Sec. 378.002.  CREATION OF ZONE.  A municipality may create a neighborhood empowerment zone covering a part of the municipality if the municipality determines the creation of the zone would promote:
(1)  the creation of affordable housing, including manufactured housing, in the zone;
(2)  an increase in economic development in the zone;
(3)  an increase in the quality of social services, education, or public safety provided to residents of the zone;  or
(4)  the rehabilitation of affordable housing in the zone.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 305, Sec. 1, eff. May 29, 1999.