By: Muñoz, Jr. (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 2515

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015; May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; May 11, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 11, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE VOTE

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LucioX

BettencourtX

CampbellX

GarciaX

MenéndezX

NicholsX

TaylorofGalvestonX

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to authority to establish, operate, and maintain a foreign trade zone at or adjacent to the Pharr port of entry.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 681, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by adding Section 681.179 to read as follows:

Sec. 681.179. CITY OF PHARR OR DESIGNEE. The City of Pharr, or a corporation organized under the laws of this state and designated by the City of Pharr, may apply for and accept a grant of authority to establish, operate, and maintain:

(1) a foreign trade zone at or adjacent to the Pharr port of entry; and

(2) other subzones.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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