1-1 By: Madla S.B. No. 911
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 23, 2001; February 27, 2001,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs and
1-4 Military Installations; March 15, 2001, reported favorably by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 3, Nays 0; March 15, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the purposes and duties of defense base development
1-9 authorities.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 378.001, Local Government Code, as added
1-12 by Chapter 1221, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session,
1-13 1999, is amended to read as follows:
1-14 Sec. 378.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
1-15 (1) "Authority" means a defense base development
1-16 authority established under this chapter.
1-17 (2) "Base efficiency project" means a demonstration
1-18 project between a municipality and the United States Department of
1-19 Defense to evaluate and demonstrate methods for more efficient
1-20 operation of military installations through improved capital asset
1-21 management and greater reliance on the public or private sector for
1-22 less costly base support services and to improve mission
1-23 effectiveness and reduce the cost of providing quality installation
1-24 support at military facilities under Pub. L. No. 106-246 or other
1-25 applicable federal laws.
1-26 (3) "Base property" means land inside the boundaries
1-27 of the defense base for which the authority is established and
1-28 improvements and personal property on that land.
1-29 (4) [(3)] "Board" means the board of directors of the
1-30 authority.
1-31 (5) [(4)] "Bond" means an interest-bearing obligation
1-32 issued by an authority under this chapter, including a bond,
1-33 certificate, note, or other evidence of indebtedness.
1-34 (6) [(5)] "Defense base" means a military installation
1-35 or facility that is:
1-36 (A) closed or realigned under the Defense Base
1-37 Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. Section 2687 note)
1-38 and its subsequent amendments; or
1-39 (B) the subject of a base efficiency project.
1-40 SECTION 2. Section 378.003, Local Government Code, as added
1-41 by Chapter 1221, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session,
1-42 1999, is amended to read as follows:
1-43 Sec. 378.003. PURPOSE AND NATURE OF AUTHORITY. (a) An
1-44 authority is created to:
1-45 (1) accept title to or operate under a lease from the
1-46 United States or any other person all or a part of the base
1-47 property and areas around the base property[;] and
1-48 [(2)] engage in the economic development of the base
1-49 property and areas around the base property; or
1-50 (2) carry out a base efficiency project.
1-51 (b) An authority created under Subsection (a)(2) may not
1-52 operate a defense base that has been closed or realigned under the
1-53 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. Section
1-54 2687 note) and its subsequent amendments.
1-55 (c) An authority exercises public and essential governmental
1-56 functions.
1-57 SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 378.008, Local Government
1-58 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-59 (a) The board of an authority shall, if consistent with the
1-60 purposes for which the authority was created under Section 378.003:
1-61 (1) monitor the proposed closing of the defense base;
1-62 (2) manage and operate the defense base transition and
1-63 development on behalf of the municipality that established the
1-64 authority;
2-1 (3) review options related to the most appropriate use
2-2 of the defense base;
2-3 (4) conduct a study on issues related to the closure,
2-4 conversion, redevelopment, and future use of the defense base;
2-5 (5) formulate, adopt, and implement a plan to convert
2-6 and redevelop the defense base; [and]
2-7 (6) submit the plan to an appropriate agency or
2-8 agencies of the federal government; and
2-9 (7) manage the property used for a base efficiency
2-10 project.
2-11 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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