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1	1	S.B. No. 2052
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to projects that may be undertaken by development
6	6	corporations for the development, retention, or expansion of
7	7	certain transportation facilities.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 501.101, Local Government Code, as
10	10	effective September 1, 2009, is amended to read as follows:
11	11	Sec. 501.101. PROJECTS RELATED TO CREATION OR RETENTION OF
12	12	PRIMARY JOBS. In this subtitle, "project" includes the land,
13	13	buildings, equipment, facilities, expenditures, targeted
14	14	infrastructure, and improvements that are:
15	15	(1) for the creation or retention of primary jobs; and
16	16	(2) found by the board of directors to be required or
17	17	suitable for the development, retention, or expansion of:
18	18	(A) manufacturing and industrial facilities;
19	19	(B) research and development facilities;
20	20	(C) military facilities, including closed or
21	21	realigned military bases;
22	22	(D) transportation facilities, including
23	23	airports, hangars, railports, rail switching facilities, [airport]
24	24	maintenance and repair facilities, [air] cargo facilities, related
25	25	infrastructure located on or adjacent to an airport or railport
26	26	facility, marine ports, inland ports, mass commuting facilities,
27	27	and parking facilities;
28	28	(E) sewage or solid waste disposal facilities;
29	29	(F) recycling facilities;
30	30	(G) air or water pollution control facilities;
31	31	(H) facilities for furnishing water to the
32	32	public;
33	33	(I) distribution centers;
34	34	(J) small warehouse facilities capable of
35	35	serving as decentralized storage and distribution centers;
36	36	(K) primary job training facilities for use by
37	37	institutions of higher education; or
38	38	(L) regional or national corporate headquarters
39	39	facilities.
40	40	SECTION 2. Section 505.1561, Local Government Code, as
41	41	effective September 1, 2009, is amended to read as follows:
42	42	Sec. 505.1561. PROJECTS RELATED TO AIRPORT FACILITIES IN
43	43	CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. For purposes of this chapter, "project"
44	44	includes land, buildings, equipment, facilities, and improvements
45	45	found by the board of directors to be required or suitable for the
46	46	development or expansion of airport or railport facilities,
47	47	including hangars, [airport] maintenance and repair facilities,
48	48	[air] cargo facilities, and related infrastructure located on or
49	49	adjacent to an airport or railport facility, if the project is
50	50	undertaken by a Type B corporation authorized to be created by a
51	51	municipality:
52	52	(1) that enters into a development agreement with an
53	53	entity in which the entity acquires a leasehold or other possessory
54	54	interest from the corporation and is authorized to sublease the
55	55	entity's interest for other projects authorized by Sections 505.151
56	56	through 505.156; and
57	57	(2) the governing body of which has authorized the
58	58	development agreement by adopting a resolution at a meeting called
59	59	as authorized by law.
60	60	SECTION 3. (a) In accordance with Subsection (c), Section
61	61	311.031, Government Code, which gives effect to a substantive
62	62	amendment enacted by the same legislature that codifies the amended
63	63	statute, the text of Sections 501.101 and 505.1561, Local
64	64	Government Code, as set out in this Act, give effect to changes made
65	65	by Chapter 1102 (H.B. 3440), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
66	66	Session, 2007.
67	67	(b) To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails over
68	68	another Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009,
69	69	relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
70	70	codes.
71	71	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
72	72	______________________________ ______________________________
73	73	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
74	74	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2052 passed the Senate on
75	75	April 23, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
76	76	______________________________
77	77	Secretary of the Senate
78	78	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2052 passed the House on
79	79	May 12, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, one
80	80	present not voting.
81	81	______________________________
82	82	Chief Clerk of the House
83	83	Approved:
84	84	______________________________
85	85	Date
86	86	______________________________
87	87	Governor