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78R6367 AKH-D

By:  Taylor                                                       H.B. No. 1702



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the sale and subsequent lease of property by certain 
counties.  
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  The heading of Section 263.053, Local Government 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 263.053.  SALE AND SUBSEQUENT LEASE OF PROPERTY IN 
COUNTIES WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 250,000 [500,000].
	SECTION 2.  Section 263.053(a), Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  This section applies only to counties with a population 
of more than 250,000 [500,000].
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.