1-1     By:  Kitchen, Reyna of Bexar, et al.                  H.B. No. 1592
 1-2         (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte)
 1-3           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2001;
 1-4     April 30, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-5     Business and Commerce; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-6     following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-7                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-8                                   AN ACT
 1-9     relating to a project of an industrial development corporation.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 2(11)(A), Development Corporation Act of
1-12     1979 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended
1-13     to read as follows:
1-14                       (A)  "Project" shall mean the land, buildings,
1-15     equipment, facilities, targeted infrastructure, and improvements
1-16     (one or more) to promote new and expanded business development or
1-17     found by the board of directors to be required or suitable for the
1-18     promotion of development and expansion of manufacturing and
1-19     industrial facilities, job creation and retention, job training,
1-20     educational facilities, research and development facilities,
1-21     transportation facilities (including but not limited to airports,
1-22     ports, mass commuting facilities, and parking facilities), sewage
1-23     or solid waste disposal facilities, recycling facilities, air or
1-24     water pollution control facilities, facilities for the furnishing
1-25     of water to the general public, distribution centers, small
1-26     warehouse facilities capable of serving as decentralized storage
1-27     and distribution centers, and facilities for use by institutions of
1-28     higher education, and for the promotion of development or
1-29     redevelopment and expansion, including costs of administration and
1-30     operation, of a military base closed or realigned pursuant to
1-31     recommendation of the Defense Closure and Realignment Commission
1-32     pursuant to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990
1-33     (10 U.S.C. Section 2687 note) as amended, and of facilities which
1-34     are related to any of the foregoing, and in furtherance of the
1-35     public purposes of this Act, all as defined in the rules of the
1-36     department, irrespective of whether in existence or required to be
1-37     identified, acquired, or constructed thereafter.
1-38           "Project" also includes job training required or suitable for
1-39     the promotion of development and expansion of business enterprises
1-40     and other enterprises described by this Act, as provided by Section
1-41     38 of this Act.
1-42           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-43     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-44     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-45     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-46     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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