By: Averitt  S.B. No. 2231
         (In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2009; March 31, 2009, read
  first time and referred to Committee on International Relations and
  Trade; April 24, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 24, 2009, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the authority to establish, operate, and maintain a
  foreign trade zone and subzones in Ellis County.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 681.170, Business & Commerce Code, as
  effective April 1, 2009, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 681.170.  CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN [TRADE ZONE CORPORATION].  
  The City of Midlothian [Trade Zone Corporation, organized under the
  laws of this state,] may apply for and accept a grant of authority
  to establish, operate, and maintain:
               (1)  a foreign trade zone in Midlothian, Ellis County,
  adjacent to the port limits of the Dallas-Fort Worth port of entry;
  and
               (2)  other subzones in Ellis County.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 
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