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               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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               AN ACT
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            relating to the eligibility of certain local governmental entities  | 
         
         
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            affected by the realignment of defense worker jobs or facilities to  | 
         
         
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            receive grants. | 
         
         
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                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 1.  Section 436.201(a), Government Code, is amended  | 
         
         
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            to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   (a)  The following local governmental entities are eligible  | 
         
         
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            for a grant under this subchapter: | 
         
         
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                         (1)  a municipality or county that is a defense  | 
         
         
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            community; | 
         
         
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                         (2)  a regional planning commission that has a defense  | 
         
         
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            community within its boundaries; | 
         
         
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                         (3)  a public junior college district that is wholly or  | 
         
         
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            partly located in a defense community; | 
         
         
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                         (4)  a campus or education extension center of the  | 
         
         
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            Texas State Technical College System that is located in a defense  | 
         
         
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            community; | 
         
         
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                         (5)  a defense base development authority created under  | 
         
         
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            Chapter 379B, Local Government Code; [and] | 
         
         
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                         (6)  a political subdivision that has the power of a  | 
         
         
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            defense base development authority created under Chapter 379B,  | 
         
         
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            Local Government Code; and | 
         
         
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                         (7)  a municipally owned utility that acts as a retail  | 
         
         
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            public utility, as those terms are defined by Section 13.002, Water  | 
         
         
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            Code. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |