H.B. No. 1253
AN ACT
relating to projects that may be undertaken by certain development
corporations for career centers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2(11), Development Corporation Act of
1979 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to
read as follows:
(11) [(A)] "Project" shall mean:
(A) the land, buildings, equipment, facilities,
expenditures, targeted infrastructure, and improvements (one or
more) that are for the creation or retention of primary jobs and
that are found by the board of directors to be required or suitable
for the development, retention, or expansion of manufacturing and
industrial facilities, research and development facilities,
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, primary job training facilities for use
by institutions of higher education, and regional or national
corporate headquarters facilities;[.]
(B) ["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;[.]
(C) ["Project" also includes] expenditures found
by the board of directors to be required or suitable for
infrastructure necessary to promote or develop new or expanded
business enterprises limited to streets and roads, rail spurs,
water and electric utilities, gas utilities, drainage and related
improvements, and telecommunications and Internet improvements; or
(D) land, buildings, equipment, facilities,
improvements, and expenditures found by the board of directors to
be required or suitable for use for a career center, if the area to
be benefited by the career center is not located in the taxing
jurisdiction of a junior college district.
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, 2005.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1253 was passed by the House on April
21, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1253 was passed by the Senate on May
25, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor