By: Paul (Senate Sponsor - Taylor) H.B. No. 2390
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 21, 2021;
  May 3, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
  Government; May 11, 2021, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 11, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the authority of a development corporation created by
  the Gulf Coast Authority to finance certain projects.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 3.01, Chapter 409, Acts of the 61st
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1969, is amended by adding Subsection
  (g) to read as follows:
         (g)  A development corporation created by the authority
  under Chapter 501, Local Government Code, may finance:
               (1)  projects described by Subchapter C, Chapter 501,
  Local Government Code, located inside or outside this state; and
               (2)  qualified improvements as defined by Section
  399.002, Local Government Code, located inside or outside this
  state in the same manner and to the same extent as a municipality or
  county may do so under Chapter 399 of that code.
         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, 2021.
 
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