Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3808 Compare Versions

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1	1	84R17570 AAF-D
2	2	By: Rodriguez of Travis H.B. No. 3808
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3808:
4	4	By: Blanco C.S.H.B. No. 3808
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6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to financial assistance to local governmental entities
10	10	affected by the realignment of defense jobs or facilities.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 436.1531(a), Government Code, is amended
13	13	to read as follows:
14	14	(a) The office may provide a loan of financial assistance to
15	15	a defense community for an economic development project that
16	16	minimizes the negative effects of a defense base reduction on the
17	17	defense community as a result of a United States Department of
18	18	Defense base realignment process that occurs during 1995 [2005] or
19	19	later. The loan shall be made from the Texas military value
20	20	revolving loan account established under Section 436.156.
21	21	SECTION 2. Section 436.1532(a), Government Code, is amended
22	22	to read as follows:
23	23	(a) The office may provide a loan of financial assistance to
24	24	a defense community for an infrastructure project to accommodate
25	25	new or expanded military missions assigned to a military base or
26	26	defense facility located in, near, or adjacent to the defense
27	27	community as a result of a United States Department of Defense base
28	28	realignment process that occurs during 1995 [2005] or later. The
29	29	loan shall be made from the Texas military value revolving loan
30	30	account established under Section 436.156.
31	31	SECTION 3. Sections 436.202(a) and (b), Government Code,
32	32	are amended to read as follows:
33	33	(a) From money appropriated for this purpose, the
34	34	commission may make a grant to an eligible local governmental
35	35	entity to:
36	36	(1) enable the entity to match money or meet an
37	37	investment requirement necessary to receive federal assistance
38	38	provided to the local governmental entity for responding to or
39	39	recovering from an event described by Section 436.201(b);
40	40	(2) match the entity's contribution for a purpose
41	41	described by Section 436.203 at a closed or realigned defense
42	42	facility; [or]
43	43	(3) construct infrastructure and other projects
44	44	necessary to accommodate a new or expanded military mission at a
45	45	military base or to reduce the impact of an action of the United
46	46	States Department of Defense that will negatively impact a defense
47	47	facility located in or near the entity; or
48	48	(4) construct infrastructure and other projects
49	49	necessary to prevent the reduction or closing of a defense
50	50	facility.
51	51	(b) The commission may not make a grant for an amount less
52	52	than $50,000 or an amount more than the lesser of:
53	53	(1) 50 percent of the amount of matching money or
54	54	investment that the local governmental entity is required to
55	55	provide, subject to Subsection (c);
56	56	(2) 50 percent of the local governmental entity's
57	57	investment for purposes described by Section 436.203 if federal
58	58	assistance is unavailable; or
59	59	(3) $5 [$2] million.
60	60	SECTION 4. Section 436.203(c), Government Code, is amended
61	61	to read as follows:
62	62	(c) An eligible local governmental entity described by
63	63	Section 436.201(a)(3), [or] (4), or (5) may use the proceeds of the
64	64	grant to purchase or lease equipment to train defense workers whose
65	65	jobs have been threatened or lost because of an event described by
66	66	Section 436.201(b) or to train workers to support military
67	67	installations or defense facilities.
68	68	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
69	69	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
70	70	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
71	71	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
72	72	Act takes effect September 1, 2015.