Bill Text: TX HB2843 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the donation to the United States of certain facilities relating to a toll bridge by certain municipalities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-04 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB2843 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2843-Introduced.html
87R9721 SRA-D | ||
By: Canales | H.B. No. 2843 |
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relating to the donation to the United States of certain facilities | ||
relating to a toll bridge by certain municipalities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 367.012, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 367.012. PUBLIC PURPOSE. The acquisition, | ||
construction, improvement, enlargement, or equipment by a | ||
municipality of property or a building, structure, or other | ||
facility for lease to and the donation of property or a building, | ||
structure, or other facility by a municipality to the United States | ||
for use in performing a federal governmental function in the | ||
municipality or at or near and relating to a toll bridge of the | ||
municipality is a public purpose and a proper municipal function, | ||
regardless of whether the toll bridge or the federal facility | ||
relating to the toll bridge is located inside or outside the | ||
municipality. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 367.013, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 367.013. LEASE, [ |
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TO UNITED STATES. A municipality may lease, [ |
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the United States property or a building, structure, or other | ||
facility acquired, constructed, improved, enlarged, or equipped in | ||
whole or in part with proceeds from the sale of bonds issued under | ||
this subchapter. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a bond issued on or after the effective date of this Act. A bond | ||
issued before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
applicable law in effect before the effective date of this Act, and | ||
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2021. |