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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the donation to the United States of certain facilities |
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relating to a toll bridge by certain municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 367.012, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 367.012. PUBLIC PURPOSE. The acquisition, |
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construction, improvement, enlargement, or equipment by a |
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municipality of property or a building, structure, or other |
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facility for lease to and the donation of property or a building, |
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structure, or other facility by a municipality to the United States |
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for use in performing a federal governmental function in the |
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municipality or at or near and relating to a toll bridge of the |
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municipality is a public purpose and a proper municipal function, |
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regardless of whether the toll bridge or the federal facility |
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relating to the toll bridge is located inside or outside the |
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municipality. |
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SECTION 2. Section 367.013, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 367.013. LEASE, [OR] RENTAL, OR DONATION OF FACILITY |
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TO UNITED STATES. A municipality may lease, [or] rent, or donate to |
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the United States property or a building, structure, or other |
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facility acquired, constructed, improved, enlarged, or equipped in |
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whole or in part with proceeds from the sale of bonds issued under |
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this subchapter. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a bond issued on or after the effective date of this Act. A bond |
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issued before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
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applicable law in effect before the effective date of this Act, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |