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1	1	S.B. No. 1716
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to term limits for certain contracts regarding airports
6	6	and associated air navigation facilities operated by or on behalf
7	7	of a local government.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 22.020(a), Transportation Code, is
10	10	amended to read as follows:
11	11	(a) A local government, by contract, lease, or other
12	12	arrangement, on a consideration fixed by the local government and
13	13	for a term not to exceed 50 [40] years, may authorize a qualified
14	14	person to operate, as the agent of the local government or
15	15	otherwise, an airport owned or controlled by the local government.
16	16	SECTION 2. Sections 22.021(a) and (d), Transportation Code,
17	17	are amended to read as follows:
18	18	(a) In operating an airport or air navigation facility that
19	19	it owns, leases, or controls, a local government may enter into a
20	20	contract, lease, or other arrangement for a term not exceeding 50
21	21	[40] years with a person:
22	22	(1) granting the privilege of using or improving the
23	23	airport or air navigation facility, a portion or facility of the
24	24	airport or air navigation facility, or space in the airport or air
25	25	navigation facility for commercial purposes;
26	26	(2) conferring the privilege of supplying goods,
27	27	services, or facilities at the airport or air navigation facility;
28	28	or
29	29	(3) making available services to be furnished by the
30	30	local government or its agents at the airport or air navigation
31	31	facility.
32	32	(d) The 50-year [40-year] limit on the term of a contract,
33	33	lease, or other arrangement provided by Subsection (a) does not
34	34	apply to a contract, lease, or other arrangement under this section
35	35	between a local government and this state, the United States, or an
36	36	agency or instrumentality of this state or the United States.
37	37	SECTION 3. Sections 22.022(a) and (b), Transportation Code,
38	38	are amended to read as follows:
39	39	(a) A lease of real property may not exceed 50 [40] years if:
40	40	(1) the lease is made under Section 22.011(c) or (d),
41	41	Section 22.020, or Section 22.021; and
42	42	(2) at the time of the execution of the lease, the
43	43	property is used as nonaeronautical property and is located on an
44	44	airport on which there are active federal governmental aircraft
45	45	operations on federal government property.
46	46	(b) A renewal or extension of a lease under Subsection (a)
47	47	may not exceed 50 [40] years. If the lease provides for more than
48	48	one renewal or extension, the renewals or extensions may not in the
49	49	aggregate exceed 50 [40] years.
50	50	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
51	51	______________________________ ______________________________
52	52	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
53	53	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1716 passed the Senate on
54	54	May 3, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
55	55	______________________________
56	56	Secretary of the Senate
57	57	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1716 passed the House on
58	58	May 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 6,
59	59	two present not voting.
60	60	______________________________
61	61	Chief Clerk of the House
62	62	Approved:
63	63	______________________________
64	64	Date
65	65	______________________________
66	66	Governor