By:  Chavez (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini)                          H.B. No. 3384
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2005; 
May 12, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on Business 
and Commerce; May 19, 2005, reported favorably by the following 
vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 19, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the authority of a junior college district or local 
workforce development board to contract under the Interlocal 
Cooperation Act.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 791.003(4), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
		(4)  "Local government" means a:                                              
			(A)  county, municipality, special district, 
junior college district, or other political subdivision of this 
state or another state;
			(B)  local government corporation created under 
Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code;
			(C)  political subdivision corporation created 
under Chapter 304, Local Government Code; [or]
			(D)  local workforce development board created 
under Section 2308.253; or
			(E)  combination of two or more entities described 
by Paragraph (A), (B), [or] (C), or (D).
	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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