1-1     By:  Carona                                            S.B. No. 335
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed January 22, 2001; January 23, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
 1-4     Relations; February 15, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; February 15, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to an interlocal cooperation contract between a local
 1-9     government in this state and a local government in another state.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Subdivision (4), Section 791.003, Government
1-12     Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-13                 (4)  "Local government" means a:
1-14                       (A)  county, municipality, special district, or
1-15     other political subdivision of this state or another [a] state
1-16     [that borders this state]; or
1-17                       (B)  combination of two or more of those
1-18     entities.
1-19            SECTION 2.  Subsection (b), Section 791.011, Government
1-20     Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-21           (b)  A party to an interlocal contract may contract with a:
1-22                 (1)  state agency, as that term is defined by Section
1-23     771.002; or
1-24                 (2)  similar agency of another [a] state [that borders
1-25     this state].
1-26           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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