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.
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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.
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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.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor