Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3756 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R13194 JAM-F
2	2	By: Coleman H.B. No. 3756
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the inclusion of affordable housing as a qualifying
8	8	project for public-private partnerships.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 2267.001(10), Government Code, is
11	11	amended to read as follows:
12	12	(10) "Qualifying project" means:
13	13	(A) any ferry, mass transit facility, vehicle
14	14	parking facility, port facility, power generation facility, fuel
15	15	supply facility, oil or gas pipeline, water supply facility, public
16	16	work, waste treatment facility, hospital, school, medical or
17	17	nursing care facility, recreational facility, affordable housing,
18	18	public building, technology facility, or other similar facility
19	19	currently available or to be made available to a governmental
20	20	entity for public use, including any structure, parking area,
21	21	appurtenance, and other property required to operate the structure
22	22	or facility and any technology infrastructure installed in the
23	23	structure or facility that is essential to the project's purpose;
24	24	or
25	25	(B) any improvements necessary or desirable to
26	26	real property owned by a governmental entity.
27	27	SECTION 2. Section 2267.002(a), Government Code, is amended
28	28	to read as follows:
29	29	(a) The legislature finds that:
30	30	(1) there is a public need for timely acquisition,
31	31	design, construction, improvement, renovation, expansion,
32	32	equipping, maintenance, operation, implementation, and
33	33	installation of education facilities, affordable housing,
34	34	technology and other public infrastructure, and government
35	35	facilities in this state that serve a public need and purpose;
36	36	(2) the public need may not be wholly satisfied by
37	37	existing methods of procurement in which qualifying projects are
38	38	acquired, designed, constructed, improved, renovated, expanded,
39	39	equipped, maintained, operated, implemented, or installed;
40	40	(3) there are inadequate resources to develop new
41	41	education facilities, affordable housing, technology and other
42	42	public infrastructure, and government facilities for the benefit of
43	43	the citizens of this state, and there is demonstrated evidence that
44	44	partnerships between public entities and private entities or other
45	45	persons can meet these needs by improving the schedule for
46	46	delivery, lowering the cost, and providing other benefits to the
47	47	public;
48	48	(4) financial incentives exist under state and federal
49	49	tax provisions that encourage public entities to enter into
50	50	partnerships with private entities or other persons to develop
51	51	qualifying projects; and
52	52	(5) authorizing private entities or other persons to
53	53	develop or operate one or more qualifying projects may serve the
54	54	public safety, benefit, and welfare by making the projects
55	55	available to the public in a more timely or less costly fashion.
56	56	SECTION 3. Section 2267.001(10), Government Code, as
57	57	amended by this Act, applies only to a qualifying project for which
58	58	an agreement is entered into on or after the effective date of this
59	59	Act.
60	60	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.