80R5418 ATP-F
 
  By: Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 3044
 
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a county to issue bonds to establish
drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 1301.001(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
       (a)  The commissioners court of a county may issue bonds
authorized under Subtitle A and Chapter 1251 to:
             (1)  build a county courthouse or jail;
             (2)  purchase suitable sites in the county and to
construct buildings on the sites for homes or schools for dependent
or delinquent children;
             (3)  establish county facilities for needy or indigent
persons in the county;
             (4)  purchase and construct bridges for public purposes
in the county or to cross a stream serving as the county's boundary
line; [or]
             (5)  improve and maintain the public roads in the
county; or
             (6)  establish drug-related or alcohol-related
rehabilitation facilities.
       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, 2007.