By: VanDeaver H.B. No. 967       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the powers of the TexAmericas Center.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 3503.003(a), Special District Local Laws   Code, is amended to read as follows:          (a)  The authority is created to:                (1)  accept title on approval by, and in coordination   with, the governor to all or a portion of the property on, adjacent   to, or related to the property described by Section 3503.004 from   the United States;                (2)  promote the location and development of new   businesses, industries, and commercial activities on or related to   the property;                (3)  undertake a project the board considers necessary   or incidental to the industrial, commercial, or business   development, redevelopment, maintenance, and expansion of new or   existing businesses on and for the property described by Section   3503.004, including the acquisition, construction, operation,   maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, replacement, improvement,   extension, expansion, or enhancement of:                      (A)  roads, bridges, and rights-of-way;                      (B)  housing;                      (C)  property;                      (D)  police, fire, medical, cultural,   educational, and research services, equipment, institutions, and   resources;                      (E)  other community support services;                      (F)  flood control, water, wastewater treatment,   natural gas, electricity, solid waste disposal, steam generation,   communications, and all other utility facilities and services;                      (G)  other infrastructure improvements; and                      (H)  any other services or facilities acquired by   the authority from the United States;                (4)  promote or support an active military base located   in the same county as the authority to prevent closure or   realignment of the base and attract new military missions to the   base; [and]                (5)  exercise the powers granted to a conservation and   reclamation district under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas   Constitution; and                (6)  promote regional economic development and job   creation inside the district's boundaries and outside of the   district's boundaries in Bowie County and adjacent counties.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 3503, Special District   Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3503.112 to read as   follows:          Sec. 3503.112.  NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIAL   PROJECTS. (a) The authority may authorize by resolution the   creation of a nonprofit corporation under the Business   Organizations Code solely to undertake on behalf of the authority a   project described by Section 3503.003(a)(3).          (b)  The board shall appoint the board of directors of each   nonprofit corporation created under this section. A board member   is not required to reside in the authority.          (c)  A board member or employee of the authority may   simultaneously serve as a member of the board of directors of a   nonprofit corporation. A person serving as a board member of the   authority and of a nonprofit corporation created under this section   may participate in all votes relating to the business of the   authority or the corporation   .          (d)  The nonprofit corporation may not exercise the power of   eminent domain.          (e)  A nonprofit corporation created under this section is   subject to Chapters 551 and 552, Government Code.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.