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.