Bill Text: TX SB579 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to authority to establish, operate, and maintain a foreign trade zone at or adjacent to the Cotulla port of entry.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-17 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB579 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB579-Introduced.html

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88R2804 MLH-F
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 579

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authority to establish, operate, and maintain a foreign
trade zone at or adjacent to the Cotulla port of entry.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 681, Business & Commerce
Code, is amended by adding Section 681.180 to read as follows:
Sec. 681.180. CITY OF COTULLA OR DESIGNEE. The City of
Cotulla, or a corporation organized under the laws of this state and
designated by the City of Cotulla, may apply for and accept a grant
of authority to establish, operate, and maintain:
(1) a foreign trade zone in the city of Cotulla, which
may include:
(A) land inside the boundaries of the Cotulla-La
Salle County Airport; and
(B) private industrial land adjacent to the
airport; and
(2) other subzones.
SECTION 2. 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, 2023.