By: Gutierrez (Senate Sponsor - Uresti) H.B. No. 1112
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2015;
May 11, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran
Affairs and Military Installations; May 22, 2015, reported
adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following
vote: Yeas 4, Nays 2; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1112 By: Lucio
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to projects that a defense adjustment management authority
may conduct.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 375.303, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 375.303. DEFINITION [DEFINITIONS]. In this
subchapter, "authority"[:
[(1) "Authority"] means a defense adjustment
management authority created under this subchapter.
[(2) "Eligible project" means a program authorized by
Section 379A.051 and a project as defined by Section 501.002 and
Sections 505.151-505.156. Notwithstanding this definition,
seeking a charter for or operating an open-enrollment charter
school authorized by Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code,
shall not be an eligible project.]
SECTION 2. Subchapter O, Chapter 375, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 375.3035 to read as follows:
Sec. 375.3035. ELIGIBLE PROJECTS. (a) In this subchapter,
eligible projects include only a:
(1) program authorized by Section 379A.051;
(2) project as defined by Section 501.002 and
Sections 505.151-505.156;
(3) job training program for jobs in the health care,
technology, or oil and gas industries; or
(4) project that relates to a public purpose of the
district for which the authority receives a grant through a
competitive grant program administered by the federal government or
this state, including a program administered by the Parks and
Wildlife Department, the Texas Department of Transportation, or the
Texas Workforce Commission.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), in this subchapter,
seeking a charter for or operating an open-enrollment charter
school authorized by Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, is
not an eligible project.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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