SRC-JEC S.B. 916 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterS.B. 916
By: Jackson
Intergovernmental Relations
6/20/2001
Enrolled


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the sale by a municipality of a former military installation is
performed through a competitive bidding process.  S.B. 916 allows for more
flexibility in the sale or other disposition of such property if it is
carried out as a component of targeted redevelopment of the real property. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency.  

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 22.024, Transportation Code, to provide that the
competitive bidding requirements of Chapters 252 and 272, Local Government
Code, do not apply to an exchange, sale, lease, or other disposition of
land or other real property interest by a municipality if the land or other
property interest is part of an air navigation facility that is a former
military installation and the disposition is part of a plan to redevelop
the facility as an airport-related industrial park or community and
promotes the best interest of the municipality. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2001.