By Hill H.B. No. 1260
76R2844 DB-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to redefining the term colonia to allow certain areas to
1-3 qualify for funding programs.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 2306.581(1), Government Code, is amended
1-6 to read as follows:
1-7 (1) "Colonia" means a geographic area [located in a
1-8 county some part of which is within 150 miles of the international
1-9 border of this state and] that:
1-10 (A) has a majority population composed of
1-11 individuals and families of low income and very low income, based
1-12 on the federal Office of Management and Budget poverty index, and
1-13 meets the qualifications of an economically distressed area under
1-14 Section 17.921, Water Code; or
1-15 (B) has the physical and economic
1-16 characteristics of a colonia, as determined by the department.
1-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-18 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.