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1		-	~~89R21784~~ CS-D
	1	+	89R14424 CS-D
2	2		By: Ashby H.B. No. 3010
3		-	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3010:
4		-	By: Hefner C.S.H.B. No. 3010
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9	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	8		AN ACT
11	9		relating to the establishment of the Rural Infrastructure Disaster
12	10		Recovery Program.
13	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	12		SECTION 1. Chapter 418, Government Code, is amended by
15	13		adding Subchapter D-1 to read as follows:
16	14		SUBCHAPTER D-1. RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM
17	15		Sec. 418.081. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
18	16		(1) "Account" means the rural infrastructure disaster
19	17		recovery account created under Section 418.086.
20	18		(2) "Critical infrastructure" includes:
21	19		(A) a road;
22	20		(B) a public school;
23	21		(C) a hospital or other health care facility;
24	22		(D) a water intake structure, water treatment
25	23		facility, wastewater treatment plant, or pump station;
26	24		(E) utility-scale water or wastewater storage,
27	25		treatment, or transmission facilities; and
28	26		(F) airport facilities used for the landing,
29	27		parking, refueling, shelter, or takeoff of aircraft, maintenance or
30	28		servicing of aircraft, aircraft equipment storage, or navigation of
31	29		aircraft.
32	30		(3) "Disaster area" means an area in this state
33	31		declared to be a disaster area by the governor.
34	32		(4) "Eligible political subdivision" means a
35	33		political subdivision that meets the qualifications prescribed by
36	34		Section 418.083.
37	35		(5) "Political subdivision," notwithstanding Section
38	36		418.004, means a county, municipality, special district, school
39	37		district, junior college district, or other political subdivision
40	38		of this state.
41	39		Sec. 418.082. RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DISASTER RECOVERY
42	40		PROGRAM. (a) The division shall establish and administer a rural
43	41		infrastructure disaster recovery program in accordance with this
44	42		subchapter to benefit eligible political subdivisions. The program
45	43		must be designed to provide financial assistance in the form of
46	44		grants to rural communities located in a disaster area for the
47	45		purpose of rebuilding and repairing critical infrastructure
48	46		damaged by a disaster.
49	47		(b) The division may make grants in accordance with this
50	48		subchapter using money appropriated to the division for the
51	49		purposes of this subchapter.
52	50		Sec. 418.083. ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT. A political
53	51		subdivision is eligible to apply to the division for a grant under
54	52		this subchapter if the political subdivision is:
55	53		(1) a county:
56	54		(A) that:
57	55		(i) has a population of less than 100,000;
58	56		(ii) has a gross domestic product of less
59	57		than $2 billion;
60	58		(iii) has a poverty rate greater than 15
61	59		percent; and
62	60		(iv) is located wholly or partly in a
63	61		disaster area; and
64	62		(B) for which the total dollar amount of damages
65	63		resulting from the disaster, as shown in an assessment of damages
66	64		prepared after the disaster, exceeds the amount equal to 10 percent
67	65		of the state and local sales and use taxes collected in the county
68	66		during the state fiscal year preceding the year in which the
69	67		disaster occurs; or
70	68		(2) a political subdivision other than a county that
71	69		is wholly or partly located in a county described by Subdivision
72	70		(1).
73	71		Sec. 418.084. GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The division may make a
74	72		grant to an eligible political subdivision using money in the
75	73		account to assist in the rebuilding or repair of critical
76	74		infrastructure located in the eligible political subdivision that
77	75		is damaged by a disaster that may reasonably be considered a public
78	76		calamity.
79	77		(b) The proceeds of a grant made by the division using money
80	78		in the account may not be used by the eligible political subdivision
81	79		receiving the grant for any purpose other than the purpose
82	80		described by Subsection (a).
83	81		Sec. 418.085. APPLICATION FOR GRANT. (a) The division
84	82		shall establish an application process for a grant under this
85	83		subchapter.
86	84		(b) At a minimum, an application must include:
87	85		(1) a description of the infrastructure repair or
88	86		rebuild project for which the applicant is requesting the grant;
89		-	(2) an estimate of the total cost of the project;
90		-	(3) documentation that the project does not qualify
91		-	for federal funding through the Federal Emergency Management
92		-	Agency; and
93		-	(4) any other information the division requests to
	87	+	(2) an estimate of the total cost of the project; and
	88	+	(3) any other information the division requests to
94	89		determine whether the applicant is an eligible political
95	90		subdivision.
96	91		Sec. 418.086. RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DISASTER RECOVERY
97	92		ACCOUNT. (a) The rural infrastructure disaster recovery account
98	93		is established as an account in the general revenue fund with the
99	94		comptroller, to be administered by the division.
100		-	(b) The division may use the rural infrastructure disaster
101		-	recovery account only for:
102		-	(1) making a grant to an eligible political
103		-	subdivision; and
104		-	(2) paying the necessary and reasonable expenses of
105		-	administering the grant.
	95	+	(b) Money in the account may be used only to provide a grant
	96	+	in the manner provided by this subchapter.
106	97		(c) The account consists of:
107	98		(1) money appropriated, credited, or transferred to
108	99		the account by the legislature;
109	100		(2) gifts or grants contributed to the account; and
110	101		(3) interest earned on deposits and investments of the
111	102		account.
112		-	Sec. 418.087. RULES. The division shall adopt rules
113		-	necessary to administer this subchapter, including rules
114		-	establishing procedures for the application for and award of
115		-	grants, distribution of grants, and administration of grants and
116		-	the grant program established under this subchapter.
117	103		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.