By: Whitmire, Lucio S.B. No. 1068 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds 1-2 for projects relating to facilities of corrections institutions, 1-3 including youth corrections institutions. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 4, Chapter 696, Acts of 1-6 the 70th Legislature, Regular Session, 1987 (Article 601d-1, 1-7 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows: 1-8 (a)(1) The authority may issue up to $500 million in general 1-9 obligation bonds and distribute bond proceeds to appropriate 1-10 agencies for use for acquiring, constructing, or equipping new 1-11 facilities or for major repair or renovation of existing 1-12 facilities, corrections institutions, including youth corrections 1-13 institutions, and mental health and mental retardation 1-14 institutions. 1-15 (2) The authority may issue up to $400 million in 1-16 general obligation bonds, in addition to the amount authorized by 1-17 Subsection (a)(1) of this section, and distribute bond proceeds to 1-18 appropriate agencies for the same uses as authorized by Subsection 1-19 (a)(1) and to the Department of Public Safety for the purchase, 1-20 repair, and renovation of the Austin Independent School District 1-21 administration building adjacent to the Department of Public Safety 1-22 state headquarters, for the purpose of expanding the department's 1-23 state headquarters' central office building. 1-24 (3) The authority may issue up to $1.055 billion in 2-1 general obligation bonds, in addition to the amounts authorized by 2-2 Subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section, and distribute bond 2-3 proceeds to appropriate agencies for use for acquiring, 2-4 constructing, or equipping new prisons and substance abuse felony 2-5 punishment facilities to confine criminals and youth corrections 2-6 institutions, for major repair or renovation of existing prison 2-7 facilities and youth corrections institutions, and for the 2-8 acquisition of, major repair to, or renovation of other facilities 2-9 for use as state prisons, substance abuse felony punishment 2-10 facilities, or facilities in which pilot programs established as 2-11 provided by Section 614.011, Health and Safety Code, are conducted. 2-12 (4) The authority may issue up to $1 billion in 2-13 general obligation bonds, in addition to amounts authorized by 2-14 Subsections (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) of this section, and 2-15 distribute bond proceeds to appropriate agencies for use for 2-16 acquiring, constructing, or equipping new facilities or for major 2-17 repair or renovation of existing facilities of corrections 2-18 institutions, including youth corrections institutions. 2-19 (5) The authority shall make a good faith effort to 2-20 use historically underutilized businesses to assist in the issuance 2-21 of at least 30 percent of the total value of the bonds authorized 2-22 by Subsection (a)(4) of this section. The authority shall report 2-23 to the legislature and the governor on the level of historically 2-24 underutilized business participation in the bond issuance. In this 2-25 section, "historically underutilized business" means a business 2-26 entity formed for the purpose of making a profit of which at least 2-27 51 percent is owned by one or more persons who are socially 3-1 disadvantaged because of their identification as members of certain 3-2 groups, including women, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, 3-3 Native Americans, and Asian Americans, who have suffered the 3-4 effects of discriminatory practices or similar insidious 3-5 circumstances over which they have no control, or in which at least 3-6 51 percent of all classes of the shares of stock or other equitable 3-7 securities is owned by one or more persons who are socially 3-8 disadvantaged because of their identification as members of certain 3-9 groups, including women, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, 3-10 Native Americans, and Asian Americans, who have suffered the 3-11 effects of discriminatory practices or similar insidious 3-12 circumstances over which they have no control. Those persons who 3-13 own at least 51 percent of all classes of the shares of stock or 3-14 other equitable securities must have proportionate interest in the 3-15 control, operation, and management of the corporation's affairs. 3-16 (6) The bond proceeds may be used to refinance an 3-17 existing obligation for a purpose described by this subsection. 3-18 The authority may issue general obligation bonds authorized under 3-19 Subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section to refund revenue bonds 3-20 issued under this Act. 3-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the date on which the 3-22 constitutional amendment proposed by S.J.R. 45, 73rd Legislature, 3-23 Regular Session, 1993, takes effect. If that amendment is not 3-24 approved by the voters, this Act has no effect. 3-25 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 3-26 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 3-27 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 4-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 4-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 4-3 and that this Act take effect and be in force according to its 4-4 terms, and it is so enacted.