By Hardcastle H.B. No. 3402 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the development of airports, 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 21, Transportation Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Section 21.101(c) to read as follows: 1-6 (c) As a matter of both state and local interest, there is 1-7 hereby created an aviation development account within the state 1-8 highway fund to be utilized to meet air transportation needs in 1-9 support of economic development. This fund shall be used for loans 1-10 or grants in accordance with this chapter. 1-11 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-12 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.