| 1 | 1 | | By: Howard (Senate Sponsor - Watson) H.B. No. 768 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 22, 2013; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 24, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Economic Development; May 9, 2013, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | 5 | | following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 9, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the application of the public and private facilities |
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| 11 | 11 | | and infrastructure contracting requirements to technology |
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| 12 | 12 | | facilities. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 2267.001(10), Government Code, as added |
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| 15 | 15 | | by Chapter 1334 (S.B. 1048), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular |
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| 16 | 16 | | Session, 2011, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (10) "Qualifying project" means: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (A) any ferry, mass transit facility, vehicle |
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| 19 | 19 | | parking facility, port facility, power generation facility, fuel |
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| 20 | 20 | | supply facility, oil or gas pipeline, water supply facility, public |
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| 21 | 21 | | work, waste treatment facility, hospital, school, medical or |
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| 22 | 22 | | nursing care facility, recreational facility, public building, |
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| 23 | 23 | | technology facility, or other similar facility currently available |
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| 24 | 24 | | or to be made available to a governmental entity for public use, |
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| 25 | 25 | | including any structure, parking area, appurtenance, and other |
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| 26 | 26 | | property required to operate the structure or facility and any |
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| 27 | 27 | | technology infrastructure installed in the structure or facility |
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| 28 | 28 | | that is essential to the project's purpose; or |
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| 29 | 29 | | (B) any improvements necessary or desirable to |
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| 30 | 30 | | unimproved real estate owned by a governmental entity. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 32 | 32 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 33 | 33 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 36 | 36 | | * * * * * |
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