H.B.�No.�1255
AN ACT
relating to an interlocal contract for a relief highway route
around certain municipalities.
�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
�������SECTION�1.��Subchapter C, Chapter 791, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 791.034 to read as follows:
�������Sec.791.034.INTERLOCAL CONTRACT FOR RELIEF HIGHWAY ROUTE
AROUND CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) The governing body of a
municipality located in a county in which is located a facility
licensed to dispose of low-level radioactive waste under Chapter
401, Health and Safety Code, may enter into an interlocal contract
with the county for the construction and maintenance of a relief
highway route around and outside the boundaries of the municipality
that the governing body determines will serve a public purpose of
the municipality.
�������(b)The municipality may expend municipal funds and may
issue certificates of obligation or bonds to pay for expenses
associated with a relief highway route under Subsection (a).
�������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, 2009.
______________________________ ______________________________
���President of the Senate Speaker of the House�����
�������I certify that H.B. No. 1255 was passed by the House on April
22, 2009, by the following vote:��Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House���
�������I certify that H.B. No. 1255 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2009, by the following vote:��Yeas 30, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate����
APPROVED:��_____________________
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