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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting a municipality from mandating the |
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compensation paid to workers under a project financed by an |
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economic development corporation receiving municipal money. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 380.002(b), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A home-rule municipality may, under a contract with a |
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development corporation created by the municipality under the |
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Development Corporation Act (Subtitle C1, Title 12), grant public |
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money to the corporation. The development corporation shall use the |
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grant money for the development and diversification of the economy |
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of the state, elimination of unemployment or underemployment in the |
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state, and development and expansion of commerce in the state. The |
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municipality may not mandate, including as a term of the contract or |
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as a prerequisite to entering into the contract with the |
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development corporation, the compensation to be paid to workers |
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during the construction of a project. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a contract entered into on or after September 1, 2013. A |
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contract entered into before September 1, 2013, is governed by the |
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law as it existed on the date the contract was entered into, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |