1-1 By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 927
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 1995; March 7, 1995, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
1-4 April 11, 1995, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 11, 1995,
1-6 sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 927 By: Wentworth
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 relating to the conveyance of a Texas Turnpike Authority project.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Subsections (a) and (b), Section 12c, Chapter
1-13 410, Acts of the 53rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1953 (Article
1-14 6674v, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), are amended to read as
1-15 follows:
1-16 (a) This section applies only to:
1-17 (1) a county, or a local government corporation
1-18 serving a county, or an adjacent county in a joint turnpike
1-19 authority with a county whose population is more than 1.5 million<,
1-20 according to the most recent federal decennial census,> as to which
1-21 the Authority, the Texas Transportation Commission, and the
1-22 governor approve the transfer of a Turnpike Project as being in the
1-23 best interests of the state and the county; and
1-24 (2) a municipality with a population of more than
1-25 120,000 that is adjacent to the United Mexican States if the
1-26 Authority, the Texas Transportation Commission, and the governor
1-27 approve the transfer of a Turnpike Project as being in the best
1-28 interests of the state and the municipality.
1-29 (b) The Authority may lease, sell, or otherwise convey a
1-30 Turnpike Project to a county, <or a> local government corporation
1-31 created under the Texas Transportation Corporation Act (Article
1-32 1528l, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), or municipality. A county,
1-33 <or a> local government corporation, or municipality may lease,
1-34 buy, or otherwise receive a Turnpike Project.
1-35 SECTION 2. Section 12d, Chapter 410, Acts of the 53rd
1-36 Legislature, Regular Session, 1953 (Article 6674v, Vernon's Texas
1-37 Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-38 Sec. 12d. SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO AUTHORITY. The following are
1-39 considered successor agencies to the Texas Turnpike Authority for
1-40 purposes of Article III, Section 52-b, of the Texas Constitution:
1-41 (1) a county, <or> local government corporation, or
1-42 municipality that leases, buys, or receives a Turnpike Project
1-43 under Section 12c of this Act; and
1-44 (2) a county, <or> a local government corporation
1-45 serving a county, or an adjacent county in a joint turnpike
1-46 authority with a county whose population is more than 1.5 million<,
1-47 according to the most recent federal decennial census,> that
1-48 constructs a toll road, toll bridge, or Turnpike Project.
1-49 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-50 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-51 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-52 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-53 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-54 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-55 passage, and it is so enacted.
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