TITLE: Relating to the authority of a county to issue bonds to restore or maintain a county courthouse.

SUMMARY: Relating to the authority of a county to issue bonds to restore or maintain a county courthouse.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the authority of a county to issue bonds to restore or maintain a county courthouse. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 1301.001(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The commissioners court of a county may issue bonds authorized under Subtitle A and Chapter 1251 to: (1) build a county courthouse or jail; (2) purchase suitable sites in the county and to construct buildings on the sites for homes or schools for dependent or delinquent children; (3) establish county facilities for needy or indigent persons in the county; (4) purchase and construct bridges for public purposes in the county or to cross a stream serving as the county's boundary line; [or] (5) improve and maintain the public roads in the county;or (6) restore or maintain a county courthouse.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.