Bill Text: TX HB545 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a municipality to authorize the creation of a spaceport development corporation.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-03 - Referred to Economic Development [HB545 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB545-Engrossed.html

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83R2311 ATP-F
By: J. Davis of Harris, Oliveira, Craddick, H.B. No. 545
Anderson, et al.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a municipality to authorize the
creation of a spaceport development corporation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 507.003, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 507.003. AUTHORITY TO CREATE CORPORATION BY ELIGIBLE
ENTITIES. The following entities are eligible to authorize the
creation under this subtitle of a spaceport development
corporation:
(1) a county;
(2) a municipality; or
(3) [(2)] a combination of one or more municipalities
and one or more counties.
SECTION 2. Section 507.051(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) If a single political subdivision [county] authorizes
the creation of a spaceport development corporation, the governing
body of the political subdivision [commissioners court of the
county] shall appoint the directors of the corporation. If more
than one political subdivision authorizes the creation of a
spaceport development corporation, the governing bodies of the
political subdivisions shall appoint the directors through written
agreement between the governing bodies.
SECTION 3. 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, 2013.