By: Ratliff S.B. No. 1930 97S1174/1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to the creation of the Red River Redevelopment Authority. 1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-3 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: 1-4 (1) "Authority" means the Red River Redevelopment 1-5 Authority. 1-6 (2) "Board" means the board of directors of the 1-7 authority. 1-8 (3) "County" means the County of Bowie, Texas. 1-9 (4) "Cities" means the cities of Texarkana, New 1-10 Boston, Hooks, Nash, Wake Village, Leary, Redwater, Maud, and 1-11 DeKalb, Texas. 1-12 (5) "Property" means land, improvements, and personal 1-13 property described in Section 4 of this Act. 1-14 SECTION 2. ESTABLISHMENT. The authority is hereby 1-15 established as an authority of the State of Texas with boundaries 1-16 coterminous with the boundaries of the real property described in 1-17 Section 4 of this Act, on adoption of resolutions by both the 1-18 cities and the county authorizing the authority's establishment and 1-19 each appointing members to the board as outlined in Section 3 of 1-20 this Act. 1-21 SECTION 3. BOARD. (a) The board consists of 15 members and 1-22 is responsible for the management, operation, and control of the 1-23 authority. 2-1 (b) The board is composed of the following members: 2-2 (1) two members appointed by the county judge of the 2-3 county; 2-4 (2) one member appointed by the commissioners court of 2-5 the county; 2-6 (3) three members appointed by the mayor of Texarkana, 2-7 Texas; 2-8 (4) one member appointed by the mayor of New Boston, 2-9 Texas; 2-10 (5) one member appointed by the mayor of Hooks, Texas; 2-11 (6) one member appointed by the mayor of Nash, Texas; 2-12 (7) one member appointed by the mayor of Wake Village, 2-13 Texas; 2-14 (8) one member appointed by the mayor of Leary, Texas; 2-15 (9) one member appointed by the mayor of Redwater, 2-16 Texas; 2-17 (10) one member appointed by the mayor of Maud, Texas; 2-18 (11) one member appointed by the mayor of DeKalb, 2-19 Texas; and 2-20 (12) one at-large member elected by the appointed 2-21 members. 2-22 (c) A vacancy on the board is filled in the same manner as 2-23 the original appointment. Each board member serves for a term of 2-24 two years. Each board member who is also an elected official 2-25 serves for a term coinciding with the elected office term. 3-1 (d) The board shall elect from its membership a person to 3-2 serve as president and a person to serve as vice president. The 3-3 vice president shall preside in the absence of the president. 3-4 (e) A majority of the members of the board shall constitute 3-5 a quorum for the transaction of business. 3-6 (f) The board shall adopt rules to govern its proceedings 3-7 and may employ and compensate persons to carry out the powers and 3-8 duties of the authority. 3-9 (g) A board member may be recalled at any time by the 3-10 appointing official. 3-11 SECTION 4. PURPOSE. The authority is created to accept 3-12 title from the Unites States to all or any portion of the excess 3-13 personal and real property situated within Red River Army Depot, 3-14 being legally described by the United States Army Corps of 3-15 Engineers, Fort Worth District, now or in the future life of the 3-16 authority. 3-17 SECTION 5. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE AUTHORITY. The 3-18 authority created under this Act is hereby granted, has, and may 3-19 exercise all powers necessary or appropriate to carry out, achieve, 3-20 or effectuate the purpose of this Act, including, without 3-21 limitation, the following powers: 3-22 (1) to sue and be sued, and plead and be impleaded, in 3-23 its own name; 3-24 (2) to adopt an official seal and alter same when 3-25 deemed advisable and to adopt and enforce bylaws, rules, and 4-1 regulations for the conduct of its affairs, not inconsistent with 4-2 the provisions of this Act; 4-3 (3) to acquire, hold, own, and dispose of its 4-4 revenues, income, receipts, funds, and money from every source and 4-5 to select its depository or depositories; 4-6 (4) to acquire, own, rent, lease, accept, hold, or 4-7 dispose of any real, personal, or mixed property comprising the 4-8 property, or any interest therein, in performing its duties and 4-9 exercising its powers under this Act, by purchase, exchange, gift, 4-10 assignment, condemnation, sale, lease, or otherwise, including 4-11 rights or easements, and to hold, manage, operate, or improve the 4-12 property; 4-13 (5) to sell, assign, lease, encumber, mortgage, or 4-14 otherwise dispose of any real, personal, or mixed property 4-15 comprising the property, or any interest therein, and release or 4-16 relinquish any right, title, claim, lien, interest, easement, or 4-17 demand however acquired, and to do any of the foregoing by public 4-18 or private sale, with or without public bidding, notwithstanding 4-19 the provisions of any other law, and to lease or rent any lands 4-20 within the property and buildings, structures, or facilities 4-21 located on the property from or to any person, firm, corporation, 4-22 city, or other public agency or political subdivision to effectuate 4-23 the purposes of this Act; 4-24 (6) to request and to accept any appropriations, 4-25 grants, allocations, subsidies, guaranties, aid, contributions, 5-1 services, labor, materials, gifts, or donations from the federal 5-2 government, the state, any city, public agency, or political 5-3 subdivision, or any other sources; 5-4 (7) to operate and maintain an office and to appoint 5-5 and determine the duties, tenure, qualifications, and compensation 5-6 of such officers, employees, agents, professional advisors and 5-7 counselors, including, without limitation, financial consultants, 5-8 accountants, attorneys, architects, engineers, appraisers, and 5-9 financing experts, as are deemed necessary or advisable by the 5-10 board; 5-11 (8) to borrow money; 5-12 (9) to fix and revise from time to time and charge and 5-13 collect rents, rates, fees, and charges for its facilities and 5-14 services; and 5-15 (10) to exercise those powers also as granted to 5-16 municipalities in Chapters 373 and 380, Local Government Code, for 5-17 the development of housing and expansion of economic development 5-18 and commercial activity. 5-19 SECTION 6. EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION. The properties, 5-20 revenues, and income of the authority are exempt from all taxes 5-21 levied by the state or a political subdivision of the state. 5-22 SECTION 7. DISSOLUTION. The authority may be dissolved by 5-23 the board on approval of the cities and county after all debts or 5-24 obligations have been duly satisfied or retired with such assets of 5-25 the authority to be conveyed or transferred to the county. It is 6-1 the intention of the legislature that the authority be dissolved 6-2 after conveyance and sale of all of the property with the approval 6-3 of the cities and county governing bodies. 6-4 SECTION 8. SUCCESSOR. The authority is the successor in 6-5 interest to the Red River Local Redevelopment Authority, a planning 6-6 authority organized under the county and recognized by the United 6-7 States Department of the Army, and shall succeed to all rights and 6-8 liabilities of the Red River Local Redevelopment Authority. 6-9 SECTION 9. SEVERABILITY. If any word, phrase, clause, 6-10 paragraph, sentence, part, portion, or provision of this Act or the 6-11 application thereof to any persons or circumstances shall be held 6-12 to be invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act shall 6-13 nevertheless be valid and the legislature hereby declares that this 6-14 Act would have been enacted without such invalid or 6-15 unconstitutional word, phrase, clause, paragraph, sentence, part, 6-16 portion, or provision. 6-17 SECTION 10. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation 6-18 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 6-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 6-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 6-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 6-22 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 6-23 passage, and it is so enacted.