87R1881 SMT-D
 
  By: Spiller H.B. No. 4008
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of a county to issue bonds to restore or
  maintain a county courthouse.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1301.001(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The commissioners court of a county may issue bonds
  authorized under Subtitle A and Chapter 1251 to:
               (1)  build a county courthouse or jail;
               (2)  purchase suitable sites in the county and to
  construct buildings on the sites for homes or schools for dependent
  or delinquent children;
               (3)  establish county facilities for needy or indigent
  persons in the county;
               (4)  purchase and construct bridges for public purposes
  in the county or to cross a stream serving as the county's boundary
  line; [or]
               (5)  improve and maintain the public roads in the
  county; or
               (6)  restore or maintain a county courthouse.
         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.