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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a county to use county revenue or incur |
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county debt for certain public works projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 4, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 120 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 120. ELECTION REQUIRED TO FUND CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS |
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PROJECTS |
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Sec. 120.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Project cost" is the total cost required to |
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complete a public works project, including all costs related to: |
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(A) the planning and development of the project; |
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(B) the acquisition of real property for the |
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project; and |
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(C) the construction, alteration, repair, |
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equipping, and furnishing of the project. |
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(2) "Public works project" means: |
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(A) the construction, alteration, repair, |
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equipping, or furnishing of a public building or structure; or |
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(B) the construction, alteration, or repair of |
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any other public work, including a road, sewer or water line, |
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swimming pool, or other improvement to real property. |
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Sec. 120.002. ELECTION REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS |
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PROJECTS. A county may not fund, in whole or in part, a public works |
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project with county revenue or debt if the project cost is $50 |
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million or more unless the funding is approved by a majority of the |
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voters of the county at an election held for that purpose. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a public works project as defined by Section 120.001, Local |
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Government Code, as added by this Act, for which: |
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(1) a contract for the project has not been executed on |
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the effective date of this Act; or |
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(2) if no contract for the project will be executed, |
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the actual construction, alteration, or repair of the project has |
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not begun on the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |