| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 2893 |
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| 1 | + | By: Herrero (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 2893 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2021; |
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| 3 | + | May 14, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Local |
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| 4 | + | Government; May 20, 2021, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | + | vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to the establishment by the Texas Department of Housing |
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| 6 | 12 | | and Community Affairs of colonia self-help centers in certain |
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| 7 | 13 | | counties and to the representation of those counties on the Colonia |
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| 8 | 14 | | Resident Advisory Committee. |
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| 9 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Section 2306.582(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 17 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 18 | | (a) The department shall establish colonia self-help |
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| 13 | 19 | | centers in El Paso, Hidalgo, Nueces, Starr, and Webb Counties |
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| 14 | 20 | | [counties], and in Cameron County to serve Cameron and Willacy |
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| 15 | 21 | | Counties [counties]. If the department determines it necessary and |
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| 16 | 22 | | appropriate, the department may establish a self-help center in any |
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| 17 | 23 | | other county if the county is designated as an economically |
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| 18 | 24 | | distressed area under Chapter 17, Water Code, for purposes of |
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| 19 | 25 | | eligibility to receive funds from the Texas Water Development |
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| 20 | 26 | | Board. |
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| 21 | 27 | | SECTION 2. Section 2306.584(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 22 | 28 | | to read as follows: |
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| 23 | 29 | | (a) The board shall appoint not fewer than six [five] |
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| 24 | 30 | | persons who are residents of colonias to serve on the Colonia |
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| 25 | 31 | | Resident Advisory Committee. The members of the advisory committee |
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| 26 | 32 | | shall be selected from lists of candidates submitted to the board by |
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| 27 | 33 | | local nonprofit organizations and the commissioners court of a |
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| 28 | 34 | | county in which a self-help center is located. |
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| 29 | 35 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 30 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 31 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 32 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2893 was passed by the House on April |
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| 33 | | - | 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 94, Nays 51, 2 present, not |
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| 34 | | - | voting. |
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| 35 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 36 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 37 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2893 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 38 | | - | 22, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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| 39 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 40 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 41 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 42 | | - | Date |
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| 43 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 44 | | - | Governor |
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| 36 | + | * * * * * |
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