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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to grants to local governmental entities from the Texas |
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Military Preparedness Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 436.202, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding Subsection (e) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) From money appropriated for this purpose, the |
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commission may make a grant to an eligible local governmental |
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entity to: |
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(1) enable the entity to match money or meet an |
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investment requirement necessary to receive federal assistance |
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provided to the local governmental entity for responding to or |
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recovering from an event described by Section 436.201(b); |
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(2) match the entity's contribution for a purpose |
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described by Section 436.203 at a closed or realigned defense |
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facility; [or] |
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(3) construct infrastructure and other projects |
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necessary to accommodate a new or expanded military mission at a |
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military base or to reduce the impact of an action of the United |
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States Department of Defense that will negatively impact a defense |
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facility located in or near the entity; or |
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(4) construct affordable single family, multifamily, |
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and veteran's supportive housing financed under the low income |
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housing tax credit program under Subchapter DD, Chapter 2306. |
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(b) The commission may not make a grant for an amount less |
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than $50,000 or an amount more than the lesser of: |
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(1) 50 percent of the amount of matching money or |
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investment that the local governmental entity is required to |
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provide, subject to Subsection (c); |
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(2) 50 percent of the local governmental entity's |
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investment for purposes described by Section 436.203 if federal |
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assistance is unavailable; or |
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(3) $5 [$2] million. |
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(c) If the local governmental entity demonstrates to the |
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commission that, because of a limited budget, the entity lacks the |
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resources necessary to provide 50 percent of the amount of matching |
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money or investment that the entity is required to provide, the |
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commission may make a grant in an amount of not more than 80 percent |
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of the amount of that matching money or investment requirement but |
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may not make a grant in an amount that exceeds $5 [$2] million. |
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(e) The commission may make a grant to an eligible local |
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governmental entity for a project described by Subsection (a)(4) in |
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an amount that does not exceed the lesser of 10 percent of the total |
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construction cost of the project or $5 million. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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