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1	1	81R22036 JTS-D
2	2	By: Hunter H.B. No. 2252
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2252:
4	4	By: Corte C.S.H.B. No. 2252
5	5
6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to grants for local areas adversely affected by a
10	10	reduction in defense-related activity.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 486.002(b), Government Code, is amended
13	13	to read as follows:
14	14	(b) The commission shall establish criteria and procedures
15	15	and award grants equitably based on evaluations. In awarding
16	16	grants under this chapter, the commission shall give a preference
17	17	to:
18	18	(1) adversely affected defense communities over
19	19	positively affected defense communities; and
20	20	(2) any defense community with a population of less
21	21	than 20,000.
22	22	SECTION 2. Section 486.003(b), Government Code, is amended
23	23	to read as follows:
24	24	(b) A municipality or county is an adversely affected
25	25	defense community if the department determines that:
26	26	(1) the municipality or county includes within its
27	27	boundaries a defense facility that the department of defense or
28	28	applicable military department has publicly proposed for closure or
29	29	realignment; or
30	30	(2) the municipality or county:
31	31	(A) requires assistance because of:
32	32	(i) the proposed or actual establishment,
33	33	realignment, or closure of a defense facility;
34	34	(ii) the cancellation or termination of a
35	35	United States Department of Defense contract or the failure of the
36	36	department of defense to proceed with an approved major weapon
37	37	system program;
38	38	(iii) a publicly announced planned major
39	39	reduction in department of defense spending that would directly and
40	40	adversely affect the municipality or county; or
41	41	(iv) the closure or a significant reduction
42	42	of the operations of a defense facility as the result of a merger,
43	43	acquisition, or consolidation of a defense contractor operating the
44	44	facility; and
45	45	(B) is expected to experience, during the period
46	46	between the beginning of the federal fiscal year during which an
47	47	event described by Subdivision (2)(A) is finally approved and the
48	48	date that the event is to be substantially completed, a direct loss
49	49	of:
50	50	(i) 2,500 or more defense worker jobs in any
51	51	area of the municipality or county that is located in an urbanized
52	52	area of a metropolitan statistical area;
53	53	(ii) 1,000 or more defense worker jobs in
54	54	any area of the municipality or county that is not located in an
55	55	urbanized area of a metropolitan statistical area; [or]
56	56	(iii) defense worker jobs representing one
57	57	percent of the jobs in the municipality or county; or
58	58	(iv) tax or utility revenue as a result of
59	59	the closure or realignment of a defense facility.
60	60	SECTION 3. Section 486.004(a), Government Code, is amended
61	61	to read as follows:
62	62	(a) From money appropriated for this purpose, the
63	63	commission may make a grant to an eligible local governmental
64	64	entity to:
65	65	(1) allow the entity to meet a matching money or
66	66	investment requirement in order to receive from the United States
67	67	assistance that is provided to allow the local governmental entity
68	68	to respond to or recover from an event described by Section
69	69	486.003(b)(1);
70	70	(2) match the entity's contribution for a purpose
71	71	described in Section 486.005 on a closed or realigned defense
72	72	facility; [or]
73	73	(3) plan or construct infrastructure and other
74	74	projects necessary to accommodate the new or expanded military
75	75	missions at a military facility located in or near the local
76	76	governmental entity; or
77	77	(4) offset tax or utility revenue lost by a
78	78	municipality or county that is a defense community as a result of
79	79	closure or realignment of a defense facility.
80	80	SECTION 4. Section 486.005, Government Code, is amended by
81	81	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
82	82	follows:
83	83	(a) The local governmental entity may use the proceeds of
84	84	the grant for:
85	85	(1) purchase of property from the department of
86	86	defense or its designated agent;
87	87	(2) planning for redevelopment of a defense facility
88	88	after closure or realignment;
89	89	(3) [,] new construction, rehabilitation, or
90	90	renovation of facilities or infrastructure;[,] or
91	91	(4) purchase of capital equipment or facilities
92	92	insurance.
93	93	(d) A municipality or county that is a defense community may
94	94	use the proceeds of the grant to offset tax or utility revenue lost
95	95	by the municipality or county as a result of the closure or
96	96	realignment of a defense facility.
97	97	SECTION 5. Section 486.008, Government Code, is amended to
98	98	read as follows:
99	99	Sec. 486.008. EVALUATION OF APPLICATION. The panel shall
100	100	evaluate each application and assign the applicant a score based
101	101	on:
102	102	(1) the significance of the adverse or positive effect
103	103	within the local governmental entity, including:
104	104	(A) the number of jobs [lost or gained in
105	105	relation to the workforce] in the local governmental entity's
106	106	jurisdiction that are directly or indirectly affected by the
107	107	closure or realignment of a defense facility, considered as a
108	108	percentage of the workforce in the local governmental entity's
109	109	jurisdiction; and
110	110	(B) the effect on the area's economy and tax and
111	111	utility revenue;
112	112	(2) the extent to which the local governmental entity
113	113	has used its existing resources to promote local economic
114	114	development;
115	115	(3) the amount of any grant that the local
116	116	governmental entity has previously received under this chapter;
117	117	(4) the anticipated number of jobs to be created in
118	118	relation to the amount of the grant sought; [and]
119	119	(5) the extent to which the grant will affect the
120	120	region in which the local governmental entity is located; and
121	121	(6) the extent to which the grant is needed to offset
122	122	tax or utility revenue lost by a municipality or county that is a
123	123	defense community as a result of the closure or realignment of a
124	124	defense facility.
125	125	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
126	126	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
127	127	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
128	128	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
129	129	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.