78R7278 MXM-D

By:  Menendez                                                     H.B. No. 2540



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to granting a defense base development authority the power 
of eminent domain.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 378, Local Government Code, as added by 
Chapter 1221, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, 
is amended by adding Section 378.0045 to read as follows:
	Sec. 378.0045.  EMINENT DOMAIN.  An authority may exercise 
the power of eminent domain to acquire property in or adjacent to 
the base property.
	SECTION 2.  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.