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HB1353 • 2025

Relating to international cooperation agreements between certain state agencies and the United Mexican States and funding for infrastructure investment in this state; providing authority for certain agencies to issue bonds.

Relating to international cooperation agreements between certain state agencies and the United Mexican States and funding for infrastructure investment in this state; providing authority for certain agencies to issue bonds.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Guillen
Last action
2025-05-05
Official status
05/05/2025 S Received from the House
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to international cooperation agreements between certain state agencies and the United Mexican States and funding for infrastructure investment in this state; providing authority for certain agencies to issue bonds.

Relating to international cooperation agreements between certain state agencies and the United Mexican States and funding for infrastructure investment in this state; providing authority for certain agencies to issue bonds.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to international cooperation agreements between certain state agencies and the United Mexican States and funding for infrastructure investment in this state; providing authority for certain agencies to issue bonds.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  2. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  3. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  4. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1308

  5. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  6. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  7. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  8. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  9. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  10. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1203

  11. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  13. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  14. 2025-04-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  15. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  16. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Recalled from subcommittee

  17. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  18. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  19. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

  20. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered by s/c in public hearing

  21. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

  22. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in subcommittee

  23. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  24. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to s/c on International Relations by Speaker

  25. 2024-11-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to international cooperation agreements between certain state agencies and the United Mexican States and funding for infrastructure investment in this state; providing authority for certain agencies to issue bonds.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 1353 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

89R4039 ANG-F

By: Guillen

H.B. No. 1353

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to international cooperation agreements between certain

state agencies and the United Mexican States and funding for

infrastructure investment in this state; providing authority for

certain agencies to issue bonds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 792.005(b), Government Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(b) Only the following state agencies may issue bonds under

this section:

(1) the Department of Agriculture;

(2) the Texas Department of Economic Development;

(3) the Texas Department of Housing and Community

Affairs;

(4) the Texas Public Finance Authority;

(5) the Texas Turnpike Authority; [
or
]

(6) the Texas Water Development Board
;

(7) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; or

(8) the Public Utility Commission of Texas
.

SECTION 2. Section 792.006, Government Code, is amended to

read as follows:

Sec. 792.006. APPROVAL OF GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATIVE BUDGET

BOARD. An agreement made by a state agency under this chapter that

involves the use of money appropriated from the state treasury
for

projects inside or outside of this state
is not valid unless it is

approved by the governor and the Legislative Budget Board.

SECTION 3. Chapter 792, Government Code, is amended by

adding Section 792.007 to read as follows:

Sec.

792.007.

INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS. An agency

described by Section 792.005(b) may create a funding mechanism to

jointly invest in and leverage funding for infrastructure in Texas

with the North American Development Bank.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.