By:  Taylor (Senate Sponsor - Jackson)                            H.B. No. 1702
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2003; 
May 9, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Administration; May 16, 2003, reported favorably, as amended, by 
the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 16, 2003, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                                                By:  Jackson


H.B. No. 1702 is amended as follows:                                        

Section 263.053, Local Government Code, is amended to read as 
follows:      
	Sec. 263.053.  SALE AND SUBSEQUENT LEASE OR LICENSE OF 
PROPERTY IN COUNTIES WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 250,000
[500,000].  (a)  This section applies only to counties with a 
population of more than 250,000 [500,000].
	(b)  The commissioners court of the county may enter into any 
for-profit or other licensing agreement with a seller of wireless 
communications service that may include a license to collocate 
wireless communications technology on property owned by the county.


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.



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