By Junell                                             H.B. No. 2379
         77R7878 ATP-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the authority of certain development corporations to
 1-3     undertake water supply or conservation projects.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 4B(a)(2), Development Corporation Act of
 1-6     1979 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to
 1-7     read as follows:
 1-8                 (2)  "Project" means land, buildings, equipment,
 1-9     facilities, and improvements included in the definition of that
1-10     term under Section 2 of this Act, and includes job training as
1-11     provided by Section 38 of this Act.  For purposes of this section,
1-12     the term includes recycling facilities, and land, buildings,
1-13     equipment, facilities, and improvements found by the board of
1-14     directors to:
1-15                       (A)  be required or suitable for use for
1-16     professional and amateur (including children's) sports, athletic,
1-17     entertainment, tourist, convention, and public park purposes and
1-18     events, including stadiums, ball parks, auditoriums, amphitheaters,
1-19     concert halls, learning centers, parks and park facilities, open
1-20     space improvements, municipal buildings, museums, exhibition
1-21     facilities, and related store, restaurant, concession, and
1-22     automobile parking facilities, related area transportation
1-23     facilities, and related roads, streets, and water and sewer
1-24     facilities, and other related improvements that enhance any of
 2-1     those items;
 2-2                       (B)  promote or develop new or expanded business
 2-3     enterprises, including a project to provide public safety
 2-4     facilities, streets and roads, drainage and related improvements,
 2-5     demolition of existing structures, general municipally owned
 2-6     improvements, as well as any improvements or facilities that are
 2-7     related to any of those projects and any other project that the
 2-8     board in its discretion determines promotes or develops new or
 2-9     expanded business enterprises; [or]
2-10                       (C)  be required or suitable for the promotion of
2-11     development and expansion of affordable housing, as defined by 42
2-12     U.S.C. Section 12745;
2-13                       (D)  be required or suitable for the development
2-14     or improvement of water supply facilities, including dams,
2-15     transmission lines, well field developments, and other water supply
2-16     alternatives; or
2-17                       (E)  be required or suitable for the development
2-18     and institution of water conservation programs, including
2-19     incentives to install water-saving plumbing fixtures, educational
2-20     programs, brush control programs, and programs to replace
2-21     malfunctioning or leaking water lines and other water facilities.
2-22           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-23     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-24     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-25     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-26     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.