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Senate Bill 1408 |
Senate Author: Lucio et al. |
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Effective: Vetoed |
House Sponsor: King, Tracy O. |
Senate Bill 1408 amends the Agriculture Code to require the Department of Agriculture, subject to the availability of federal and state funds, to create a community development matching grant program to foster community and economic development in certain municipalities and counties.
Reason Given for Veto: "Senate Bill 1408 creates new authorities to issue state funds to local units of governments similar to, and in some cases identical to, grants already made under the federal Community Development Block Grant program. The stated intent of the new programs is to offset reductions in federal funding with new state funding. Our federal government's addiction to spending Texas taxpayer dollars must be brought under control, and when it is, the State of Texas should not find ways to tax our citizens to continue funding services our federal elected officials have deemed worthy of curtailing."