Sec. 373A.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Affordable housing" means housing that is located in a district and is affordable to households earning 70 percent or less of the area median family income, adjusted for household size, as determined annually by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

(1-a) "Central business district" means a compact and contiguous geographical area of a municipality in which at least 90 percent of the land is used or zoned for commercial purposes and that has historically been the primary location in the municipality where business has been transacted.

(2) "Community housing development organization" has the meaning assigned by 42 U.S.C. Section 12704.

(2-a) "County" means the county containing all or the greatest portion of a homestead preservation reinvestment zone. For purposes of applying other law to a district or program created under this chapter, including Chapter 311, Tax Code, a reference in the other law to a "county" has the meaning assigned by this subdivision.

(3) "District" means a homestead preservation district designated under Subchapter B.

(3-a) "Project costs" has the meaning assigned by Section 311.002(1), Tax Code.

(4) "Taxing unit" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.04, Tax Code.

(5) "Trust" means a homestead land trust created or designated under Subchapter C.

(6) "Zone" means a homestead preservation reinvestment zone created under Subchapter D.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 495 (H.B. 525), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1175 (H.B. 470), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.