Bill Text: TX HB2389 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to exempting certain qualifying projects from the public and private facilities and infrastructure contracting requirements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-11 - Referred to Economic & Small Business Development [HB2389 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB2389-Introduced.html
  83R5107 YDB-F
 
  By: Menendez H.B. No. 2389
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to exempting certain qualifying projects from the public
  and private facilities and infrastructure contracting
  requirements.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2267.003, Government Code, as added by
  Chapter 1334 (S.B. 1048), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2011, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 2267.003.  APPLICABILITY.  This chapter does not apply
  to:
               (1)  the financing, design, construction, maintenance,
  or operation of a highway in the state highway system;
               (2)  a transportation authority created under Chapter
  451, 452, 453, or 460, Transportation Code; [or]
               (3)  any telecommunications, cable television, video
  service, or broadband infrastructure other than technology
  installed as part of a qualifying project that is essential to the
  project; or
               (4)  a qualifying project of a defense base development
  authority created under Chapter 379B, Local Government Code.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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