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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to projects that may be undertaken by development |
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corporations for the development, retention, or expansion of |
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certain transportation facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 501.101, Local Government Code, as |
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effective September 1, 2009, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 501.101. PROJECTS RELATED TO CREATION OR RETENTION OF |
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PRIMARY JOBS. In this subtitle, "project" includes the land, |
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buildings, equipment, facilities, expenditures, targeted |
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infrastructure, and improvements that are: |
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(1) for the creation or retention of primary jobs; and |
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(2) found by the board of directors to be required or |
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suitable for the development, retention, or expansion of: |
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(A) manufacturing and industrial facilities; |
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(B) research and development facilities; |
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(C) military facilities, including closed or |
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realigned military bases; |
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(D) transportation facilities, including |
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airports, hangars, railports, rail switching facilities, [airport] |
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maintenance and repair facilities, [air] cargo facilities, related |
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infrastructure located on or adjacent to an airport or railport |
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facility, marine ports, inland ports, mass commuting facilities, |
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and parking facilities; |
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(E) sewage or solid waste disposal facilities; |
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(F) recycling facilities; |
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(G) air or water pollution control facilities; |
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(H) facilities for furnishing water to the |
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public; |
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(I) distribution centers; |
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(J) small warehouse facilities capable of |
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serving as decentralized storage and distribution centers; |
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(K) primary job training facilities for use by |
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institutions of higher education; or |
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(L) regional or national corporate headquarters |
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facilities. |
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SECTION 2. Section 505.1561, Local Government Code, as |
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effective September 1, 2009, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 505.1561. PROJECTS RELATED TO AIRPORT FACILITIES IN |
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CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. For purposes of this chapter, "project" |
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includes land, buildings, equipment, facilities, and improvements |
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found by the board of directors to be required or suitable for the |
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development or expansion of airport or railport facilities, |
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including hangars, [airport] maintenance and repair facilities, |
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[air] cargo facilities, and related infrastructure located on or |
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adjacent to an airport or railport facility, if the project is |
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undertaken by a Type B corporation authorized to be created by a |
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municipality: |
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(1) that enters into a development agreement with an |
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entity in which the entity acquires a leasehold or other possessory |
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interest from the corporation and is authorized to sublease the |
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entity's interest for other projects authorized by Sections 505.151 |
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through 505.156; and |
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(2) the governing body of which has authorized the |
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development agreement by adopting a resolution at a meeting called |
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as authorized by law. |
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SECTION 3. (a) In accordance with Section 311.031(c), |
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Government Code, which gives effect to a substantive amendment |
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enacted by the same legislature that codifies the amended statute, |
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the text of Sections 501.101 and 505.1561, Local Government Code, |
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as set out in this Act, give effect to changes made by Chapter 1102 |
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(H.B. 3440), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007. |
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(b) To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails over |
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another Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, |
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relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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codes. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |