By: VanDeaver H.B. No. 3484
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to agreements between border municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 763.003, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
(e) An agreement or contract authorized by this chapter may
be memorialized by reciprocal ordinances or ordinances in
substantially similar language enacted by each municipality.
(f) By joint resolution, each municipality may extend the
provisions of this chapter to an agreement or contract that
predates enactment of this chapter.
SECTION 2. Chapter 763, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 763.006 to read as follows:
Sec. 763.006. ELIGILIBITY FOR FUNDING AND FINANCING
METHODS. Any facility, service, infrastructure, or other real
property created, operated, owned, co-owned, acquired, or governed
by an agreement authorized by this chapter, if located in the state
of the adjoining municipality and no more than thirty (30) miles
from the border municipality, shall be deemed within this state for
the purposes of determining eligibility for funding and financing
under Texas law. Such eligibility includes, but is not limited to,
grants, loans, bonds, and any other financial assistance authorized
under Texas law for municipal or intergovernmental infrastructure
projects and services.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect July 1, 2025, 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 effect on that
date, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.