81R8828 SJM-F
 
  By: Smith of Harris H.B. No. 2433
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the powers of certain freight rail districts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 171.053, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 171.053.  INTERMUNICIPAL COMMUTER RAIL DISTRICT
  POWERS. The governing bodies of the county or counties and of the
  most populous municipality in the most populous county may provide
  that the district may exercise the powers of an intermunicipal
  commuter rail district created under Article 6550c-1, Revised
  Statutes, including the powers related to a commuter rail facility,
  by specifying in the concurrent order or ordinance creating the
  district that those powers may be exercised by the district.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter F, Chapter 171, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 171.256 to read as follows:
         Sec. 171.256.  LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCING.  (a) Section
  8(d), Article 6550c-1, Revised Statutes, relating to the limit on
  payments made by a local government does not apply to a district to
  which Section 171.053 applies.
         (b)  A district to which Section 171.053 applies may use
  money paid to the district by a local government outside the
  territory of the local government if the money is used for a public
  purpose of the local government.
         (c)  A district to which Section 171.053 applies may pledge
  money paid to the district by a local government to secure the
  payment of a district debt.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.