1-1     By:  Oliveira (Senate Sponsor - Truan)                H.B. No. 2252

 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 21, 1997;

 1-3     April 23, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on

 1-4     Finance; May 17, 1997, reported favorably, as amended, by the

 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 1; May 17, 1997, sent to printer.)

 1-6     COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                                By:  Truan

 1-7           Amend H.B. 2252 as Engrossed, as follows:

 1-8           1)  On page 1, line 39, strike "this section" and substitute

 1-9     "sections (b)(1) and (b)(4) and $600,000 shall be used as specified

1-10     by sections (b)(2), (b)(3), and (b)(4)"; and

1-11           2)  On page 1, lines 52-53, strike "the Texas A&M University

1-12     Colonias Program and".

1-13                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

1-14                                   AN ACT

1-15     relating to certain projects and programs for residents of a

1-16     colonia.

1-17           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-18           SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code,

1-19     is amended by adding Section 40.066 to read as follows:

1-20           Sec. 40.066.  ACCOUNT FOR PROVISION OF SERVICES TO RESIDENTS

1-21     OF COLONIA.  (a)  Of the federal money received by the state for

1-22     community-based services under programs operated by the Department

1-23     of Protective and Regulatory Services, $500,000 each fiscal year

1-24     shall be used by the department for community-based colonias

1-25     services as specified.

1-26           (b)  Money identified in Subsection (a) may be used only to

1-27     provide community-based services that are eligible for

1-28     reimbursement from the federal government.

1-29           (c)  The department may contract with Texas A&M University

1-30     for use of these funds in its colonias program to provide services

1-31     eligible for federal reimbursement.

1-32           (d)  In this section, "colonia" has the meaning assigned by

1-33     Section 2306.581, Government Code.

1-34           SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 481, Government Code, is

1-35     amended by adding Section 481.030 to read as follows:

1-36           Sec. 481.030.  ACCOUNT FOR PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS TO ASSIST

1-37     RESIDENTS OF COLONIA.  (a)  Of the money received by the Department

1-38     of Commerce under the federal community development block grant

1-39     program, $600,000 shall be used as specified by this section.

1-40           (b)  Money identified in Subsection (a) may be used only to:

1-41                 (1)  construct and rehabilitate community resource

1-42     centers in colonias;

1-43                 (2)  establish a loan program to assist residents of a

1-44     colonia who plan to start or expand a small business in a colonia;

1-45                 (3)  provide loan management and business training to

1-46     residents of a colonia; and

1-47                 (4)  provide for administration of these funds.

1-48           (c)  The department, on approval of Texas A&M University, may

1-49     contract with one or more counties to assist residents of colonias

1-50     in the Texas A&M University Colonias Program to provide eligible

1-51     services described by Subsection (b)(1) that are eligible for

1-52     federal reimbursement.  The department may contract with the Texas

1-53     A&M University Colonias Program and a colonia center at The

1-54     University of Texas-Pan American to provide eligible services

1-55     described by Subsections (b)(2), (b)(3), and (b)(4) that are

1-56     eligible for federal reimbursement.

1-57           (d)  In this section, "colonia" has the meaning assigned by

1-58     Section 2306.581, Government Code.

1-59           SECTION 3.  Section 24.005, Parks and Wildlife Code, is

1-60     amended by adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows:

1-61           (d)  The Parks and Wildlife Department each fiscal year shall

1-62     grant at least $400,000 from the fund to counties in which colonias

1-63     exist to provide one-half of the costs of the development of sports

1-64     or recreational facilities in the colonias.  A county may meet the

 2-1     requirements for financial participation by the use of in-kind or

 2-2     cash contributions.

 2-3           (e)  The department shall consult with the Texas A&M

 2-4     University Colonias Program for the use of these funds to provide

 2-5     eligible services and projects to assist colonia residents as

 2-6     prescribed by Subsection (d).

 2-7           (f)  In this section, "colonia" has the meaning assigned by

 2-8     Section 2306.581, Government Code.

 2-9           SECTION 4.  Sections 1 through 3 of this Act take effect

2-10     September 1, 1997.

2-11           SECTION 5.  The importance of this legislation and the

2-12     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

2-13     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

2-14     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

2-15     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.

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