By: Sparks S.B. No. 561
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of a political subdivision to issue debt
  to purchase or lease tangible personal property.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Chapter 1253, Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 1253.  PUBLIC SECURITIES [GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS]
  ISSUED BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
         SECTION 2.  Section 1253.001, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 1253.001.  DEFINITIONS [DEFINITION].  In this chapter:
               (1)  "Political [, "political] subdivision" means a
  county, municipality, school district, junior college district,
  other special district, or other subdivision of state government.
               (2)  "Public security" has the meaning assigned by
  Section 1201.002.
         SECTION 3.  Chapter 1253, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Section 1253.0015 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1253.0015.  LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO ISSUE PUBLIC
  SECURITY FOR TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY. A political subdivision
  may not issue a public security to purchase or lease tangible
  personal property if the expected useful life of the property,
  determined based on the depreciable life of the property under the
  Internal Revenue Code of 1986, ends before the maturity date of the
  public security.
         SECTION 4.  Section 1253.002
  , Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 1253.002.  LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO ISSUE GENERAL
  OBLIGATION BONDS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO REAL PROPERTY. [(a) In this
  section, "personal property" has the meaning assigned by Section
  1.04, Tax Code.
         [(b)]  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
  political subdivision may not issue general obligation bonds to
  purchase, improve, or construct one or more improvements to real
  property [, to purchase one or more items of personal property, or
  to do both,] if the weighted average maturity of the issue of bonds
  exceeds 120 percent of the reasonably expected weighted average
  economic life of the improvements [and personal property] financed
  with the issue of bonds.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.