,installing and equipping municipal parks;(e)acquiring land and
building for facility for homeless and indigent shelter and services;and also
for the purpose of paying all or a portion of the Issuer's contractual
obligations for professional services, including engineers, architects,
attorneys,map makers,auditors,and financial advisors,in connection with
said projects and said Certificates of Obligation(collectively,the"Projects").
TOTAL $ 1,220,775,000.00 $ 975,565,000.00 $ 1,348,675,721.27 $ 1,125,635,073.33 $ 916,234,017.71 $ 209,401,055.62
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The HB 1378 Section of the Annual Debt Report contains terminology provided by the Texas Comptroller's Office.
To assist the reader of this document in understanding these terms, a glossary of terms has been included in the
document as provided by the Texas Comptroller's Office.
Political Subdivision. Political subdivisions are counties, municipalities, school districts, junior college districts,
other special districts, or other subdivisions of state government.
Total Authorized Debt Obligations. Debt obligations are defined in the bill as issued public securities which are
instruments,including bonds,certificates,notes,or other types of obligations authorized to be issued by an issuer
under a statute, a municipal home-rule charter, or the constitution of this state. Issuance is the process of
authorizing, selling and delivering public debt. Public security authorization means a resolution, order or
ordinance that is approved or adopted, or any other action taken in a proceeding, by the governing body of an
issuer in authorizing the issuance of a public security.
Total Principal of all Outstanding Debt Obligations. Total amount borrowed(par)of all obligations that have yet to
be repaid.
Combined Principal and Interest required to pay all Outstanding Debt Obligations on time and in full. Total
amount borrowed(par)that has yet to be repaid plus the cost of interest.
Total Authorized Debt Obligations Secured by Ad Valorem Taxation. Total debt obligations secured by a pledge of
property taxes.
Total Principal of all Outstanding Debt Obligations secured by Ad Valorem Taxation. Total amount borrowed(par)
of obligations secured by a pledge of property taxes that have yet to be repaid.
Combined Principal and Interest required to pay all Outstanding Debt Obligations secured by Ad Valorem
Taxation on time and in full. Total amount borrowed(par)of all property tax-secured obligations plus the cost
of interest.
Total Authorized Debt Obligations secured by Ad Valorem Taxation expressed as a Per Capita Amount. Total
authorized debt obligations secured by a pledge of property taxes divided by the population of the political
subdivision.
Total Principal of Outstanding Debt Obligations secured by Ad Valorem Taxation as a Per Capita Amount. Total
amount borrowed (par) secured by a pledge of property taxes divided by the population of the political
subdivision.
Combined Principal and Interest required to pay all Outstanding Debt Obligations secured by Ad Valorem
Taxation on time and in full as a Per Capita Amount. Total debt obligations secured by a pledge of property
taxes plus the cost of debt service on these obligations divided by the population of the political subdivision.
Population total used to calculate per capita figures. The denominator used to calculate per capita figures. This is
a population total for the political subdivision.
Source and Year of population figure used to calculate Per Capita figures. The source of population data
comprising the denominator of per capita figures.
Outstanding Debt Obligation. An issued public security that has yet to be repaid.
Conduit or Component Debt. Debt that is not a legal liability of the political subdivision but is secured by another
entity.
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Principal Issued. Total amount borrowed(par).
Principal Outstanding. Total amount borrowed(par)of obligation that has yet to be repaid.
Combinedprincipal and interest required to pay each Outstanding Debt Obligation on time and in full. The total
amount borrowed(par)plus the cost of interest for each individual debt obligation or bond series.
Final Maturity Date. The final payment date of individual debt obligation at which point all principal and interest
will be paid off.
Secured in any way by Ad Valorem Taxes. Indicates which individual debt obligations are in part or whole pledged
with property taxes.
Total Proceeds Received. Total assets received from the sale of a new issue of public securities.
Proceeds Spent. The portion of total proceeds received that have been spent.
Proceeds Unspent. The portion of total proceeds received that are remaining to be spent.
Official stated purpose for which the debt obligation was authorized. The reason for the debt issuance as defined in
ballot language, if applicable, or the Official Statement.
Current Credit Rating. Existing rating given by any nationally recognized credit rating organization to debt
obligations.
