84R2386 AAF-D
By: King of Taylor H.B. No. 2728
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the amount the Texas Military Preparedness Commission
may grant to local governmental entities for certain purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 436.202(b) and (c), Government Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(b) The commission may not make a grant for an amount less
than $50,000 or an amount more than the lesser of:
(1) 50 percent of the amount of matching money or
investment that the local governmental entity is required to
provide, subject to Subsection (c);
(2) 50 percent of the local governmental entity's
investment for purposes described by Section 436.203 if federal
assistance is unavailable; or
(3) $5 [$2] million.
(c) If the local governmental entity demonstrates to the
commission that, because of a limited budget, the entity lacks the
resources necessary to provide 50 percent of the amount of matching
money or investment that the entity is required to provide, the
commission may make a grant in an amount of not more than 80 percent
of the amount of that matching money or investment requirement but
may not make a grant in an amount that exceeds $5 [$2] million.
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, 2015.