74R8696 DRH-F
By Cuellar of Webb H.B. No. 1751
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1751:
By Moreno C.S.H.B. No. 1751
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the conveyance of a Texas Turnpike Authority project.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subsections (a) and (b), Section 12c, Chapter
1-5 410, Acts of the 53rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1953 (Article
1-6 6674v, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), are amended to read as
1-7 follows:
1-8 (a) This section applies only to:
1-9 (1) a county, or a local government corporation
1-10 serving a county, or an adjacent county in a joint turnpike
1-11 authority with a county whose population is more than 1.5 million<,
1-12 according to the most recent federal decennial census,> as to which
1-13 the Authority, the Texas Transportation Commission, and the
1-14 governor approve the transfer of a Turnpike Project as being in the
1-15 best interests of the state and the county; and
1-16 (2) a municipality with a population of more than
1-17 120,000 that is adjacent to the United Mexican States if the
1-18 Authority, the Texas Transportation Commission, and the governor
1-19 approve the transfer of a Turnpike Project as being in the best
1-20 interests of the state and the municipality.
1-21 (b) The Authority may lease, sell, or otherwise convey a
1-22 Turnpike Project to a county, <or a> local government corporation
1-23 created under the Texas Transportation Corporation Act (Article
2-1 1528l, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), or municipality. A county,
2-2 <or a> local government corporation, or municipality may lease,
2-3 buy, or otherwise receive a Turnpike Project.
2-4 SECTION 2. Section 12d, Chapter 410, Acts of the 53rd
2-5 Legislature, Regular Session, 1953 (Article 6674v, Vernon's Texas
2-6 Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
2-7 Sec. 12d. SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO AUTHORITY. The following are
2-8 considered successor agencies to the Texas Turnpike Authority for
2-9 purposes of Article III, Section 52-b, of the Texas Constitution:
2-10 (1) a county, <or> local government corporation, or
2-11 municipality that leases, buys, or receives a Turnpike Project
2-12 under Section 12c of this Act; and
2-13 (2) a county, <or> a local government corporation
2-14 serving a county, or an adjacent county in a joint turnpike
2-15 authority with a county whose population is more than 1.5 million<,
2-16 according to the most recent federal decennial census,> that
2-17 constructs a toll road, toll bridge, or Turnpike Project.
2-18 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-23 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-24 passage, and it is so enacted.