Bill Text: TX SB579 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to authority to establish, operate, and maintain a foreign trade zone at or adjacent to the Cotulla port of entry.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-17 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB579 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB579-Introduced.html
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By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 579 |
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relating to authority to establish, operate, and maintain a foreign | ||
trade zone at or adjacent to the Cotulla port of entry. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 681, Business & Commerce | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 681.180 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 681.180. CITY OF COTULLA OR DESIGNEE. The City of | ||
Cotulla, or a corporation organized under the laws of this state and | ||
designated by the City of Cotulla, may apply for and accept a grant | ||
of authority to establish, operate, and maintain: | ||
(1) a foreign trade zone in the city of Cotulla, which | ||
may include: | ||
(A) land inside the boundaries of the Cotulla-La | ||
Salle County Airport; and | ||
(B) private industrial land adjacent to the | ||
airport; and | ||
(2) other subzones. | ||
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, 2023. |