By Oliveira H.B. No. 2252
75R3038 CLG-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to certain projects and programs for residents of a
1-3 colonia.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code,
1-6 is amended by adding Section 40.066 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 40.066. ACCOUNT FOR PROVISION OF SERVICES TO RESIDENTS
1-8 OF COLONIA. (a) The comptroller each fiscal year shall deposit
1-9 $500,000 of the federal money received by the state under Title XX
1-10 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1397 et seq.) or for
1-11 community-based services in an account in the general revenue fund
1-12 to be administered by the department under this section.
1-13 (b) Money in the account may be used only to provide:
1-14 (1) community-based services to children who reside in
1-15 a colonia and are at risk of being placed in a foster home; and
1-16 (2) social services under Title XX of the Social
1-17 Security Act to residents of a colonia who are eligible to receive
1-18 those services.
1-19 (c) The department may contract with a community resource
1-20 center established by Texas A&M University and located in a colonia
1-21 to provide the services described by Subsection (b).
1-22 (d) In this section, "colonia" has the meaning assigned by
1-23 Section 2306.581, Government Code.
1-24 SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 481, Government Code, is
2-1 amended by adding Section 481.030 to read as follows:
2-2 Sec. 481.030. ACCOUNT FOR PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS TO ASSIST
2-3 RESIDENTS OF COLONIA. (a) The comptroller each fiscal year shall
2-4 deposit $600,000 of the money received by the state under the
2-5 federal community development block grant program in an account in
2-6 the general revenue fund to be administered by the department under
2-7 this section.
2-8 (b) Money in the account may be used only to:
2-9 (1) construct and rehabilitate community resource
2-10 centers in colonias;
2-11 (2) establish a loan program to assist residents of a
2-12 colonia who plan to start or expand small businesses in the
2-13 colonia; and
2-14 (3) provide loan management and business training to
2-15 residents of a colonia.
2-16 (c) The department may contract with a community resource
2-17 center established by Texas A&M University and located in a colonia
2-18 to provide the services described by Subsection (b)(3).
2-19 (d) In this section, "colonia" has the meaning assigned by
2-20 Section 2306.581, Government Code.
2-21 SECTION 3. Subchapter I, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,
2-22 is amended by adding Section 201.705 to read as follows:
2-23 Sec. 201.705. ACCOUNT FOR PROJECTS IN COLONIAS. (a) The
2-24 comptroller each fiscal year shall deposit five percent of the
2-25 federal money received by the state under the Intermodal Surface
2-26 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 in an account in the general
2-27 revenue fund to be administered by the department under this
3-1 section.
3-2 (b) Money in the account may be used only:
3-3 (1) for eligible colonia projects; and
3-4 (2) to assist residents of a colonia to apply for and
3-5 secure federal transportation funding available under the
3-6 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 for
3-7 landscaping and other beautification and historic preservation
3-8 projects.
3-9 (c) The department may contract with a community resource
3-10 center established by Texas A&M University and located in a colonia
3-11 to identify eligible projects and assist colonia residents as
3-12 prescribed by Subsection (b).
3-13 (d) In this section, "colonia" has the meaning assigned by
3-14 Section 2306.581, Government Code.
3-15 SECTION 4. Section 24.005, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
3-16 amended by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
3-17 (d) The department each fiscal year shall grant at least
3-18 $400,000 from the fund to counties in which colonias are located to
3-19 provide one-half of the costs of the development of sports parks or
3-20 recreational areas in the colonias to be owned and operated by the
3-21 counties if the counties agree to finance the remaining costs.
3-22 (e) In this section, "colonia" has the meaning assigned by
3-23 Section 2306.581, Government Code.
3-24 SECTION 5. (a) As soon as possible after the effective date
3-25 of this Act, the comptroller shall transfer to the account
3-26 established under Section 201.705, Transportation Code, as added by
3-27 this Act, money allocated by the Texas Department of Transportation
4-1 for projects financed under the Intermodal Surface Transportation
4-2 Efficiency Act of 1991 that have been withdrawn.
4-3 (b) The Texas Department of Transportation shall certify to
4-4 the comptroller the amounts to be transferred under this section.
4-5 SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
4-6 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the
4-7 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-8 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-9 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-10 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.