By: Gutierrez H.B. No. 3303
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to validation of certain acts and proceedings of the City
of McAllen relating to the creation of two boards of trustees for
the management of its international bridges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 367, Transportation Code, is amended by
adding Section 367.069 to read as follows:
Sec. 367.069. (a) All governmental acts and proceedings of
the City of McAllen authorizing the creation of the two boards of
trustees, providing for the management and control of its
international bridge system comprising the Hidalgo-McAllen-Reynosa
International Bridge and the Anzalduas International Crossing, are
validated as of the dates on which they occurred.
(b) This section does not validate any governmental act or
proceeding that, under the statues of this state in effect at the
time the act the proceeding occurred, constitute an offense
punishable as a misdemeanor for a felony.
(c) This section does not apply to any matter than the
effective date of this section:
(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation
ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; or
(2) has been held invalid by a final judgment of a
court of competent jurisdiction.
SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
(b) The change in law made by this Act apply to an
administrative proceeding under Sec. 376.069 (a), as amended by
this Act, that is initiated on or after the effective date. An
administrative proceeding under that section that is in progress on
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law applicable to
that proceeding in effect before the effective date, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.