Texas 2021 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4008 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/11/2021

                    87R1881 SMT-D
 By: Spiller H.B. No. 4008


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the authority of a county to issue bonds to restore or
 maintain a county courthouse.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 1301.001(a), Government Code, is amended
 to read as follows:
 (a)  The commissioners court of a county may issue bonds
 authorized under Subtitle A and Chapter 1251 to:
 (1)  build a county courthouse or jail;
 (2)  purchase suitable sites in the county and to
 construct buildings on the sites for homes or schools for dependent
 or delinquent children;
 (3)  establish county facilities for needy or indigent
 persons in the county;
 (4)  purchase and construct bridges for public purposes
 in the county or to cross a stream serving as the county's boundary
 line; [or]
 (5)  improve and maintain the public roads in the
 county; or
 (6)  restore or maintain a county courthouse.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 Act takes effect September 1, 2021.