H.B. No. 2433
AN ACT
relating to the powers of certain freight rail districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 171.053, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 171.053. INTERMUNICIPAL COMMUTER RAIL DISTRICT
POWERS. The governing bodies of the county or counties and of the
most populous municipality in the most populous county may provide
that the district may exercise the powers of an intermunicipal
commuter rail district created under Article 6550c-1, Revised
Statutes, including the powers related to a commuter rail facility
and other types of passenger rail services, including intercity
rail services, by specifying in the concurrent order or ordinance
creating the district that those powers may be exercised by the
district.
SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 171, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 171.256 to read as follows:
Sec. 171.256. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCING. (a) Section
8(d), Article 6550c-1, Revised Statutes, relating to the limit on
payments made by a local government does not apply to a district to
which Section 171.053 applies.
(b) A district to which Section 171.053 applies may use
money paid to the district by a local government outside the
territory of the local government if the money is used for a public
purpose of the local government.
(c) A district to which Section 171.053 applies may pledge
money paid to the district by a local government to secure the
payment of a district debt.
SECTION 3. 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. 2433 was passed by the House on March
31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2433 on May 4, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2
present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2433 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on April 30, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31,
Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor