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| 1 | + | 87R398 MTB-D | |
| 1 | 2 | By: Cole H.B. No. 587 | |
| 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 7 | relating to a study on the suitability of unused and underused | |
| 7 | 8 | public facilities for joint use by state and local governmental | |
| 8 | - | entities | |
| 9 | + | entities. | |
| 9 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 11 | SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: | |
| 11 | - | (1) "Artist" means a person who engages in acting, | |
| 12 | - | dancing, improvisation, singing, and other similar artistic | |
| 13 | - | performances. | |
| 14 | - | (2) "Commission" means the Texas Facilities | |
| 12 | + | (1) "Commission" means the Texas Facilities | |
| 15 | 13 | Commission. | |
| 16 | - | ( | |
| 14 | + | (2) "Governmental entity" means this state, a county, | |
| 17 | 15 | a municipality, or a school district. | |
| 18 | - | ( | |
| 16 | + | (3) "Public facility" means a facility owned or | |
| 19 | 17 | operated by a governmental entity. | |
| 20 | 18 | SECTION 2. STUDY AND REPORT. (a) The commission shall | |
| 21 | 19 | conduct a study to assess the availability and suitability of | |
| 22 | - | existing unused and underused public facilities for joint use by a | |
| 23 | - | governmental entity and artists for the practice and performance of | |
| 24 | - | their art or by two governmental entities. The study shall assess | |
| 25 | - | the economic advantages of those uses. | |
| 20 | + | existing unused and underused public facilities for joint use by | |
| 21 | + | two governmental entities. The study shall assess the economic | |
| 22 | + | advantages of that use. | |
| 26 | 23 | (b) Not later than December 1, 2022, the commission shall | |
| 27 | 24 | submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house | |
| 28 | 25 | of representatives, and members of the legislature a written report | |
| 29 | 26 | on the results of the study. | |
| 30 | 27 | SECTION 3. EXPIRATION DATE. This Act expires January 1, | |
| 31 | 28 | 2023. | |
| 32 | 29 | SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September | |
| 33 | 30 | 1, 2021. |