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By: Corte, Leibowitz |
H.B. No. 1013 |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1013By: Nichols |
By: Nichols |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2009; |
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April 27, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Intergovernmental Relations; May 23, 2009, reported adversely, |
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with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, |
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Nays 0; May 23, 2009, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain counties to regulate the |
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installation and use of lighting in certain areas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 240.032(b-1), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b-1) This subsection applies only to a county with a |
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population of more than one million that has at least five United |
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States military bases and to any county adjacent to that county that |
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is within five miles of a United States Army installation, base, or |
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camp. On the request of a United States military installation, |
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base, or camp commanding officer, the commissioners court of a |
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county subject to this subsection[, any part of which is located
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immediately adjacent to the installation, base, or camp,] may adopt |
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orders regulating the installation and use of outdoor lighting |
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within five miles of the installation, base, or camp in any |
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unincorporated territory of the county. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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