By:  Duncan                                                       S.B. No. 1651
	(In the Senate - Filed March 14, 2003; March 20, 2003, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; 
May 12, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 12, 2003, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1651                                   By:  Brimer


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the use of development corporations to improve local 
telecommunications infrastructure.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Paragraph (A), Subdivision (11), Section 2, 
Development Corporation Act of 1979 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas 
Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
			(A)  "Project" shall mean the land, buildings, 
equipment, facilities, targeted infrastructure, and improvements 
(one or more) to promote new and expanded business development or 
found by the board of directors to be required or suitable for the 
promotion of development and expansion of manufacturing and 
industrial facilities, job creation and retention, job training, 
educational facilities, research and development facilities,
telecommunications infrastructure, transportation facilities 
(including but not limited to airports, ports, mass commuting 
facilities, and parking facilities), sewage or solid waste disposal 
facilities, recycling facilities, air or water pollution control 
facilities, facilities for the furnishing of water to the general 
public, distribution centers, small warehouse facilities capable 
of serving as decentralized storage and distribution centers, and 
facilities for use by institutions of higher education, and for the 
promotion of development or redevelopment and expansion, including 
costs of administration and operation, of a military base closed or 
realigned pursuant to recommendation of the Defense Closure and 
Realignment Commission pursuant to the Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. Section 2687 note) as amended, 
and of facilities which are related to any of the foregoing, and in 
furtherance of the public purposes of this Act, all as defined in 
the rules of the department, irrespective of whether in existence 
or required to be identified, acquired, or constructed thereafter.
	"Project" also includes job training required or suitable for 
the promotion of development and expansion of business enterprises 
and other enterprises described by this Act, as provided by Section 
38 of this Act.
	SECTION 2.  Section 23, Development Corporation Act of 1979 
(Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by 
adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:
	(f)  A corporation may expend funds for the development of 
telecommunications infrastructure under this Act only by 
contracting with private entities.
	(g)  Subchapter E, Chapter 54, Utilities Code, applies to a 
corporation created by a unit under this Act.
	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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