Bill Text: TX HB1174 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain county assistance districts to provide a grant or loan.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Vetoed) 2019-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB1174 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1174-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 1174
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of certain county assistance districts to
  provide a grant or loan.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 387.006(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A district may:
               (1)  perform any act necessary to the full exercise of
  the district's functions;
               (2)  accept a grant or loan from:
                     (A)  the United States;
                     (B)  an agency or political subdivision of this
  state; or
                     (C)  a public or private person;
               (3)  acquire, sell, lease, convey, or otherwise dispose
  of property or an interest in property under terms determined by the
  district;
               (4)  employ necessary personnel;
               (5)  adopt rules to govern the operation of the
  district and its employees and property; [and]
               (6)  enter into agreements with municipalities
  necessary or convenient to achieve the district's purposes,
  including agreements regarding the duration, rate, and allocation
  between the district and the municipality of sales and use taxes;
  and
               (7)  if the district is created by a county with a
  population of more than 580,000 that borders a county with a
  population of more than four million, provide a grant or loan to a
  political subdivision to assist in funding the performance of one
  or more functions a district is authorized to perform under this
  chapter.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1174 was passed by the House on May
  10, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 109, Nays 32, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1174 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 93, Nays 48,
  3 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1174 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 24, Nays
  7.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor       
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