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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to exempting certain qualifying projects from the public |
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and private facilities and infrastructure contracting |
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requirements. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2267.003, Government Code, as added by |
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Chapter 1334 (S.B. 1048), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2011, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2267.003. APPLICABILITY. This chapter does not apply |
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to: |
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(1) the financing, design, construction, maintenance, |
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or operation of a highway in the state highway system; |
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(2) a transportation authority created under Chapter |
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451, 452, 453, or 460, Transportation Code; [or] |
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(3) any telecommunications, cable television, video |
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service, or broadband infrastructure other than technology |
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installed as part of a qualifying project that is essential to the |
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project; or |
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(4) a qualifying project of a defense base development |
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authority created under Chapter 379B, Local Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |