Bill Text: TX HB2309 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a county to use county revenue or incur county debt for certain public works projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-13 - Left pending in committee [HB2309 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2309-Introduced.html
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By: Muñoz, Jr. | H.B. No. 2309 |
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relating to the authority of a county to use county revenue or incur | ||
county debt for certain public works projects. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 4, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 120 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 120. ELECTION REQUIRED TO FUND CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS | ||
PROJECTS | ||
Sec. 120.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Project cost" is the total cost required to | ||
complete a public works project, including all costs related to: | ||
(A) the planning and development of the project; | ||
(B) the acquisition of real property for the | ||
project; and | ||
(C) the construction, alteration, repair, | ||
equipping, and furnishing of the project. | ||
(2) "Public works project" means: | ||
(A) the construction, alteration, repair, | ||
equipping, or furnishing of a public building or structure; or | ||
(B) the construction, alteration, or repair of | ||
any other public work, including a road, sewer or water line, | ||
swimming pool, or other improvement to real property. | ||
Sec. 120.002. ELECTION REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS | ||
PROJECTS. A county may not fund, in whole or in part, a public works | ||
project with county revenue or debt if the project cost is $2.5 | ||
million or more unless the funding is approved by a majority of the | ||
voters of the county at an election held for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a public works project as defined by Section 120.001, Local | ||
Government Code, as added by this Act, for which: | ||
(1) a contract for the project has not been executed on | ||
the effective date of this Act; or | ||
(2) if no contract for the project will be executed, | ||
the actual construction, alteration, or repair of the project has | ||
not begun on the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2017. |