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Chapter 357 H.B. No. 1255 1 AN ACT 2 relating to an interlocal contract for a relief highway route 3 around certain municipalities. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 5 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 791, Government Code, is 6 amended by adding Section. 791.034 to read as follows: 7 Sec. 791.034. INTERLOCAL CONTRACT FOR RELIEF HIGHWAY ROUTE 8 AROUND CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) The governing body of a 9 municipality located in a county in which is located a facility 10 licensed to dispose of low-level radioactive waste under Chapter 11 401, Health and Safety Code, may enter into an interlocal contract 12 with the county for the construction and maintenance of a relief 13 highway route around and outside the boundaries of the municipality 14 that the governing body determines will serve a public purpose of 15 the municipality. 16 (b) The municipality may expend municipal funds and may 17 issue certificates of obligation or bonds to pay for expenses 18 associated with a relief highway route under Subsection (a). 19 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 20 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 21 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 22 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 23 Act takes effect September i, 2009.
Reference the current page of this Legislative Document.
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.81st Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1255, Chapter 357,
legislative document,
June 19, 2009;
[Austin, Texas].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth148252/m1/1/:
accessed June 10, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.