| 1 | 1 | | 89R2419 LRM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lopez of Bexar H.B. No. 561 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the eligibility of certain local governmental entities |
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| 10 | 10 | | affected by the realignment of defense worker jobs or facilities to |
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| 11 | 11 | | receive grants. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 436.201(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 14 | 14 | | to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a) The following local governmental entities are eligible |
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| 16 | 16 | | for a grant under this subchapter: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) a municipality or county that is a defense |
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| 18 | 18 | | community; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) a regional planning commission that has a defense |
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| 20 | 20 | | community within its boundaries; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (3) a public junior college district that is wholly or |
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| 22 | 22 | | partly located in a defense community; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (4) a campus or education extension center of the |
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| 24 | 24 | | Texas State Technical College System that is located in a defense |
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| 25 | 25 | | community; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (5) a defense base development authority created under |
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| 27 | 27 | | Chapter 379B, Local Government Code; [and] |
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| 28 | 28 | | (6) a political subdivision that has the power of a |
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| 29 | 29 | | defense base development authority created under Chapter 379B, |
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| 30 | 30 | | Local Government Code; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (7) a municipally owned utility that acts as a retail |
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| 32 | 32 | | public utility, as those terms are defined by Section 13.002, Water |
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| 33 | 33 | | Code, in a defense community. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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