By: Sheffield of Bell (Senate Sponsor - Fraser) H.B. No. 1427
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 22, 2013;
April 24, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 10, 2013, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 10, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the donation of surplus real property by certain
municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 253.013(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) This section applies only to:
(1) a municipality with a population greater than
150,000 and less than 200,000 that is located in three counties; and
(2) a municipality with a population greater than
65,000 and less than 90,000 that is located in a county in which
part but not all of a military installation is located.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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