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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the provision of money from a county's general fund to |
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disaster victims. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 130, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 130.910 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.910. AID TO DISASTER VICTIMS. (a) Subject to |
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Subsection (b), the commissioners court of a county may provide |
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money from the general fund of the county to individual residents of |
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the county who are adversely affected by a disaster for which the |
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county judge declared a local state of disaster under Section |
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418.108, Government Code. |
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(b) A county may not provide assistance to an individual |
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under this section until the commissioners court of the county: |
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(1) has implemented policies and procedures to ensure |
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that money granted under this section is used for the public purpose |
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of providing disaster relief; and |
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(2) has determined that financial assistance from |
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other sources, including this state and the federal government, is |
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unavailable or inadequate. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |