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RESOLUTION FI1X 110,
WHEREAS , the Dallas-Fort Worth Region Al Airport Board has
requested the City Council of the City of Fort Worth to pass a
Resolution in opposition to House Bill 235 , and have requested
that copies of such Council Resolution be sent to the Members
of the Tarrant County Delegation to the State Legislature; and
WHEREAS , House Bill 235 has been filed in the Texas Legis-
lature, seeking to prohibit the Dallas-Fort Worth Regional
Airport Board from imposing a motor vehicle parking tax for the
use of Airport facilities which are paid for from revenue bond
proceeds ; and
WHEREAS , under the present law of the State of Texas , the
terms of the 1968 Contract and Agreement between the Cities of
Dallas and Fort Worth and the terms of the 1968 Concurrent
Bond Ordinance of the Cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, the
Airport Board may legally charge such motor vehicle parking
fees for public use of Airport facilities in the operation of
the Airport as a revenue-funded project ; and
WHEREAS , Revenue Bonds have been issued to public pur-
chasers based upon contractual assurances that Bond re-payment
would be made from the revenues of the Airport and not from
public tax funds ; and
WHEREAS , such parking fee income is one of the basic
sources necessary to accomplish Revenue Bond debt service and
re-payment; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF FORT WORTH:
SECTION 1
That the City Council of the City of Fort Worth hereby
expesses its opposition to the passage of House Bill 235 for
the reasons stated above in this Resolution.
SECTION 2
That the City Council of the City of Fort Worth hereby
requests the Members of the Tarrant County Delegation to the
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CITY OF FORT 11
1981 Session of the Texas Legislature to oppose House Bill 235 .
SECTION 3
That this Resolution shall take effect immediately upon
its passage, as provided in the Charter of the City of Fort
Worth.
PASSED THIS day of A.D. , 1981 .
CITY OF FORT WORTH
RESOLUTION NO . 81-029
v WHEREAS , House Bill 235 has been filed in the Texas Legislature ,
seeking to prohibit the Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Airport Board
from imposing a motor vehicle parking fee for the use of Airport
Facilities paid for from Revenue Bond Proceeds ; and
WHEREAS , under the present law of the State of Texas , the terms
of the 1968 Contract and Agreement between the Cities of Dallas
and Fort Worth and the terms of the 1968 Concurrent Bond Ordinance
of the Cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, the Airport Board may
legally charge such motor vehicle parking fees for public use of
Airport facilities in the operation of the Airport as a revenue-
funded project ; and
WHEREAS , Revenue Bonds have been issued to public purchasers based
upon contractual assurances that Bond re-payment would be made
from the revenues of the Airport and not from public tax funds ;
and
WHEREAS such parking fee income is one of the basic sources
necessary to accomplish Revenue Bond debt service and re-payment ;
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH REGIONAL AIRPORT BOARD :
SECTION 1 . That the Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Airport Board
does hereby express its opposition to the passage of House Bill
235 for the reasons stated above in this Resolution, and hereby
authorizes and directs the Executive Director to take such appro-
priate action in opposition to the Bill as may be necessary to
secure its defeat in the Legislature.
SECTION 2 . That the Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Airport Board
hereby requests the members of the Dallas County and Tarrant County
Delegations to the 1981 Session of the Texas Legislature to oppose
House Bill 235 , and directs the Executive Director to send copies
of this Resolution to all members of the Counties ' Delegations to
the Legislature.
SECTION 3 . That the Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Airport Board
requests the City Councils of the Cities of Dallas and Fort Worth
to pass a Resolution in opposition to House Bill 235 , and have
copies of same sent to the members of the Counties ' Delegations
... to the Legislature .
SECTION 4. That this Resolution shall take effect immediately
upon its passage .
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DALLAS
COUNTY OF TARRANT
I , Barbara Hollis, Staff Secretary of the Dallas/Fort Worth Regional
Airport Board do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of Resolution No. 81 -029 passed and adopted by the Dallas/Fort Worth
Regional Airport Board on February 3, 1981 .
WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL OF THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH REGIONAL AIRPORT
BOARD this the 16th day of April , 1981 .
Staff Secretary
Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Airport Board