BILL ANALYSIS
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AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
Since 2002, Brooks City Base has served as a unique model for redevelopment due to its use of public-private partnerships to establish a vibrant mixed use community, as well as a catalyst for prosperity on the former Brooks Air Force Base. It is now home to 26 different companies and nearly 3,000 employees who earn an average salary of $50,000 a year on the southeast side of San Antonio.
H.B. 1112 relates to defense adjustment management authorities and amends the Local Government Code to include a job training program for jobs in the health care, technology, or oil and gas industry.
H.B. 1112 amends current law relating to projects that a defense adjustment management authority may conduct.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 375.303, Local Government Code, as follows:
Sec. 375.303. New heading: DEFINITION. Defines “authority.”
Deletes existing text defining “eligible project.” Makes nonsubstantive changes.
SECTION 2. Amends Subchapter O, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, by adding Section 375.3035, as follows:
Sec. 375.3035. ELIGIBLE PROJECTS. (a) Provides that, in this subchapter, eligible projects include only a program authorized by Section 379A.051 (Programs), a project as defined by Section 501.002 (Definitions) and Sections 505.151-505.156, or a job training program for jobs in the health care, technology, or oil and gas industries.
(b) Provides that, notwithstanding Subsection (a), in this subchapter, seeking a charter for or operating an open-enrollment charter school authorized by Subchapter D (Open-Enrollment Charter School), Chapter 12 (Charters), Education Code, is not an eligible project.
SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 2015.