1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the purposes and duties of defense base development
1-3 authorities.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 378.001, Local Government Code, as added
1-6 by Chapter 1221, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session,
1-7 1999, is amended to read as follows:
1-8 Sec. 378.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
1-9 (1) "Authority" means a defense base development
1-10 authority established under this chapter.
1-11 (2) "Base efficiency project" means a demonstration
1-12 project between a municipality and the United States Department of
1-13 Defense to evaluate and demonstrate methods for more efficient
1-14 operation of military installations through improved capital asset
1-15 management and greater reliance on the public or private sector for
1-16 less costly base support services and to improve mission
1-17 effectiveness and reduce the cost of providing quality installation
1-18 support at military facilities under Pub. L. No. 106-246 or other
1-19 applicable federal laws.
1-20 (3) "Base property" means land inside the boundaries
1-21 of the defense base for which the authority is established and
1-22 improvements and personal property on that land.
1-23 (4) [(3)] "Board" means the board of directors of the
1-24 authority.
1-25 (5) [(4)] "Bond" means an interest-bearing obligation
2-1 issued by an authority under this chapter, including a bond,
2-2 certificate, note, or other evidence of indebtedness.
2-3 (6) [(5)] "Defense base" means a military installation
2-4 or facility that is:
2-5 (A) closed or realigned under the Defense Base
2-6 Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. Section 2687 note)
2-7 and its subsequent amendments; or
2-8 (B) the subject of a base efficiency project.
2-9 SECTION 2. Section 378.003, Local Government Code, as added
2-10 by Chapter 1221, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session,
2-11 1999, is amended to read as follows:
2-12 Sec. 378.003. PURPOSE AND NATURE OF AUTHORITY. (a) An
2-13 authority is created to:
2-14 (1) accept title to or operate under a lease from the
2-15 United States or any other person all or a part of the base
2-16 property and areas around the base property[;] and
2-17 [(2)] engage in the economic development of the base
2-18 property and areas around the base property; or
2-19 (2) carry out a base efficiency project.
2-20 (b) An authority created under Subsection (a)(2) may not
2-21 operate a defense base that has been closed or realigned under the
2-22 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. Section
2-23 2687 note) and its subsequent amendments.
2-24 (c) An authority exercises public and essential governmental
2-25 functions.
2-26 SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 378.008, Local Government
3-1 Code, is amended to read as follows:
3-2 (a) The board of an authority shall, if consistent with the
3-3 purposes for which the authority was created under Section 378.003:
3-4 (1) monitor the proposed closing of the defense base;
3-5 (2) manage and operate the defense base transition and
3-6 development on behalf of the municipality that established the
3-7 authority;
3-8 (3) review options related to the most appropriate use
3-9 of the defense base;
3-10 (4) conduct a study on issues related to the closure,
3-11 conversion, redevelopment, and future use of the defense base;
3-12 (5) formulate, adopt, and implement a plan to convert
3-13 and redevelop the defense base; [and]
3-14 (6) submit the plan to an appropriate agency or
3-15 agencies of the federal government; and
3-16 (7) manage the property used for a base efficiency
3-17 project.
3-18 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 911 passed the Senate on
March 27, 2001, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 911 passed the House on
May 8, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor