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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to relief from local matching funds requirements for |
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certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 222.053, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a county is |
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considered to be an "economically disadvantaged county" for the |
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purposes of this section if it meets the criteria as laid out in |
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Subsection (a) within the past six years and has been included in no |
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less than five federally declared disasters within the same time |
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period. |
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(a-2) For a county described by Subsection (a-1), the |
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adjustment to the local matching funds requirement shall be |
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equivalent to the highest adjustment rate set in the last year the |
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county was considered to meet the criteria described in Subsection |
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(a). |
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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, 2019. |