1-1     By:  Armbrister                                        S.B. No. 637
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 9, 2001; February 12, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
 1-4     February 21, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas
 1-5     5, Nays 0; February 21, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to eligibility of a navigation district to create a local
 1-9     government transportation corporation.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Subdivision (3), Section 431.003, Transportation
1-12     Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-13                 (3)  "Local government" means:
1-14                       (A)  a municipality;
1-15                       (B)  a [or] county; or
1-16                       (C)  for purposes of Subchapter D, a navigation
1-17     district.
1-18           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-19     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-20     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-21     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-22     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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