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  H.B. No. 768
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the application of the public and private facilities
  and infrastructure contracting requirements to technology
  facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2267.001(10), Government Code, as added
  by Chapter 1334 (S.B. 1048), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2011, is amended to read as follows:
               (10)  "Qualifying project" means:
                     (A)  any ferry, mass transit facility, vehicle
  parking facility, port facility, power generation facility, fuel
  supply facility, oil or gas pipeline, water supply facility, public
  work, waste treatment facility, hospital, school, medical or
  nursing care facility, recreational facility, public building,
  technology facility, or other similar facility currently available
  or to be made available to a governmental entity for public use,
  including any structure, parking area, appurtenance, and other
  property required to operate the structure or facility and any
  technology infrastructure installed in the structure or facility
  that is essential to the project's purpose; or
                     (B)  any improvements necessary or desirable to
  unimproved real estate owned by a governmental entity.
         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, 2013.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 768 was passed by the House on April
  18, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 1, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 768 was passed by the Senate on May
  15, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor