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H.B.ANo.A1013
H.B.ANo.A1013
______________________________
AAAAPresident of the Senate
AN ACT
relating
to
the
authority
of
certain
______________________________
Speaker of the HouseAAAAAA
I certify that H.B. No. 1013 was passed by the House on April
counties
to
regulate
the
24, 2009, by the following vote:AAYeas 140, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
installation and use of lighting in certain areas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: No. 1013 on May 29, 2009, by the following vote:AAYeas 144, Nays 0,
SECTIONA1.AASection 240.032(b-1), Local Government Code, is 1 present, not voting.
amended to read as follows:
______________________________
(b-1)AAThis
subsection
applies
only
to
a
county
with
a
Chief Clerk of the HouseAAA
population of more than one million that has at least five United
States military bases and to any county adjacent to that county that I certify that H.B. No. 1013 was passed by the Senate, with
is within five miles of a United States Army installation, base, or amendments, on May 26, 2009, by the following vote:AAYeas 31, Nays
camp. 0.
On the request of a United States military installation,
base, or camp commanding officer, the commissioners court of a
______________________________
county subject to this subsection[, any part of which is located
Secretary of the SenateAAA
immediately adjacent to the installation, base, or camp,] may adopt
orders regulating the installation and use of outdoor lighting APPROVED: __________________
within any AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADateAAAAAAA
SECTIONA2.AAThis Act takes effect immediately if it receives AAAAAAAAA __________________
five
miles
of
the
installation,
base,
or
camp
in
unincorporated territory of the county.
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGovernorAAAAAAA
If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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Appendix A:
White Paper – Communities Addressing Light Pollution 2
that Affect Nighttime Military Training