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| 1 | + | 86R1930 NC-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Martinez H.J.R. No. 83 | |
| 3 | - | Substitute the following for H.J.R. No. 83: | |
| 4 | - | By: Romero, Jr. C.S.H.J.R. No. 83 | |
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| 6 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 5 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 8 | 6 | proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the state or a | |
| 9 | 7 | municipality or county to donate certain property to the United | |
| 10 | 8 | States to promote border crossing security or international bridge | |
| 11 | 9 | trade corridors, to issue public securities to finance the | |
| 12 | 10 | acquisition or construction of that property, and to use public | |
| 13 | 11 | money to make certain payments related to public-private | |
| 14 | 12 | partnerships. | |
| 15 | 13 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 16 | 14 | SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by | |
| 17 | - | adding | |
| 15 | + | adding Sections 52m and 52n to read as follows: | |
| 18 | 16 | Sec. 52m. (a) The state or a municipality or county may | |
| 19 | 17 | unconditionally donate to the United States to promote border | |
| 20 | 18 | crossing security or international bridge trade corridors: | |
| 21 | 19 | (1) real property acquired by and improvements to that | |
| 22 | 20 | property acquired or constructed by the state or the municipality | |
| 23 | 21 | or county; and | |
| 24 | 22 | (2) technology or equipment acquired by the state or | |
| 25 | 23 | the municipality or county. | |
| 26 | 24 | (b) For the purposes described by Subsection (a) of this | |
| 27 | 25 | section, the state or a municipality or county may issue public | |
| 28 | - | securities as provided under general law for financing public | |
| 29 | - | works, without the necessity of further or amendatory legislation, | |
| 26 | + | securities as provided under general law for financing public works | |
| 30 | 27 | to: | |
| 31 | 28 | (1) finance the acquisition of property described by | |
| 32 | 29 | that subsection or the construction of improvements described by | |
| 33 | 30 | that subsection; or | |
| 34 | 31 | (2) refund or refinance existing debt incurred by the | |
| 35 | 32 | state or the municipality or county to acquire property described | |
| 36 | 33 | by that subsection or to construct improvements described by that | |
| 37 | 34 | subsection. | |
| 38 | - | (c) An election is not required to authorize a public | |
| 39 | - | security issued under Subsection (b) of this section regardless of | |
| 40 | - | whether the public security is payable from ad valorem taxes. | |
| 41 | - | (d) The state or a municipality or county may use public | |
| 42 | - | money to pay lease payments, service payments, user fees, debt | |
| 43 | - | service, or other costs associated with a public-private | |
| 44 | - | partnership to establish public works for border crossing security | |
| 45 | - | or for international bridge trade corridors. | |
| 35 | + | Sec. 52n. The state or a municipality or county may use | |
| 36 | + | public money to pay lease payments, service payments, user fees, | |
| 37 | + | debt service, or other costs associated with a public-private | |
| 38 | + | partnership. | |
| 46 | 39 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 47 | 40 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019. | |
| 48 | 41 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 49 | 42 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the state | |
| 50 | 43 | or a municipality or county to unconditionally donate to the United | |
| 51 | 44 | States certain property acquired or constructed by the state or the | |
| 52 | 45 | municipality or county to promote border crossing security or | |
| 53 | 46 | international bridge trade corridors, to issue public securities to | |
| 54 | 47 | finance the acquisition or construction of that property, and to | |
| 55 | 48 | use public money to make certain payments related to public-private | |
| 56 | - | partnerships | |
| 49 | + | partnerships." |