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               AN ACT
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            relating to the creation of public facility corporations and  | 
         
         
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            requirements applicable to public facility corporations. | 
         
         
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                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 1.  Section 303.021, Local Government Code, is  | 
         
         
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            amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   (c)  A corporation created under this chapter must remain a  | 
         
         
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            public facility corporation under this chapter. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  Section 303.022, Local Government Code, is  | 
         
         
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            amended to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   Sec. 303.022.  CREATION UNDER OTHER LAW.  A nonprofit  | 
         
         
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            corporation created by a housing authority under the Texas  | 
         
         
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            Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's  | 
         
         
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            Texas Civil Statutes), regardless of the date the corporation is  | 
         
         
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            created, is considered a corporation under this chapter, [and] has  | 
         
         
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            the rights and powers necessary or convenient to accomplish a  | 
         
         
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            corporation's purposes under this chapter, and is subject to the  | 
         
         
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            requirements of this chapter. | 
         
         
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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, 2021. | 
         
         
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               President of the Senate | 
            Speaker of the House      | 
         
         
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                   I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1942 passed the Senate on  | 
         
         
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            May 4, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 1. | 
         
         
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            Secretary of the Senate     | 
         
         
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                   I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1942 passed the House on  | 
         
         
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            May 23, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 118, Nays 27, two  | 
         
         
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            present not voting. | 
         
         
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            Chief Clerk of the House    | 
         
         
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            Approved: | 
         
         
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                      Governor |