78R8581 SLO-F

By:  Hinojosa                                                     S.B. No. 1892



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the lease and use for economic development purposes of 
certain property transferred by the State of Texas to the City of 
Corpus Christi.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 1, Chapter 235, Acts of the 55th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 1957 (Article 5421j-1, Vernon's 
Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 1.  All property transferred by the State of Texas to 
the City of Corpus Christi by the provisions of Chapter 253, Acts of 
the 49th Legislature, Regular Session, 1945, and Chapter 68, 
General Laws, Acts of the 36th Legislature, Regular Session, 1919,
may be leased by the governing body of the City of Corpus Christi 
for such time and under such terms and conditions and for such 
purposes as determined by the governing body of the City of Corpus 
Christi to be to the best interest of the city, including the public 
purposes provided by Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, 
and Section 380.001(a), Local Government Code.  The governing body 
of the City of Corpus Christi shall lease such property in 
accordance with the procedure prescribed by the charter of the City 
of Corpus Christi for leasing lands owned by the city.
	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.