Bill Text: TX SB1334 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the lease, rental, and donation to the United States of certain facilities relating to a toll bridge by certain counties and municipalities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-18 - Effective immediately [SB1334 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1334-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1334 |
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relating to the lease, rental, and donation to the United States of | ||
certain facilities relating to a toll bridge by certain counties | ||
and municipalities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 364, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 364.005 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 364.005. LEASE, RENTAL, OR DONATION OF FACILITY TO | ||
UNITED STATES. (a) A county may lease, rent, or donate to the | ||
United States property or a building, structure, or other facility | ||
acquired, constructed, improved, enlarged, or equipped in whole or | ||
in part with proceeds from the sale of bonds issued by a county | ||
under this chapter. | ||
(b) The acquisition, construction, improvement, | ||
enlargement, or equipment by a county of property or a building, | ||
structure, or other facility for lease to and the donation of | ||
property or a building, structure, or other facility by a county to | ||
the United States for use in performing a federal governmental | ||
function in the county or at or near and relating to a toll bridge of | ||
the county is a public purpose and proper county function, | ||
regardless of whether the toll bridge or the federal facility | ||
relating to the toll bridge is located inside or outside the county. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 364.043(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A county, through the commissioners court, may issue, | ||
sell, and deliver negotiable bonds to accomplish the purposes of | ||
this chapter. The county may use the bonds or the proceeds of the | ||
sale of the bonds to acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, or equip | ||
in whole or in part a toll bridge or a related building, structure, | ||
or other facility under this chapter or may exchange the bonds for | ||
property to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 367.012, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 367.012. PUBLIC PURPOSE. The acquisition, | ||
construction, improvement, enlargement, or equipment by a | ||
municipality of property or a building, structure, or other | ||
facility for lease to and the donation of property or a building, | ||
structure, or other facility by a municipality to the United States | ||
for use in performing a federal governmental function in the | ||
municipality or at or near and relating to a toll bridge of the | ||
municipality is a public purpose and a proper municipal function, | ||
regardless of whether the toll bridge or the federal facility | ||
relating to the toll bridge is located inside or outside the | ||
municipality. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 367.013, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 367.013. LEASE, [ |
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TO UNITED STATES. A municipality may lease, [ |
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the United States property or a building, structure, or other | ||
facility acquired, constructed, improved, enlarged, or equipped in | ||
whole or in part with proceeds from the sale of bonds issued under | ||
this subchapter. | ||
SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a bond issued on or after the effective date of this Act. A bond | ||
issued before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
applicable law in effect before the effective date of this Act, and | ||
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 6. 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, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1334 passed the Senate on | ||
April 23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1334 passed the House on | ||
May 5, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, one present | ||
not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |