1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the creation of a local government transportation
1-3 corporation by a navigation district.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subdivision (3), Section 431.003, Transportation
1-6 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (3) "Local government" means:
1-8 (A) a municipality;
1-9 (B) a [or] county; or
1-10 (C) for purposes of Subchapter D, a navigation
1-11 district.
1-12 SECTION 2. Section 431.101, Transportation Code, is amended
1-13 by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
1-14 (g) A local government corporation created by a navigation
1-15 district must comply with all state law related to the design and
1-16 construction of projects, including the procurement of design and
1-17 construction services, that applies to the navigation district that
1-18 created the corporation.
1-19 SECTION 3. Section 431.101, Transportation Code, is amended
1-20 by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
1-21 (h) A local government corporation formed by a navigation
1-22 district shall not condemn a right-of-way through any part of a
1-23 municipality without the consent of the municipality's governing
1-24 body.
1-25 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-1 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-2 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-3 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-4 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 637 passed the Senate on
February 28, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, one
present, not voting; and that the Senate concurred in House
amendment on May 18, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0,
one present, not voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 637 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 10, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 145,
Nays 1, one present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor