By Alexander                                          H.B. No. 3588
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the use of competitive bidding by an airport governed
 1-3     jointly by two municipalities.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 22.084(a), Transportation Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  A joint board may enter into an agreement to spend the
 1-8     proceeds of revenue bonds issued by its [If] constituent agencies,
 1-9     the proceeds of bonds issued by [or] a nonprofit corporation
1-10     created under Section 22.152, [issues revenue bonds to finance the
1-11     construction  or acquisition of a facility or other improvement at
1-12     an airport, the proceeds of the bonds] and any other airport income
1-13     or revenue [may be spent on projects for which the proceeds,
1-14     income, or revenue may otherwise be spent.  An agreement may be
1-15     made to spend all or a portion of the proceeds, income, or revenue]
1-16     for the planning, construction, or acquisition of facilities
1-17     authorized by Sections 22.011(a)-(c) and 22.012 without inviting,
1-18     advertising for, or otherwise requiring competitive bids.  A
1-19     contract wholly or partly funded with proceeds, income, or revenue
1-20     under this subsection shall be let in accordance with the joint
1-21     board's rules and policies relating to creation of contracting
1-22     opportunities for minority- and women-owned businesses.
1-23           SECTION 2.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-24     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
 2-1     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
 2-2     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
 2-3     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
 2-4     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
 2-5     passage, and it is so enacted.