By: Armbrister S.B. No. 637
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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 431.104, Transportation Code, is amended
1-20 by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-21 (d) A local government corporation formed by a navigation
1-22 district under this subchapter shall not condemn a right-of-way
1-23 through any part of an incorporated city or town without the
1-24 consent of the governing body of that city or town.
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.