By: Hinojosa, Blanco S.B. No. 1334
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the lease, rental, and donation to the United States of
certain facilities relating to a toll bridge by certain counties
and municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 364, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 364.005 to read as follows:
Sec. 364.005. LEASE, RENTAL, OR DONATION OF FACILITY TO
UNITED STATES. (a) A county may lease, 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 by a county
under this chapter.
(b) The acquisition, construction, improvement,
enlargement, or equipment by a county 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 county to
the United States for use in performing a federal governmental
function in the county or at or near and relating to a toll bridge of
the county is a public purpose and proper county function,
regardless of whether the toll bridge or the federal facility
relating to the toll bridge is located inside or outside the county.
SECTION 2. Section 364.043(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A county, through the commissioners court, may issue,
sell, and deliver negotiable bonds to accomplish the purposes of
this chapter. The county may use the bonds or the proceeds of the
sale of the bonds to acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, or equip
in whole or in part a toll bridge or a related building, structure,
or other facility under this chapter or may exchange the bonds for
property to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
SECTION 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 6. 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.