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1	1	By: Eltife S.B. No. 1879
2	2	(Lavender)
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the powers of the TexAmericas Center.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 3503.003, Special
10	10	District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
11	11	(a) The authority is created to:
12	12	(1) accept title on approval by, and in coordination
13	13	with, the governor to all or a portion of the property on, adjacent
14	14	to, or related to the property described by Section 3503.004 from
15	15	the United States;
16	16	(2) promote the location and development of new
17	17	businesses, industries, and commercial activities on or related to
18	18	the property;
19	19	(3) undertake a project the board considers necessary
20	20	or incidental to the industrial, commercial, or business
21	21	development, redevelopment, maintenance, and expansion of new or
22	22	existing businesses on and for the property described by Section
23	23	3503.004, including the acquisition, construction, operation,
24	24	maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, replacement, improvement,
25	25	extension, expansion, or enhancement of:
26	26	(A) roads, bridges, and rights-of-way;
27	27	(B) housing;
28	28	(C) property;
29	29	(D) police, fire, medical, cultural,
30	30	educational, and research services, equipment, institutions, and
31	31	resources;
32	32	(E) other community support services;
33	33	(F) flood control, water, wastewater treatment,
34	34	natural gas, electricity, solid waste disposal, steam generation,
35	35	communications, and all other utility facilities and services;
36	36	(G) other infrastructure improvements; and
37	37	(H) any other services or facilities acquired by
38	38	the authority from the United States; [and]
39	39	(4) promote or support an active military base located
40	40	in the same county as the authority to prevent closure or
41	41	realignment of the base and attract new military missions to the
42	42	base; and
43	43	(5) exercise the powers granted to a conservation and
44	44	reclamation district under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas
45	45	Constitution.
46	46	SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 3503.101, Special
47	47	District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
48	48	(b) The authority may exercise any power or duty necessary
49	49	or appropriate to carry out a project described by Section
50	50	3503.003(a)(3) and the purposes of this chapter, including the
51	51	power to:
52	52	(1) sue and be sued, and plead and be impleaded, in its
53	53	own name;
54	54	(2) adopt an official seal;
55	55	(3) adopt, enforce, and amend rules for the conduct of
56	56	its affairs;
57	57	(4) acquire, hold, own, pledge, and dispose of its
58	58	revenue, income, receipts, and money from any source;
59	59	(5) select its depository;
60	60	(6) acquire, own, rent, lease, accept, hold, or
61	61	dispose of any property, or any interest in property, including
62	62	rights or easements, in performing its duties and exercising its
63	63	powers under this chapter, by purchase, exchange, gift, assignment,
64	64	sale, lease, or other method;
65	65	(7) hold, manage, operate, or improve the property;
66	66	(8) sell, assign, lease, encumber, mortgage, or
67	67	otherwise dispose of property, or any interest in property, and
68	68	relinquish a property right, title, claim, lien, interest,
69	69	easement, or demand, however acquired;
70	70	(9) perform an activity authorized by Subdivision (8)
71	71	by public or private sale, with or without public bidding,
72	72	notwithstanding any other law;
73	73	(10) lease or rent any land and building, structure,
74	74	or facility from or to any person to carry out a chapter purpose;
75	75	(11) request and accept an appropriation, grant,
76	76	allocation, subsidy, guarantee, aid, service, labor, material, or
77	77	gift, from the federal government, the state, a public agency or
78	78	political subdivision, or any other source;
79	79	(12) operate and maintain an office and appoint and
80	80	determine the duties, tenure, qualifications, and compensation of
81	81	officers, employees, agents, professional advisors and counselors,
82	82	including financial consultants, accountants, attorneys,
83	83	architects, engineers, appraisers, and financing experts, as
84	84	considered necessary or advisable by the board;
85	85	(13) borrow money and issue bonds, payable solely from
86	86	all or a portion of any authority revenue, by resolution or order of
87	87	the board and without the necessity of an election;
88	88	(14) set and collect rents, rates, fees, and charges
89	89	regarding the property and any services provided by the authority;
90	90	(15) exercise the powers Chapters 373 and 380, Local
91	91	Government Code, grant to a municipality for the development of
92	92	housing and expansion of economic development and commercial
93	93	activity;
94	94	(16) exercise the powers Chapter 49, Water Code,
95	95	grants to a general-law district;
96	96	(17) exercise the powers Chapter 54, Water Code,
97	97	grants to a municipal utility district;
98	98	(18) exercise the powers Chapter 552, Transportation
99	99	Code, grants to a road utility district;
100	100	(19) exercise the powers Subchapter C, Chapter 271,
101	101	Local Government Code, grants to a municipality or county;
102	102	(20) exercise the powers Chapter 552 [402], Local
103	103	Government Code, grants to a municipality for the provision of
104	104	municipal utilities;
105	105	(21) contract and be contracted with, in the
106	106	authority's own name, another person in the performance of the
107	107	authority's powers or duties to carry out a project described by
108	108	Section 3503.003(a)(3), or to accomplish the purposes of this
109	109	chapter for a period of years, on the terms, and by competitive
110	110	bidding or by negotiated contract, all as the board considers
111	111	appropriate, desirable, and in the best interests of the authority
112	112	and the accomplishment of chapter purposes;
113	113	(22) acquire, hold, own, sell, assign, lease,
114	114	encumber, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of any real, personal, or
115	115	mixed property located outside the perimeter of the property
116	116	described by Section 3503.004 if the other property enhances or
117	117	facilitates the development, redevelopment, maintenance, or
118	118	expansion of new and existing businesses, industry, or commercial
119	119	activity on the property;
120	120	(23) exercise the powers Chapter 22, Transportation
121	121	Code, grants to a municipality or county;
122	122	(24) exercise the powers Chapter 379B, Local
123	123	Government Code, grants to a defense base development authority;
124	124	[and]
125	125	(25) exercise the powers of a municipality under
126	126	Chapters 211 and 212, Local Government Code, in the territory of the
127	127	authority, including an area of the authority that is in the
128	128	boundaries of a municipality's limited purpose jurisdiction and
129	129	extraterritorial jurisdiction. On annexation of an area of the
130	130	authority for full purposes by a municipality, the authority's
131	131	power to regulate the area under Chapters 211 and 212 expires. The
132	132	authority regains the power in an area if the municipality
133	133	disannexes the area; and
134	134	(26) fund and carry out a project the board determines
135	135	will promote or support an active military base located in the same
136	136	county as the authority to prevent closure or realignment of the
137	137	base and attract new military missions to the base, including a
138	138	project to create jobs, retain jobs, grant or loan money to a
139	139	federal entity, make improvements to infrastructure, buildings, or
140	140	land, or acquire land.
141	141	SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
142	142	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
143	143	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
144	144	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
145	145	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
146	146	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
147	147	Government Code.
148	148	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
149	149	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
150	150	Environmental Quality.
151	151	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
152	152	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
153	153	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
154	154	representatives within the required time.
155	155	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
156	156	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
157	157	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
158	158	and accomplished.
159	159	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
160	160	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
161	161	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
162	162	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
163	163	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.