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2/26/2021 2021 Council Request Launchpad-Smartsheet.com
FY 20/ 21 Council Requests
Open Requests Requests Answered by Department FY All Time Request Volume by
20/21 Council Person
Paul Meltzer
Deb Armintor Community Svcs -
John Ryan Environmental Svcs
Jesse Davis Public Works
Mayor Gerard Hudspeth Utilities -
Birdia Johnson CMO
Connie Baker Library
Legal
0 1 2 3 4 Fire
Police
Tech Services •'
Airport
Requests made by Quarter Public Affairs/Customer Svc
Economic Development
200 159 Development Svcs
106 Finance
100 0 0 Audit
0 Municipal Court Paul Meltzer• Deb Armintor• John Ryan
Q1 20/21 Q2 20/21 Q3 20/21 04 20/21 Procurement
Real Estate • Jesse Davis • Mayor Gerard Hudspeth
Risk Birdia Johnson • Connie Baker
Other
0 50 100 150
Total Open Elected Official Some requests involve multiple departments,causing the
Requests total requests by department to add up higher than the
Submit New total request count
5 Request
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Policy and Worksession Requests smartsheet
Lem![i Z I LTA M M-Ta;M=.=- - Summary of equest Staff Assigned Department
Council Member Armintor 01/31/21 like to formally request that City Council approve changing all forms of"he or she,""him or her,""his Sarah Kuechler City Manager's Office This request will be presented during a future Pending Council
or hers"in city policy to the grammatically appropriate form of they/them/theirs in any city Request work session
documents,written policies,and laws that can be changed without a Charter change. This change
would not only make our city policies and documents more inclusive and welcoming to current and
future residents,taxpayers,workers,and business owners who use they/them/theirs pronouns and
identify as non-binary,it would also help to move us forward into the 21 st century as a modern,
diverse,and inclusive city with more accuracy than"his or hers"constructions,since there are no
city policies that apply only to people who use"his or her"pronouns and exclude people who
identify as non-binary or use they/them/theirs pronouns.
Council Member Armintor 02/01/21 can someone please find out for me how many individual new homes(i.e.not part of subdivisions) Richard Cannone Development Services Information will be provided in a future Friday Report
2 have been built in EJ 1 in the past 5 years,how many subdivisions have been built in ETJ 1,and
how many of those individual new homes not part of subdivisions were under non annexation
agreements?
Council Member Armintor 02/04/21 I'd like a staff report on what Texas cities can do to put caps on campaign spending and fundraising Sarah Kuechler City Manager's Office Information will be provided in a future Friday Report
for city election campaigns,including a list of which Texas cities have caps and what their caps are.
The dollar amount fundraised and spent in local elections has been increasing exponentially in
3 recent years,and this has become a matter of public interest and concern.At the very least,Council
and the public should know more about what other Texas cities have done in this area and what our
options are so that we can decide whether or not we want to enact campaign financing caps for
Denton city elections as well.
4 Mayor Pro Tern Davis 02/08/21 Can we install bolt-down pylons on the center line of Bonnie Brae,just North of University,to Becky Diviney Public Works-Traffic Information will be provided in a future Friday Report
prevent left-hand turns in and out of the Torchy's entrance?
