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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of regional military sustainability |
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commissions for certain military installations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 397A.052(a), (b), and (c), Local |
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Government Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to: |
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(1) a county: |
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(A) in which three or more locations of a joint |
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military base are located; and |
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(B) with a population of more than 1.7 million; |
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(2) a county that is adjacent to a county described by |
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Subdivision (1); and |
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(3) a municipality located in a county described by |
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Subdivision (1) or (2). |
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(b) One or more municipalities [A county with
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unincorporated area located within five miles of the boundary line
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of a military installation, and a municipality with a population of
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1.1 million or more and] with extraterritorial jurisdiction located |
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within five miles of the boundary line of a military installation |
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and one or more counties with unincorporated area located within |
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five miles of the boundary of a military installation[, each of
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which, with respect to the same military installation, constitutes
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a defense community as defined by Section 397.001,] may agree by |
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order, ordinance, or other means to establish and fund a regional |
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military sustainability commission under this subchapter with |
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respect to the military installation [in an area that is located:
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[(1)
in the same county as the active military
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installation; and
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[(2)
in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the
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municipality]. |
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[(b)
Defense communities may not establish more than one
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commission in a county.] |
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(c) A [Except as provided by Subsection (d), a] commission's |
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territory consists of the [unincorporated] area: |
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(1) located outside the military installation's |
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boundaries and: |
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(A) within two miles of the boundary line of a |
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military installation, except as provided by Paragraph (B); or |
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(B) for a commission established for a military |
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installation engaged in flight training at the time the commission |
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is established, within a rectangle bounded by lines located no |
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farther than 1-1/2 statute miles from the centerline of a runway of |
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the installation and lines located no farther than five statute |
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miles from each end of the paved surface of a runway of the |
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installation; |
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(2) located in: |
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(A) the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a |
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participating municipality; or |
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(B) the unincorporated area of a participating |
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county; and |
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(3) designated as the commission's territory when the |
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commission is established. |
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SECTION 2. Section 397A.052(d), Local Government Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act do not affect |
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a regional military sustainability commission created under |
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Section 397A.052, Local Government Code, before the effective date |
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of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |