By: Uresti S.B. No. 2437 (In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2009; March 31, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security; April 20, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 20, 2009, sent to printer.) A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the use by a metropolitan rapid transit authority of the construction manager-at-risk method for the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of a facility. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subsection (a-1), Section 271.118, Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (a-1) In this section: (1) "Facility" ["facility"] means an improvement to real property. (2) "Governmental entity" includes a metropolitan rapid transit authority under Chapter 451, Transportation Code. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. * * * * *