Bill Text: TX HB2289 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of the State District as the seat of state government.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-15 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2289 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2289-Introduced.html
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By: Schofield | H.B. No. 2289 |
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relating to the establishment of the State District as the seat of | ||
state government. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Title 1, Local Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Chapter 2 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 2. STATE DISTRICT | ||
Sec. 2.001. DISTRICT ESTABLISHED. (a) The State District | ||
is created from the City of Austin in Travis County as the seat of | ||
state government. | ||
(b) In this chapter, "district" means the State District. | ||
Sec. 2.002. DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The territory of the | ||
district is initially composed of the territory in the following | ||
boundaries: | ||
(1) on the north, the southern edge of Martin Luther | ||
King, Jr., Boulevard; | ||
(2) on the east, the western edge of Trinity Street; | ||
(3) on the south, the northern edge of 10th Street; and | ||
(4) on the west, the eastern edge of Lavaca Street. | ||
(b) The boundaries of the district may be modified by the | ||
governing body of the district in the manner provided by law for a | ||
home-rule municipality. | ||
(c) A charter provision or ordinance of the City of Austin | ||
remains in effect in the State District until a charter is adopted | ||
under this chapter. On the adoption of the charter, the area in the | ||
district is removed from the City of Austin. | ||
Sec. 2.003. POWERS AND GOVERNANCE. (a) The district has | ||
the powers of a home-rule municipality. The district charter has | ||
the same force and effect and shall be treated the same in all | ||
respects as the charter of a home-rule municipality. | ||
(b) The district is governed by a board of five directors at | ||
large appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the | ||
senate. | ||
(c) To qualify to serve as a director, a person must be a | ||
resident of this state. | ||
(d) Directors serve staggered two-year terms. | ||
(e) If a vacancy occurs on the board, the governor shall | ||
appoint a director with the advice and consent of the senate for the | ||
remainder of the unexpired term. | ||
(f) A board member is not entitled to compensation but is | ||
entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses. | ||
(g) The governor shall designate from the members of the | ||
board a presiding officer. The board shall designate from the | ||
members of the board other officers the board considers necessary. | ||
Sec. 2.004. ADOPTION OF CHARTER. Not later than the 90th | ||
day after the date the initial board is appointed, the board shall | ||
adopt a charter to govern the operations of the district. | ||
Sec. 2.005. POWERS. On the adoption of a charter under this | ||
chapter, the district has the powers of a home-rule municipality. | ||
The charter has the same force and effect and shall be treated the | ||
same in all respects as the charter of a home-rule municipality. | ||
Sec. 2.006. TRANSFERS AND ASSUMPTIONS. (a) On the adoption | ||
of a charter under this chapter, all money, real property, | ||
contracts, leases, and rights of the City of Austin existing on the | ||
date of the charter adoption that relate to the territory included | ||
in the district are transferred to the district. | ||
(b) On the adoption of a charter under this chapter, the | ||
district assumes a pro rata share of the indebtedness of the City of | ||
Austin existing on the date of the charter adoption. The district | ||
annually shall pay to the city an amount to be applied exclusively | ||
to the payment of the district's share of that indebtedness until | ||
the district's share is paid in full. | ||
Sec. 2.007. STATE OFFICES AND FUNCTIONS. A state office | ||
required to be located in or a state function required to occur in | ||
the City of Austin by other law may be located or occur in the | ||
district. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 411.066, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 411.066. JURISDICTION. The [ |
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under Section 411.065 was committed have [ |
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jurisdiction over such an offense. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 411.062(f), Government Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2022, but only | ||
if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021, allowing the legislature to establish from | ||
part of the City of Austin the State District to be the seat of state | ||
government is approved by the voters. If that amendment is not | ||
approved by the voters, this Act has no effect. |