5 Mayor Hudspeth 02/09/21 Can staff analyze the Ft.Worth program where they build affordable housing on City-owned Dani Shaw Community Services Information will be provided in a future Friday Report
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FUTURE WORK SESSION ITEMS MATRIX
As of February 26, 2021
Meeting Date IL Currently Slated Work Session Items
19-Feb 2021 Cancelled
1-March 2021 87th Session of the Texas State Police Department Student Resource Capital Infrastructure Construction
Luncheon-DISD Legislature Officer Program and Development Use of Storage Space
Meeting 21-332 21-239 21-331 21-403
Inclement Weather Update:
Information Technology,Solid Waste,
COVID-19 Update Customer Service,Animal Services CIP Update Council Requests
2-March 2021 20-1886 21-337 20-2531 20-2386
9-March 2021 No Meeting(Spring Break)
Inclement Weather Update:Facilities,
Police/Fire/Emergency Management,
Internal Audit Follow-Up-Accounts Public Works:Streets,Drainage, Follow-Up-Loop 288 Building
Payable Fleet,etc.,HR/Risk Management DCRC Discussion Agreement/MOU Council Requests
16-March 2021 21-228 21-339 21-136 ITBD 20-2387
Internal Audit-Utility Payment Inclement Weather Update:
Assistance Program DME,Water/Waste Water Council Requests
23-March 2021 20-2554 21-341 20-2388
30-March 2021 No Meeting(5th Tuesday)
Inclement Weather Update:
Parks and Recreation,Community
Services,
Finance/Purchasing/Warehouse/Com
5-April 2021 pliance,Public Affairs/DTV
21-342 Council Requests
Luncheon 21-188
Certified Agenda Process for Closed B&C Handbook(Including Attendance
Meetings Policy) Policy for Naming of Parks Municipal Court Payments Audit Council Requests
6-April 2021 21-207 21-271 20-2320 20-2553 21-189
Hartlee Field Development
21-383
Parkland Dedication&Development
Update on ETJ Items Legislative Update Ordinance Mid-Year DEDP Update Council Requests
13-April 2021 TBD 21-080 21-109 21-384 21-190
Mosquito Abatement Council Requests
20-April 2021 TBD 21-191
Council Requests
27-April 2021 21-192
Delegated Authority 20-21 Utilities Budget and Rates
Construction Code Review(TBD) DME Solar Programs TBD 20-2261
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Economic Development Incentive Redistricting Update Stormwater Master
20-2529 July 27 LED Lighting and Birds session June/July 2021 20-1661
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DENTON Week of March I,2021 -March 7,2021
Street/Intersection From To Closure Closure Description Department Upcoming Public Other partme
Start Date End Date Info/Notes Meeting Communication Contac
Water Distribution will be Email Notification,Direct
Bell Ave at Mckinney St 07/08/21 09/04/21 installing a new water main line Water business contact,N/A (940)349-7278
and services.
Water Distribution will be Email Notification,Direct
Bell Ave at Mingo Rd 06/22/21 07/07/21 installing a new water main line Water business contact,N/A (940)349-7278
and services.
Water Distribution will be Email Notification,Direct
Bell Ave Withers St Mingo Rd 05/10/21 06/21/21 installing a new water main line Water business contact,N/A (940)349-7278
and services.
Water Distribution will be Email Notification,Direct
Bell Ave Texas St Withers St 04/15/21 05/07/21 installing a new water main line Water business contact,N/A (940)349-7278
and services.
Administratio Water Distribution will be Email Notification,Direct
Bell Ave n Dr Texas St 03/18/21 04/14/21 installing a new water main line Water business contact,N/A (940)349-7278
and services.
Curb and Gutter Repair.The
process starts with Barricading
Carmel St Hobson El Paseo 03/08/21 05/07/21 the failed sections of,Curb and Streets N/A (940)349-7146
Gutter remove and install curb
and gutter.Weather delays.
Total 6
Upcoming Closures
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Street Closure Report IMPROVING
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DENTON Week of March I,2021 -March 7,2021
Street/Intersection To Closure Closure Description Department Upcoming Public Other l3epartment
Start Date End Date Info/Notes Meeting Communication Contact
Administratio Water Distribution will be Email Notification,Direct
Bell Ave Chapel Dr n Dr 02/22/21 03/18/21 installing a new water main line Water business contact,N/A (940)349-7278
and services.
Various traffic shifts will be
required at the intersection of Engineering, NextDoor,Email
Bell Ave McKinney Hickory 02/01/21 04/30/21 Bell and Oak(between Drainage,Public Notification,Direct (940)349-8425
Street Street McKinney and Hickory)in order Works business contact
to cross Bell with a new Inspections
drainage line on Oak Street.
North South Water Main Phase Engineering, Temporary Flagging in
Bonnie Brae IH 35E Scripture 06/15/20 07/30/21 3 Water all lanes for pipe Direct business contact (940)349-8938
delivery.
UPDATE:Due to inclement
weather,work has been delayed
till the 22nd of February.
Contractor for Vista Verde Public Works
(Private Development)will be
Valley Creek San Jacinto Inspections,
Colorado Blvd Rd Blvd 02/22/21 03/08/21 performing a bore and installing private NextDoor,Other (940)231-9036
a water tap. Development
This will be a lane closure not a
full closure.
