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SECTION 1. Section
3503.003(a), Special District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as
follows:
(a) The authority is created
to:
(1) accept title on approval
by, and in coordination with, the governor to all or a portion of the
property on, adjacent to, or related to the property described by Section
3503.004 from the United States;
(2) promote the location and
development of new businesses, industries, and commercial activities on or
related to the property;
(3) undertake a project the
board considers necessary or incidental to the industrial, commercial, or
business development, redevelopment, maintenance, and expansion of new or
existing businesses on and for the property described by Section 3503.004,
including the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, repair,
rehabilitation, replacement, improvement, extension, expansion, or
enhancement of:
(A) roads, bridges, and
rights-of-way;
(B) housing;
(C) property;
(D) police, fire, medical,
cultural, educational, and research services, equipment, institutions, and
resources;
(E) other community support
services;
(F) flood control, water,
wastewater treatment, natural gas, electricity, solid waste disposal, steam
generation, communications, and all other utility facilities and services;
(G) other infrastructure
improvements; and
(H) any other services or
facilities acquired by the authority from the United States;
(4) promote or support an
active military base located in the same county as the authority to prevent
closure or realignment of the base and attract new military missions to the
base; [and]
(5) exercise the powers
granted to a conservation and reclamation district under Section 59,
Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
(6) promote regional
economic development and job creation inside and outside of the district's
boundaries.
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SECTION 1. Section
3503.003(a), Special District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as
follows:
(a) The authority is created
to:
(1) accept title on approval
by, and in coordination with, the governor to all or a portion of the
property on, adjacent to, or related to the property described by Section
3503.004 from the United States;
(2) promote the location and
development of new businesses, industries, and commercial activities on or
related to the property;
(3) undertake a project the
board considers necessary or incidental to the industrial, commercial, or
business development, redevelopment, maintenance, and expansion of new or
existing businesses on and for the property described by Section 3503.004,
including the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, repair,
rehabilitation, replacement, improvement, extension, expansion, or
enhancement of:
(A) roads, bridges, and
rights-of-way;
(B) housing;
(C) property;
(D) police, fire, medical,
cultural, educational, and research services, equipment, institutions, and
resources;
(E) other community support
services;
(F) flood control, water,
wastewater treatment, natural gas, electricity, solid waste disposal, steam
generation, communications, and all other utility facilities and services;
(G) other infrastructure
improvements; and
(H) any other services or
facilities acquired by the authority from the United States;
(4) promote or support an
active military base located in the same county as the authority to prevent
closure or realignment of the base and attract new military missions to the
base; [and]
(5) exercise the powers
granted to a conservation and reclamation district under Section 59,
Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
(6) promote regional
economic development and job creation inside the district's boundaries and
outside of the district's boundaries in
Bowie County and adjacent counties.
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SECTION 2. Subchapter C,
Chapter 3503, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended by adding
Section 3503.112 to read as follows:
Sec. 3503.112. NONPROFIT
CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS. (a) The authority may authorize by
resolution the creation of a nonprofit corporation under the Business
Organizations Code solely to undertake on behalf of the authority a project
described by Section 3503.003(a)(3).
(b) The board shall
appoint the board of directors of each nonprofit corporation created under
this section. A board member is not required to reside in the authority.
(c) A board member or
employee of the authority may simultaneously serve as a member of the board
of directors of a nonprofit corporation. A person serving as a board member
of the authority and of a nonprofit corporation created by the authority may participate in all votes
relating to the business of the authority or the corporation, regardless of
any statutory prohibition.
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SECTION 2. Subchapter C,
Chapter 3503, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended by adding
Section 3503.112 to read as follows:
Sec. 3503.112. NONPROFIT
CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS. (a) The authority may authorize by
resolution the creation of a nonprofit corporation under the Business
Organizations Code solely to undertake on behalf of the authority a project
described by Section 3503.003(a)(3).
(b) The board shall
appoint the board of directors of each nonprofit corporation created under
this section. A board member is not required to reside in the authority.
(c) A board member or
employee of the authority may simultaneously serve as a member of the board
of directors of a nonprofit corporation. A person serving as a board
member of the authority and of a nonprofit corporation created under this section may
participate in all votes relating to the business of the authority or the
corporation, regardless of any statutory prohibition.
(d) The nonprofit corporation may not exercise the power of
eminent domain.
(e) A nonprofit corporation created under this section is
subject to Chapters 551 and 552, Government Code.
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