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By: Smithee (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) |
H.B. No. 3842 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015; |
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May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural |
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Resources and Economic Development; May 22, 2015, reported |
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favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 1; May 22, 2015, sent |
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to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an agreement to finance and build a conference center |
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and other appropriate facilities in or near a state park. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 13, Parks and Wildlife |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 13.0046 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 13.0046. COOPERATION WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER |
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EDUCATION. (a) In this section, "institution of higher education" |
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has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code. |
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(b) The commission may enter into a joint agreement with the |
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governing board of an institution of higher education to finance |
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and build a conference center and other appropriate related |
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facilities to be located in or near a state park. |
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(c) A facility built under this section must be operated |
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cooperatively to provide benefits to the department and the |
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institution of higher education in accomplishing the purposes of |
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the department and the institution. |
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(d) The commission and an institution of higher education |
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may use any funds, property, or other assets available to finance |
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and build a facility under this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies only to an agreement entered |
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into on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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