By Solis of Cameron H.B. No. 2388 76R6063 SMJ-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the sale or lease by a county of real property in 1-3 connection with certain economic development programs. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 381.004, Local Government Code, is 1-6 amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (f) and 1-7 (g) to read as follows: 1-8 (c) The commissioners court may: 1-9 (1) contract with another entity for the 1-10 administration of the program; 1-11 (2) authorize the program to be administered on the 1-12 basis of county commissioner precincts; 1-13 (3) use county employees, real property, or funds for 1-14 the program; and 1-15 (4) accept contributions, gifts, or other resources to 1-16 develop and administer the program. 1-17 (f) The commissioners court may sell or lease real property 1-18 of the county for use in a program established under this section. 1-19 In selling or leasing the property, the commissioners court may 1-20 negotiate directly with a business participating in the program. A 1-21 sale or lease of real property under this subsection is exempt from 1-22 the requirements of Sections 263.001, 263.007, and 272.001(a). 1-23 (g) The commissioners court may sell real property under 1-24 Subsection (f) for an amount less than the appraised fair market 2-1 value of the property only as part of a transaction that allows the 2-2 county to recover benefits of or the value of the benefits of the 2-3 property's use if the business that purchases the property fails to 2-4 comply with the standards of a program established under this 2-5 section. 2-6 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only 2-7 to an agreement for the sale or lease of real property of a county 2-8 that is entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. 2-9 An agreement for the sale or lease of real property of a county 2-10 that is entered into before the effective date of this Act is 2-11 governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective 2-12 date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. 2-13 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-18 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-19 passage, and it is so enacted. 2-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 2-21 Amend H.B. 2388 on page 1, line 18, between "section" and the 2-22 period, by inserting "if the county acquired the property on or 2-23 before September 1, 1999". 2-24 Luna