1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to a five-year strategic infrastructure plan for state
1-3 military installations.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. (a) The Office of Defense Affairs of the Texas
1-6 Department of Economic Development, working in cooperation with the
1-7 Texas Strategic Military Planning Commission, shall identify each
1-8 defense-dependent community in the state and request that each
1-9 community:
1-10 (1) coordinate with the Office of Defense Affairs and
1-11 develop a five-year strategic infrastructure plan; and
1-12 (2) submit the plan to the office as soon as possible
1-13 but not later than July 1, 2002.
1-14 (b) Each strategic infrastructure plan must include
1-15 recommendations for specific state investments designed to:
1-16 (1) optimize the retention, stability, and growth of
1-17 military installations and their defense-dependent communities; and
1-18 (2) increase the potential for private sector
1-19 investment in, and future uses of, infrastructure associated with
1-20 federal military installations and their defense-dependent
1-21 communities.
1-22 (c) Not later than December 1, 2002, the Office of Defense
1-23 Affairs shall:
1-24 (1) compile all plans submitted to the office under
1-25 this Act into a single report;
2-1 (2) include in the report its own recommendations in
2-2 relation to a comprehensive review of the submitted plans; and
2-3 (3) submit a copy of the report to the governor, the
2-4 lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,
2-5 and the chair of each legislative committee with jurisdiction over
2-6 defense affairs.
2-7 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-8 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-9 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-10 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-11 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1164 passed the Senate on
March 27, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, one
present not voting; and that the Senate concurred in House
amendment on May 24, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0,
one present not voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1164 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 17, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 140,
Nays 0, two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor