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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the powers of the TexAmericas Center. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 3503.003(a), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The authority is created to: |
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(1) accept title on approval by, and in coordination |
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with, the governor to all or a portion of the property on, adjacent |
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to, or related to the property described by Section 3503.004 from |
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the United States; |
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(2) promote the location and development of new |
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businesses, industries, and commercial activities on or related to |
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the property; |
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(3) undertake a project the board considers necessary |
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or incidental to the industrial, commercial, or business |
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development, redevelopment, maintenance, and expansion of new or |
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existing businesses on and for the property described by Section |
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3503.004, including the acquisition, construction, operation, |
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maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, replacement, improvement, |
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extension, expansion, or enhancement of: |
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(A) roads, bridges, and rights-of-way; |
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(B) housing; |
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(C) property; |
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(D) police, fire, medical, cultural, |
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educational, and research services, equipment, institutions, and |
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resources; |
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(E) other community support services; |
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(F) flood control, water, wastewater treatment, |
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natural gas, electricity, solid waste disposal, steam generation, |
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communications, and all other utility facilities and services; |
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(G) other infrastructure improvements; and |
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(H) any other services or facilities acquired by |
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the authority from the United States; |
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(4) promote or support an active military base located |
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in the same county as the authority to prevent closure or |
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realignment of the base and attract new military missions to the |
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base; [and] |
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(5) exercise the powers granted to a conservation and |
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reclamation district under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas |
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Constitution; and |
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(6) promote regional economic development and job |
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creation inside the district's boundaries and outside of the |
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district's boundaries in Bowie County and adjacent counties. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 3503, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3503.112 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 3503.112. NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIAL |
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PROJECTS. (a) The authority may authorize by resolution the |
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creation of a nonprofit corporation under the Business |
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Organizations Code solely to undertake on behalf of the authority a |
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project described by Section 3503.003(a)(3). |
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(b) The board shall appoint the board of directors of each |
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nonprofit corporation created under this section. A board member |
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is not required to reside in the authority. |
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(c) A board member or employee of the authority may |
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simultaneously serve as a member of the board of directors of a |
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nonprofit corporation. A person serving as a board member of the |
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authority and of a nonprofit corporation created under this section |
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may participate in all votes relating to the business of the |
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authority or the corporation. |
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(d) The nonprofit corporation may not exercise the power of |
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eminent domain. |
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(e) A nonprofit corporation created under this section is |
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subject to Chapters 551 and 552, Government Code. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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