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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing design-build procedures for construction, |
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rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of certain utility projects |
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located in certain areas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter J, Chapter 271, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 271.1821 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 271.1821. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN PROJECTS IN CERTAIN |
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AREAS. (a) This subchapter applies to a municipally owned combined |
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electric, water, and wastewater utility located: |
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(1) in an economically distressed area, as defined by |
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Section 17.921, Water Code; and |
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(2) within: |
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(A) 30 miles of the Gulf of Mexico; and |
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(B) 50 miles of an international border. |
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(b) For purposes of this section, a utility is a combined |
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utility if: |
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(1) the governing body of the municipality appoints |
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one board of directors that manages and controls the electric, |
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water, and wastewater utilities; and |
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(2) the financing of the capital improvements of the |
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utilities described by Subdivision (1) is secured from the revenue |
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of all three utilities described by Subdivision (1). |
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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. |