Contractor for Vista Verde will
be installing water
improvements along the back of
curb on the South side of Public Works
Valley Creek Greenspoint Colorado Blvd. Inspections, NextDoor,Email
Colorado Blvd Rd Circle 03/01/21 03/06/21 Private Notification (940)268-9842
This is not a full road closure Development
This is a single lane closure.
Installing Valley Gutter across
Cordell at the intersection
at of Hillcrest. The process starts
Cordell Hillcrest Intersection 03/01/21 03/19/21 with barricading then remove Streets N/A (940)349-7146
pavement and subgrade and
install new concrete Valley
Gutter.
Current Closures
93
Street/Intersection From Closure Closure Description Department Upcoming Public Other Department
Start Date End Date Info/Notes Meeting Communication Contact
Raintree Riverchase Wastewater Collections will be
Creekdale Dr Way Trl 12/09/20 03/27/21 installing a new wastewater Waste Water N/A (940)349-8909
main and services.
Water Distribution will be
Crescent Fulton Coit 03/01/21 04/03/21 installing anew water mainline Water NextDoor,N/A,Other (940)349-7278
and services.
Cresent Coit Caroll 03/01/21 03/05/21 Repair spelling on bridge deck. Streets N/A (940)349-7146
Concrete Street Panel and
Sidewalk Repair.The process
Drexel Purdue Hofstra 03/01/21 04/09/21 starts with Barricading the failed Streets N/A (940)349-7146
sections of concrete pavement,
remove the pavement,and
install new concrete.
Elm Hickory Prairie 05/11/20 04/30/21 PEC 4 Utility Project Engineering Direct business contact (940)349-8938
Water Distribution will be
Fannin St Welch St Bernard St 12/21/20 02/26/21 installing a new water main line Water N/A (940)349-7278
and services.
Concrete Street Panel and
Sidewalk Repair.The process
Friesian Morgan Cul v Sac 03/01/21 04/09/21 starts with Barricading the failed Streets N/A (940)349-7146
sections of concrete pavement,
remove the pavement,and
install new concrete.
Infrastructure Safety Upgrades
Ft.Worth Dr.(US 377) IH 35E FM1830 10/17/19 03/12/21 &New Sewer Main Install TxDOT (940)349-8938
(temporary closures)
Laying new waterline to the weather is delaying
Highland Park Bonnie Brae Jasmine 01/25/21 03/03/21 along Highland Park towards Engineering testing of the new line in NextDoor (940)268-8946
Bonnie Brae. Highland Park.
Concrete Street Panel and
Sidewalk Repair.The process
March Rail Cat Tail Heron Pond 01/11/21 03/05/21 starts with Barricading the failed Streets N/A (940)349-7146
sections of concrete pavement,
remove the pavement,and
install new concrete.
Current Closures
94
Street/Intersection From To Closure Closure Description Department Upcoming Public Other Department
Start Date End Date Info/Notes Meeting Communication Contact
Phase one should last two
weeks.02-05-2021 thru 02-19-
2021
Contractor will be constructing
the drive way approaches and
will be moving traffic to the
West side of Mayhill per Public Works
attached plan Inspections, NextDoor,Email
.
Mayhill Morse MKinney St 02/05/21 03/12/21 Notification,Social 940-205-8278
Private
media
Phase 2 should last one week Development
02-19-2021 thru 02-26-2021
Contractor will be constructing
the drive way approaches and
will be moving traffic to the
North Side of McKinney St per
attached plan.
McKinney-Mayhill Intersection
This project is widening the
intersection and 600'each way
Mckinney duchess Glengarry 02/01/21 07/30/21 to match existing conditions Engineering NextDoor (940)349-7526
along McKinney.Also includes
water,wastewater,and drainage
improvements.
The Downtown Storm Sewer
Project will upgrade the storm
drainage in the downtown Engineering,
corridor along the West side of Drainage,Traffic, NextDoor,Email
McKinney Railroad Ave Bell Ave 02/01/21 04/02/21 the UPRR tracks between Notification,Direct (940)349-8425
McKinney and Hickory.The Public Works business contact
contractor will trench across Inspections
Hickory in 3 phases to place
storm sewer.
Street Reconstruction
Remove and replace curb and
Mistywood Lane Woodhaven Jamestown 10/01/20 03/19/21 gutter as needed. Streets N/A (940)349-7146
Remove old asphalt and
stabilize subgrade.
