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. Section 4B, Development Corporation Act of 1979
2-23 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by
2-24 adding Subsection (a-5) to read as follows:
2-25 (a-5) The ballot proposition at the election to adopt a
2-26 sales and use tax under Subsection (d) of this section must clearly
2-27 describe the project to be undertaken by the corporation if the
3-1 project is described by Subsection (a)(2)(D) or (E) of this
3-2 section.
3-3 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
3-4 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
3-5 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
3-6 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
3-7 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2379 was passed by the House on May
5, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2379 on May 25, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0,
2 present, not voting.
_______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2379 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 21, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
0, 1 present, not voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor