By Shapleigh S.B. No. 1107 76R8450 CLG-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to information on assistance under the federal Community 1-3 Adjustment and Investment Program. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 481, Government Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 481.165 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 481.165. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN BUSINESSES AND 1-8 COMMUNITIES. (a) At least once each two-year period, the 1-9 department shall provide written notice in English and in Spanish 1-10 to each community and business in this state that is eligible for a 1-11 loan, loan guarantee, or any other adjustment assistance under the 1-12 federal Community Adjustment and Investment Program (22 U.S.C. 1-13 Section 290m-2). 1-14 (b) The notice of eligibility must contain: 1-15 (1) information on the certification process required 1-16 for assistance under the federal program, including qualification 1-17 criteria and the production of evidence necessary for an applicant 1-18 to obtain that certification; and 1-19 (2) a list of the telephone numbers of each of the 1-20 federal Small Business Administration and United States Department 1-21 of Agriculture district offices located in this state for use in 1-22 obtaining information on the availability of loan guarantees made 1-23 by those agencies for loans made under the federal program. 1-24 (c) A community or business in this state that has requested 2-1 a certification of eligibility under the federal Community 2-2 Adjustment and Investment Program shall notify the department of 2-3 that request. 2-4 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-9 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-10 passage, and it is so enacted.