H.B. No. 4082
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the purposes for which a municipality or county may
  issue an anticipation note or certificate of obligation.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1431.001, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subdivision (6) to read as follows:
               (6)  "Public work" for an issuer that is a municipality
  or county has the meaning assigned by Section 271.043, Local
  Government Code. 
         SECTION 2.  Section 271.043, Local Government Code, is
  amended by adding Subdivision (7-a) to read as follows:
               (7-a)  "Public work" for an issuer that is a
  municipality or county:
                     (A)  means any of the following public
  improvements as authorized by law:
                           (i)  a street, road, highway, bridge,
  sidewalk, or parking structure;
                           (ii)  a landfill;
                           (iii)  an airport;
                           (iv)  a utility system, water supply
  project, water treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant, or
  water or wastewater conveyance facility;
                           (v)  a wharf or dock;
                           (vi)  a flood control and drainage project;
                           (vii)  a public safety facility, including a
  police station, fire station, emergency shelter, jail, or juvenile
  detention facility;
                           (viii)  a judicial facility;
                           (ix)  an administrative office building
  housing the governmental functions of the municipality or county;
                           (x)  an animal shelter;
                           (xi)  a library; or
                           (xii)  a park or recreation facility that is
  generally accessible to the public and is part of the municipal or
  county park system;
                     (B)  means the rehabilitation, expansion,
  reconstruction, or maintenance of an existing stadium, arena, civic
  center, convention center, or coliseum that is owned and operated
  by the municipality or county or by an entity created to act on
  behalf of the municipality or county; and
                     (C)  does not include:
                           (i)  a facility for which more than 50
  percent of the average annual usage is or is intended to be for
  professional or semi-professional sports;
                           (ii)  a new stadium, arena, civic center,
  convention center, or coliseum that is or is intended to be leased
  by a single for-profit tenant for more than 180 days in a single
  calendar year; or
                           (iii)  a hotel.
         SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  an anticipation note or certificate of obligation issued on or
  after the effective date of this Act.  
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4082 was passed by the House on May 4,
  2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 122, Nays 20, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4082 was passed by the Senate on May
  23, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 20, Nays 11.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor