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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to eligibility of a political subdivision for a grant from |
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the Rural Infrastructure Disaster Recovery Program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 418.083, Government Code, as added by |
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H.B. 3010, Acts of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, and |
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effective September 1, 2025, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 418.083. ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT. A political |
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subdivision is eligible to apply to the division for a grant under |
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this subchapter if the political subdivision is: |
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(1) a county: |
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(A) that: |
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(i) has a population of less than 100,000; |
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(ii) has a gross domestic product of less |
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than $3 billion [$2 billion]; |
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(iii) has a poverty rate greater than 10 |
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[15] percent; and |
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(iv) is located wholly or partly in a |
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disaster area; and |
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(B) for which the total dollar amount of damages |
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resulting from the disaster, as shown in an assessment of damages |
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prepared after the disaster, exceeds the amount equal to 10 percent |
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of the state and local sales and use taxes collected in the county |
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during the state fiscal year preceding the year in which the |
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disaster occurs; or |
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(2) a political subdivision other than a county that |
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is wholly or partly located in a county described by Subdivision |
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(1). |
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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 on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |