H.B. No. 1255
AN ACT
relating to an interlocal contract for a relief highway route
around certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 791, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 791.034 to read as follows:
Sec. 791.034. INTERLOCAL CONTRACT FOR RELIEF HIGHWAY ROUTE
AROUND CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) The governing body of a
municipality located in a county in which is located a facility
licensed to dispose of low-level radioactive waste under Chapter
401, Health and Safety Code, may enter into an interlocal contract
with the county for the construction and maintenance of a relief
highway route around and outside the boundaries of the municipality
that the governing body determines will serve a public purpose of
the municipality.
(b) The municipality may expend municipal funds and may
issue certificates of obligation or bonds to pay for expenses
associated with a relief highway route under Subsection (a).
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, 2009.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1255 was passed by the House on April
22, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1255 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor