1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the powers of a library district.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 326.061(a), Local Government Code, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 (a) A district has all of the powers, authority, rights, and
1-7 duties that will permit the accomplishment of the purposes for
1-8 which the district was created, including the power to borrow
1-9 money, purchase, construct, acquire, own, operate, maintain,
1-10 repair, or improve any land, works, materials, supplies,
1-11 improvements, facilities, equipment, vehicles, machinery, or
1-12 appliances as necessary for the district.
1-13 SECTION 2. Section 326.095, Local Government Code, is amended
1-14 to read as follows:
1-15 Sec. 326.095. USE OF TAX. Taxes collected under this
1-16 subchapter may be used only for the purposes for which the district
1-17 was created and may be pledged as collateral for borrowing money to
1-18 further those purposes.
1-19 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 995 was passed by the House on March
29, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 995 was passed by the Senate on May
10, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor