81R5649 NC-D
By: Gallegos S.B. No. 1994
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing the provision of state matching funds to
municipalities for hurricane preparation and recovery.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 418.075 to read as follows:
Sec. 418.075. MATCHING FUNDS FOR MUNICIPAL HURRICANE
PREPARATION AND RECOVERY. (a) The division shall implement a
matching funds program to award grants to municipalities as an
incentive to create and maintain municipal disaster contingency
funds for hurricane preparation and recovery.
(b) The division shall award the matching funds annually
from the state's disaster contingency fund. If funds are
available, the division shall award a grant to a municipality that
is equal to 25 percent of the amount the municipality added during
the preceding fiscal year to the municipality's disaster
contingency fund.
(c) Funds awarded under this section to a municipality may
be used only for hurricane preparation and recovery purposes.
(d) The division shall adopt rules necessary to implement
the matching funds program.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.