84R24849 YDB-D By: Blanco H.B. No. 1991 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1991: By: Button C.S.H.B. No. 1991 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to qualifying projects for public-private partnerships. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2267.001(10), Government Code, 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, including a convention center hotel or another venue as defined by Section 334.001, Local Government Code, 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 real property owned by a governmental entity. SECTION 2. Section 2267.001(10), Government Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a qualifying project for which an agreement is entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.