By: Goldman, Tepper (Senate Sponsor - Bettencourt) H.B. No. 4082
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2023;
  May 10, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
  Government; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 2; May 21, 2023, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE VOTE
 
 
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         BettencourtX
         SpringerX
         EckhardtX
         GutierrezX
         HallX
         NicholsX
         ParkerX
         PaxtonX
         WestX
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the purposes for which a municipality or county may
  issue an anticipation note or certificate of obligation.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1431.001, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subdivision (6) to read as follows:
               (6)  "Public work" for an issuer that is a municipality
  or county has the meaning assigned by Section 271.043, Local
  Government Code. 
         SECTION 2.  Section 271.043, Local Government Code, is
  amended by adding Subdivision (7-a) to read as follows:
               (7-a)  "Public work" for an issuer that is a
  municipality or county:
                     (A)  means any of the following public
  improvements as authorized by law:
                           (i)  a street, road, highway, bridge,
  sidewalk, or parking structure;
                           (ii)  a landfill;
                           (iii)  an airport;
                           (iv)  a utility system, water supply
  project, water treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant, or
  water or wastewater conveyance facility;
                           (v)  a wharf or dock;
                           (vi)  a flood control and drainage project;
                           (vii)  a public safety facility, including a
  police station, fire station, emergency shelter, jail, or juvenile
  detention facility;
                           (viii)  a judicial facility;
                           (ix)  an administrative office building
  housing the governmental functions of the municipality or county;
                           (x)  an animal shelter;
                           (xi)  a library; or
                           (xii)  a park or recreation facility that is
  generally accessible to the public and is part of the municipal or
  county park system;
                     (B)  means the rehabilitation, expansion,
  reconstruction, or maintenance of an existing stadium, arena, civic
  center, convention center, or coliseum that is owned and operated
  by the municipality or county or by an entity created to act on
  behalf of the municipality or county; and
                     (C)  does not include:
                           (i)  a facility for which more than 50
  percent of the average annual usage is or is intended to be for
  professional or semi-professional sports;
                           (ii)  a new stadium, arena, civic center,
  convention center, or coliseum that is or is intended to be leased
  by a single for-profit tenant for more than 180 days in a single
  calendar year; or
                           (iii)  a hotel.
         SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  an anticipation note or certificate of obligation issued on or
  after the effective date of this Act.  
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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