S.B. No. 318
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(a), (b), and (c), Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) From money appropriated for this purpose, the
commission may make a grant to an eligible local governmental
entity to:
(1) enable the entity to match money or meet an
investment requirement necessary to receive federal assistance
provided to the local governmental entity for responding to or
recovering from an event described by Section 436.201(b);
(2) match the entity's contribution for a purpose
described by Section 436.203 at a closed or realigned defense
facility; [or]
(3) construct infrastructure and other projects
necessary to accommodate a new, [or] expanded, or retained military
mission at a military base or to reduce the impact of an action of
the United States Department of Defense that will negatively impact
a defense facility located in or near the entity; or
(4) construct infrastructure and other projects
necessary to prevent the reduction or closing of a defense
facility.
(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. Section 436.203(c), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) An eligible local governmental entity described by
Section 436.201(a)(3), [or] (4), or (5) may use the proceeds of the
grant to purchase or lease equipment to train defense workers whose
jobs have been threatened or lost because of an event described by
Section 436.201(b) or to train workers to support the mission at
military installations or defense facilities.
SECTION 3. 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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 318 passed the Senate on
March 17, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 3; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 26, 2015, by the
following vote: Yeas 24, Nays 7.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 318 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139,
Nays 5, one present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor