Texas 2013 83rd Regular

Texas House Bill HB768 Enrolled / Bill

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                    H.B. No. 768


 AN ACT
 relating to the application of the public and private facilities
 and infrastructure contracting requirements to technology
 facilities.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 2267.001(10), Government Code, as added
 by Chapter 1334 (S.B. 1048), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular
 Session, 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 (10)  "Qualifying project" means:
 (A)  any ferry, mass transit facility, vehicle
 parking facility, port facility, power generation facility, fuel
 supply facility, oil or gas pipeline, water supply facility, public
 work, waste treatment facility, hospital, school, medical or
 nursing care facility, recreational facility, public building,
 technology facility, or other similar facility currently available
 or to be made available to a governmental entity for public use,
 including any structure, parking area, appurtenance, and other
 property required to operate the structure or facility and any
 technology infrastructure installed in the structure or facility
 that is essential to the project's purpose; or
 (B)  any improvements necessary or desirable to
 unimproved real estate owned by a governmental entity.
 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.
 ______________________________ ______________________________
 President of the Senate Speaker of the House
 I certify that H.B. No. 768 was passed by the House on April
 18, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 1, 2 present, not
 voting.
 ______________________________
 Chief Clerk of the House
 I certify that H.B. No. 768 was passed by the Senate on May
 15, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 ______________________________
 Secretary of the Senate
 APPROVED:  _____________________
 Date
 _____________________
 Governor