Bill Text: TX HB4255 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to term limits for certain contracts regarding airports and associated air navigation facilities operated by or on behalf of a local government.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-12 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB4255 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4255-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Gerdes | H.B. No. 4255 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4255: | |||
By: Canales | C.S.H.B. No. 4255 |
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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 [ |
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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 | ||
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(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. | ||
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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 [ |
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(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 [ |
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one renewal or extension, the renewals or extensions may not in the | ||
aggregate exceed 50 [ |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |