1-1     By:  Junell (Senate Sponsor - Duncan)                 H.B. No. 2379
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001;
 1-3     May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
 1-4     Resources; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the authority of certain development corporations to
 1-9     undertake water supply or conservation projects.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 4B(a)(2), Development Corporation Act of
1-12     1979 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to
1-13     read as follows:
1-14                 (2)  "Project" means land, buildings, equipment,
1-15     facilities, and improvements included in the definition of that
1-16     term under Section 2 of this Act, and includes job training as
1-17     provided by Section 38 of this Act.  For purposes of this section,
1-18     the term includes recycling facilities, and land, buildings,
1-19     equipment, facilities, and improvements found by the board of
1-20     directors to:
1-21                       (A)  be required or suitable for use for
1-22     professional and amateur (including children's) sports, athletic,
1-23     entertainment, tourist, convention, and public park purposes and
1-24     events, including stadiums, ball parks, auditoriums, amphitheaters,
1-25     concert halls, learning centers, parks and park facilities, open
1-26     space improvements, municipal buildings, museums, exhibition
1-27     facilities, and related store, restaurant, concession, and
1-28     automobile parking facilities, related area transportation
1-29     facilities, and related roads, streets, and water and sewer
1-30     facilities, and other related improvements that enhance any of
1-31     those items;
1-32                       (B)  promote or develop new or expanded business
1-33     enterprises, including a project to provide public safety
1-34     facilities, streets and roads, drainage and related improvements,
1-35     demolition of existing structures, general municipally owned
1-36     improvements, as well as any improvements or facilities that are
1-37     related to any of those projects and any other project that the
1-38     board in its discretion determines promotes or develops new or
1-39     expanded business enterprises; [or]
1-40                       (C)  be required or suitable for the promotion of
1-41     development and expansion of affordable housing, as defined by 42
1-42     U.S.C. Section 12745;
1-43                       (D)  be required or suitable for the development
1-44     or improvement of water supply facilities, including dams,
1-45     transmission lines, well field developments, and other water supply
1-46     alternatives; or
1-47                       (E)  be required or suitable for the development
1-48     and institution of water conservation programs, including
1-49     incentives to install water-saving plumbing fixtures, educational
1-50     programs, brush control programs, and programs to replace
1-51     malfunctioning or leaking water lines and other water facilities.
1-52           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-53     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-54     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-55     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-56     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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