83R5107 YDB-F
By: Menendez H.B. No. 2389
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to exempting certain qualifying projects from the public
and private facilities and infrastructure contracting
requirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2267.003, Government Code, as added by
Chapter 1334 (S.B. 1048), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular
Session, 2011, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2267.003. APPLICABILITY. This chapter does not apply
to:
(1) the financing, design, construction, maintenance,
or operation of a highway in the state highway system;
(2) a transportation authority created under Chapter
451, 452, 453, or 460, Transportation Code; [or]
(3) any telecommunications, cable television, video
service, or broadband infrastructure other than technology
installed as part of a qualifying project that is essential to the
project; or
(4) a qualifying project of a defense base development
authority created under Chapter 379B, Local Government Code.
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.