85R9537 TSR-D
By: Button H.B. No. 3364
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of money from the Texas Enterprise Fund to
reimburse grant recipients for certain expenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 481.078(c), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) Except as provided by Subsections (d) and (d-1), the
fund may be used only for:
(1) economic development, infrastructure development,
community development, job training programs, and business
incentives; and
(2) expense reimbursement for grant recipients under
this section as provided by Section 481.081.
SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 481, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 481.081 to read as follows:
Sec. 481.081. TEXAS ENTERPRISE FUND: REIMBURSEMENT FOR
CERTAIN EXPENSES INCURRED BY GRANT RECIPIENT. (a) In this section,
"fund" means the Texas Enterprise Fund under Section 481.078.
(b) The governor may use money in the fund to reimburse a
grant recipient under Section 481.078 for a portion of the
recipient's expenses that are incurred:
(1) in the performance of the recipient's duties under
that section; and
(2) for the purchase of goods or services from a
business whose headquarters are located in this state.
(c) A grant recipient may apply for and receive
reimbursement for expenses as provided by this section in an
amount, as determined by office of the governor rule, not to exceed
15 percent of the total receipts for qualified expenditures the
recipient submits to the office of the governor in accordance with
this section.
(d) The office of the governor shall adopt any rules the
governor considers necessary for the administration and
implementation of this section, including rules:
(1) that establish criteria for expenditures that are
eligible for reimbursement;
(2) for forms and procedures for application and
receipt requirements; and
(3) that set the maximum amount of money that may be
allocated from the fund for use as provided by this section.
(e) A reimbursement for expenses under this section is
contingent on the availability of money in the fund and subject to
the discretion of the governor.
SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2017, the office of
the governor shall adopt rules necessary to implement Section
481.081, Government Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 4. Section 481.078(c), Government Code, as amended
by this Act, and Section 481.081, Government Code, as added by this
Act, apply only to a grant that is awarded on or after the effective
date of this Act. A grant that is awarded before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the grant
was awarded, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018.