1-1     By:  Keel, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Wentworth)         H.B. No. 995
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 2, 2001;
 1-3     April 3, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Intergovernmental Relations; May 2, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 2, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the powers of a library district.
 1-9           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10           SECTION 1. Section 326.061(a), Local Government Code, is
1-11     amended to read as follows:
1-12           (a)  A district has all of the powers, authority, rights, and
1-13     duties that will permit the accomplishment of the purposes for
1-14     which the district was created, including the power to borrow
1-15     money, purchase, construct, acquire, own, operate, maintain,
1-16     repair, or improve any land, works, materials, supplies,
1-17     improvements, facilities, equipment, vehicles, machinery, or
1-18     appliances as necessary for the district.
1-19           SECTION 2. Section 326.095, Local Government Code, is amended
1-20     to read as follows:
1-21           Sec. 326.095.  USE OF TAX. Taxes collected under this
1-22     subchapter may be used only for the purposes for which the district
1-23     was created and may be pledged as collateral for borrowing money to
1-24     further those purposes.
1-25           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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