87R9721 SRA-D
By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1334
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the donation to the United States of certain facilities
relating to a toll bridge by certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 367.012, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 367.012. PUBLIC PURPOSE. The acquisition,
construction, improvement, enlargement, or equipment by a
municipality of property or a building, structure, or other
facility for lease to and the donation of property or a building,
structure, or other facility by a municipality to the United States
for use in performing a federal governmental function in the
municipality or at or near and relating to a toll bridge of the
municipality is a public purpose and a proper municipal function,
regardless of whether the toll bridge or the federal facility
relating to the toll bridge is located inside or outside the
municipality.
SECTION 2. Section 367.013, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 367.013. LEASE, [OR] RENTAL, OR DONATION OF FACILITY
TO UNITED STATES. A municipality may lease, [or] rent, or donate to
the United States property or a building, structure, or other
facility acquired, constructed, improved, enlarged, or equipped in
whole or in part with proceeds from the sale of bonds issued under
this subchapter.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a bond issued on or after the effective date of this Act. A bond
issued before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
applicable law in effect before the effective date of this Act, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. 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.