| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 2314 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to the designation of the Texas Department of |
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| 6 | 6 | | Transportation as the contracting agent for certain airports. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 22.018, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 9 | 9 | | to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | Sec. 22.018. DESIGNATION OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF |
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| 11 | 11 | | TRANSPORTATION AS AGENT IN CONTRACTING AND SUPERVISING. (a) A |
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| 12 | 12 | | local government or an owner of an eligible airport may designate |
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| 13 | 13 | | the Texas Department of Transportation as its agent in contracting |
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| 14 | 14 | | for and supervising the planning, acquiring, constructing, |
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| 15 | 15 | | improving, equipping, maintaining, or operating of an airport or |
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| 16 | 16 | | air navigation facility. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) A local government or an owner of an eligible airport |
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| 18 | 18 | | may enter into an agreement with the department prescribing the |
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| 19 | 19 | | terms of the agency relationship in accordance with the terms |
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| 20 | 20 | | prescribed by the United States, if federal money is involved, and |
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| 21 | 21 | | in accordance with the laws of this state. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (c) The department, in acting as the agent of a local |
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| 23 | 23 | | government or an owner of an eligible airport under this section, |
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| 24 | 24 | | shall make each contract in accordance with the law governing the |
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| 25 | 25 | | making of contracts by or on behalf of the state. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (d) In this section, "eligible airport" means an airport |
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| 27 | 27 | | eligible to receive grant funds under the airport improvement |
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| 28 | 28 | | program established by 49 U.S.C. Section 47101 et seq. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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| 30 | 30 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 31 | 31 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 32 | 32 | | I certify that H.B. No. 2314 was passed by the House on April |
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| 33 | 33 | | 28, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 34 | 34 | | voting. |
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| 35 | 35 | | ______________________________ |
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| 36 | 36 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 37 | 37 | | I certify that H.B. No. 2314 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 38 | 38 | | 14, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 39 | 39 | | ______________________________ |
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| 40 | 40 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 41 | 41 | | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | Date |
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| 43 | 43 | | _____________________ |
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| 44 | 44 | | Governor |
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