By Hamric                                             H.B. No. 1225
         77R3892 DWS-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to eligibility of a navigation district to create a local
 1-3     government transportation corporation.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 431.003(3), Transportation Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7                 (3)  "Local government" means:
 1-8                       (A)  a municipality;
 1-9                       (B)  a [or] county; or
1-10                       (C)  for purposes of Subchapter D, a navigation
1-11     district.
1-12           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-13     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-14     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-15     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-16     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.