84R6420 JXC-F
 
  By: Gutierrez H.B. No. 1112
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to projects that a defense adjustment management authority
  may conduct.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 375.303, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 375.303.  DEFINITION [DEFINITIONS]. In this
  subchapter, "authority"[:
               [(1)  "Authority"] means a defense adjustment
  management authority created under this subchapter.
               [(2)     "Eligible project" means a program authorized by
  Section 379A.051 and a project as defined by Section 501.002 and
  Sections     505.151-505.156.     Notwithstanding this definition,
  seeking a charter for or operating an open-enrollment charter
  school authorized by Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code,
  shall not be an eligible project.]
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter O, Chapter 375, Local Government
  Code, is amended by adding Section 375.3035 to read as follows:
         Sec. 375.3035.  ELIGIBLE PROJECTS. (a) In this subchapter,
  eligible projects include only a:
               (1)  program authorized by Section 379A.051;
               (2)  project as defined by Section 501.002 and
  Sections  505.151-505.156; or
               (3)  job training program for jobs in the health care,
  technology, or oil and gas industries.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), in this subchapter,
  seeking a charter for or operating an open-enrollment charter
  school authorized by Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, is
  not an eligible project.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.