By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1716
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to term limits for certain contracts regarding airports
  and associated air navigation facilities operated by or on behalf
  of a local government.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 22.020(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A local government, by contract, lease, or other
  arrangement, on a consideration fixed by the local government and
  for a term not to exceed 50 [40] years, may authorize a qualified
  person to operate, as the agent of the local government or
  otherwise, an airport owned or controlled by the local government.
         SECTION 2.  Sections 22.021(a) and (d), Transportation Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  In operating an airport or air navigation facility that
  it owns, leases, or controls, a local government may enter into a
  contract, lease, or other arrangement for a term not exceeding 50
  [40] years with a person:
               (1)  granting the privilege of using or improving the
  airport or air navigation facility, a portion or facility of the
  airport or air navigation facility, or space in the airport or air
  navigation facility for commercial purposes;
               (2)  conferring the privilege of supplying goods,
  services, or facilities at the airport or air navigation facility;
  or
               (3)  making available services to be furnished by the
  local government or its agents at the airport or air navigation
  facility.
         (d)  The 50-year [40-year] limit on the term of a contract,
  lease, or other arrangement provided by Subsection (a) does not
  apply to a contract, lease, or other arrangement under this section
  between a local government and this state, the United States, or an
  agency or instrumentality of this state or the United States.
         SECTION 3.  Sections 22.022(a) and (b), Transportation Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A lease of real property may not exceed 50 [40] years if:
               (1)  the lease is made under Section 22.011(c) or (d),
  Section 22.020, or Section 22.021; and
               (2)  at the time of the execution of the lease, the
  property is used as nonaeronautical property and is located on an
  airport on which there are active federal governmental aircraft
  operations on federal government property.
         (b)  A renewal or extension of a lease under Subsection (a)
  may not exceed 50 [40] years. If the lease provides for more than
  one renewal or extension, the renewals or extensions may not in the
  aggregate exceed 50 [40] years.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.