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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing the provision of state matching funds to |
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municipalities for hurricane preparation and recovery. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 418, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 418.075 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 418.075. MATCHING FUNDS FOR MUNICIPAL HURRICANE |
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PREPARATION AND RECOVERY. (a) The division shall implement a |
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matching funds program to award grants to municipalities as an |
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incentive to create and maintain municipal disaster contingency |
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funds for hurricane preparation and recovery. |
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(b) The division shall award the matching funds annually |
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from the state's disaster contingency fund. If funds are |
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available, the division shall award a grant to a municipality that |
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is equal to 25 percent of the amount the municipality added during |
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the preceding fiscal year to the municipality's disaster |
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contingency fund. |
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(c) Funds awarded under this section to a municipality may |
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be used only for hurricane preparation and recovery purposes. |
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(d) The division shall adopt rules necessary to implement |
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the matching funds program. |
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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. |