Install asphalt pavement.
Weather delays.
Current Closures
95
Street/Intersection From Closure Closure Description Department Upcoming Public Other Department
AN Start Date End Date Info/Notes Meeting Communication Contact
Adding drainage line to Oak Engineering, NextDoor,Email
Oak Street Bell Street UPRR Railroad 02/01/21 04/30/21 Street as part of the Downtown Works Drainage,Public Notification,Direct (940)349-8425
Storm Sewer Project. Inspections business contact
Old Bonnie Brae Roselawn Vintage 02/08/21 03/26/21 Bonnie Brae Phase 2 will be Engineering NextDoor,Direct (940)349-8938
repaving Old Bonnie Brae business contact
Prairie Elm Pierce 06/01/20 03/26/21 PEC 4 Utilities Engineering NextDoor,Direct (940)349-8938
business contact
Storm drain improvements,as
Prairie St. Locust St. Elm St. 03/23/20 03/26/21 part of Pec-4 Ph 1&2 Engineering Direct business contact (940)349-8938
Project. Street closed to thru
traffic.
Wastewater Collections will be
Riverchase Trl Stoneway Dr Waterside PI 12/09/20 03/27/21 installing a new wastewater Waste Water N/A (940)349-8909
main and services.
Update:Due to multiple rain
events and below freezing
temps,all concrete placement
has been delayed.Therefore
delaying the contractors
drainage improvements and Public Works
Ryan Rd Roxbury St FM 2181 01/04/21 03/12/21 road reconstruction.They plan Inspections, NextDoor,Email (940)268-9842
to be complete by 03-12-2021. Private Notification
Development
Contractor will be demoing the
existing drainage and roadway
and then installing drainage
improvements across Ryan RD
at the Hunter's Creek area.
Wastewater collections will be
Uland Railroad Rose 02/11/21 04/16/21 installing a new wastewater Waste Water NextDoor,N/A,Other (940)349-8909
main line and services.
Construction is set to begin on 8-20-20:Atmos Energy
West Hickory Street between N. is currently relocating
Welch Street and Carroll Blvd in gas line on the South
September of 2020 and Atmos,Streets, side of W.Hickory
continue through May of 2021. between Welch and Email Notification,Direct
West Hickory Street Welch Carroll 08/31/20 05/29/21 Detailed lane closure Drainage,Water, Bernard.Once Atmos business contact (940)349-8425
information is forthcoming Waste Water finishes,the contractor
pending approval of the will mobilize into that
contractor's phasing and traffic same area to begin
control plans. construction.
Current Closures
96
Street/Intersection From To Closure Closure Description Department Upcoming Public Other Department
Start Date End Date Info/Notes Meeting Communication Contact
Public Works
Western Blvd Airport Rd Jim Chrystal 12/21/20 03/31/21 Westpark Warehouse Phase 2 Inspections, Direct business contact (940)205-9230
Private
Development
Branch 08/24/20 08/16/21 Install utilities and road En NextDoor,Email
Windsor Hanover Crossing reconstruction Engineering Notification (940)349-7426
Total 30
Current Closures
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Completed Closures
DENTON Week of March 12021 -March 7 2021
Street/Intersection From Closure Closure Description Department Upcoming Public Other Department
Start Date End Date 1 Info/Notes Meeting Communication Contact
Georgetown Wastewater Collections will be
Amherst Dr Dr Hinkle Dr 09/28/20 01/19/21 installing a new wastewater Wastewater N/A (940)349-8909
main line and services.
This project is to add drainage
North of upgrades and widen Hickory NextDoor,Email
Barrel Strap Road Hickory Ocean Drive 09/07/20 01/04/21 Creek Road.It is also adding an Engineering Notification (940)349-7426
Creek Road acceleration lane to Barrel
Strap Road.
Water Distribution will be Email Notification,Direct
Bell St University Dr Chapel Dr 12/14/20 02/12/21 installing anew water mainline Water business contact,N/A (940)349-7278
and services.
Concrete Street Panel Repair.
The process starts with
Brinker Colorado I-35 Service 01/19/21 01/29/21 Barricading the failed sections Streets N/A (940)349-7146
Blvd. Rd of concrete pavement,remove
the pavement,and install new
concrete.
Concrete Street Panel and
Sidewalk Repair.The process
Weeler Spainsh 12/07/20 01/15/21 starts with Barricading the failed
Clydesdale Ridge Lane sections of concrete pavement, Streets N/A (940)349-7146
remove the pavement,and
install new concrete.
Panhandle New Sewer Line&Water Public Works NextDoor,Email
Crow St St Gober St 12/21/20 01/08/21 Services will be installed. Inspections Notification,Direct (940)231-9965
business contact
Widening of Hickory Creek road
from Teasley to FM 2499 with
Hickory CreeK Road Teasely FM 2499 10/06/20 02/16/21 an acceleration lane being Engineering NextDoor,Email (940)349-7426
constructed on FM 2499. Notification
Project also included drainage
upgrades.
Intersection back of Intermittent closures of this NextDoor,Email
Hidden Meadows Trail with Vintage Vintage blvd 03/16/20 01/01/21 intersection for construction Engineering (940)349-8938
Blvd right of way activities Notification
Completed Closures
98
Street/Intersection From To Closure Closure Description Department Upcoming Public Other Department
Start Date End Date Info/Notesma Meeting Communication Contact
Scheduling conflict with
Install new curb and gutter.Mill concrete contractor so
off old pavement and install we move the start date
Daugherty new asphalt to match the grade to 10-26-20.80/a
Johnson Street Street Smith Street 10/26/20 01/29/21 of the new inlets.Weather Streets complete the surface Door hangers (940)349-7146
delays,asphalt base course course still needs to be
has been installed. installed.Asphalt
Surface will be install on
1-27-28-2020.
Storm drain improvements as
Locust St. Prairie Highland 03/09/20 01/01/21 part of Pec-4 Ph 1&2 Engineering Direct business contact (940)349-8938
Project.East Side In Closure
Intersection back of Intermittent closures of this
Email
Mockernut Rd. with Vintage Vintage 03/16/20 01/01/21 intersection for construction Engineering NextDoor, (940)349-8938
Blvd. Blvd.right of activities. Notification
way
Concrete Street Panel and
Sidewalk Repair.The process
Paddock Lipizzan English 12/14/20 01/07/21 starts with Barricading the failed Streets N/A (940)349-7146
Saddle sections of concrete pavement,
remove the pavement,and
install new concrete.
Wastewater Collections will be
Precision Dr Airport Rd 1500'north 01/20/21 02/10/21 installing a new wastewater Wastewater
main and services.
Concrete Street Panel and
Sidewalk Repair.The process
Purdue Drexel Syracuse 01/11/21 02/26/21 starts with Barricading the failed Streets N/A (940)349-7146
sections of concrete pavement,
remove the pavement,and
install new concrete.
Smith Street Johnson Dallas 01/25/21 01/29/21 Mill and Overlay Streets N/A (940)349-7146
Waste Water, Pushed back a final two
Greystar will be placing their Public Works weeks for patching of
Spencer Road Bridges St. Mayhill Road 12/07/20 02/19/21 sanitary line along Spencer Rd Inspections, Spencer Road.Should Email Notification (940)391-6299
for the Elan Denton project. Private be finished before the
Development 19th
Road will be closed for paving public Works
Underwood McCormick Ave.B 11/09/20 01/04/21 and sidewalk construction for Inspections N/A (210)563-1599
the new Fire Station#3
Completed Closures
99
Street/Intersection From &To Closure Closure Description & Department Upcoming Public Other Department
Start Date End Date Info/Notes Meeting Communication Contact
W Windsor Dr 1-35 Winddosr 01/18/21 01/20/21 Stripping all lanes with new Public Works NextDoor,Email (940)231-9965
Frontage Rd Farms Dr signs. Inspections Notification
Welch Eagle Maple 01/25/21 01/25/21 Repair Water Main Leak Water Work was completed on Direct business contact (940)349-7332
1/25
Welch St. Eagle Highland 01/19/21 01/19/21 water tap for 811 S.Welch Water NextDoor,Email (940)349-7278
Notification
Windsor Stuart Longfellow 08/24/20 01/23/21 Installation of utilities and street Engineering NextDoor,Email (940)349-7426
reconstruction Notification
Total 20
Completed Closures
100