Bill Text: TX SB186 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a county to issue bonds to restore or maintain a county courthouse.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-07 - Effective immediately [SB186 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB186-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 186 | ||
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| relating to the authority of a county to issue bonds to restore or | ||
| maintain a county courthouse. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1301.001(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The commissioners court of a county may issue bonds | ||
| authorized under Subtitle A and Chapter 1251 to: | ||
| (1) build a county courthouse or jail; | ||
| (2) purchase suitable sites in the county and to | ||
| construct buildings on the sites for homes or schools for dependent | ||
| or delinquent children; | ||
| (3) establish county facilities for needy or indigent | ||
| persons in the county; | ||
| (4) purchase and construct bridges for public purposes | ||
| in the county or to cross a stream serving as the county's boundary | ||
| line; [ |
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| (5) improve and maintain the public roads in the | ||
| county; or | ||
| (6) restore or maintain a county courthouse. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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. 186 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 9, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 186 passed the House on | ||
| May 23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 127, Nays 18, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
