1-1     By:  Jackson                                           S.B. No. 916
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 23, 2001; February 27, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
 1-4     Relations; March 22, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable
 1-5     Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0;
 1-6     March 22, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 916                 By:  Whitmire
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to the authority of certain municipalities to dispose of
1-11     airport property.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Section 22.024, Transportation Code, is amended
1-14     by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-15           (d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a municipality with a
1-16     population of 1.6 million or more may dispose of property, or any
1-17     interest in property, related to a former military installation or
1-18     air navigation facility in the manner and on the terms the
1-19     municipality considers to be in the best interest of the
1-20     municipality if such disposal is carried out as a part of a
1-21     targeted redevelopment of the real property together with
1-22     aerospace, aviation, or aircraft manufacturing firms or other
1-23     airport-related industrial parks or communities.
1-24           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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