| 1 | 1 | | By: Williams S.B. No. 1282 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed March 3, 2009; March 17, 2009, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Homeland |
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| 4 | 4 | | Security; March 31, 2009, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | 5 | | vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 31, 2009, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the powers of certain freight rail districts. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 171.053, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 13 | 13 | | to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 171.053. INTERMUNICIPAL COMMUTER RAIL DISTRICT |
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| 15 | 15 | | POWERS. The governing bodies of the county or counties and of the |
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| 16 | 16 | | most populous municipality in the most populous county may provide |
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| 17 | 17 | | that the district may exercise the powers of an intermunicipal |
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| 18 | 18 | | commuter rail district created under Article 6550c-1, Revised |
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| 19 | 19 | | Statutes, including the powers related to a commuter rail facility, |
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| 20 | 20 | | by specifying in the concurrent order or ordinance creating the |
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| 21 | 21 | | district that those powers may be exercised by the district. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 171, Transportation Code, |
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| 23 | 23 | | is amended by adding Section 171.256 to read as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | Sec. 171.256. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCING. (a) Section |
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| 25 | 25 | | 8(d), Article 6550c-1, Revised Statutes, relating to the limit on |
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| 26 | 26 | | payments made by a local government does not apply to a district to |
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| 27 | 27 | | which Section 171.053 applies. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (b) A district to which Section 171.053 applies may use |
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| 29 | 29 | | money paid to the district by a local government outside the |
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| 30 | 30 | | territory of the local government if the money is used for a public |
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| 31 | 31 | | purpose of the local government. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (c) A district to which Section 171.053 applies may pledge |
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| 33 | 33 | | money paid to the district by a local government to secure the |
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| 34 | 34 | | payment of a district debt. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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| 36 | 36 | | * * * * * |
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