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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the evaluation of Defense Economic Adjustment |
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Assistance Grant applications. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 436.001, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 436.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Commission" means the Texas Military |
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Preparedness Commission. |
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(2) "Defense community" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 397.001, Local Government Code. |
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(3) "Defense worker" means: |
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(A) an employee of the United States Department |
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of Defense, including a member of the armed forces and a government |
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civilian worker; |
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(B) an employee of a government agency or private |
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business, or entity providing a department of defense related |
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function, who is employed at a defense facility; |
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(C) an employee of a business that directly |
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provides services or products to the department of defense and |
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whose job is directly dependent on defense expenditures; or |
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(D) an employee or private contractor employed by |
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the United States Department of Energy working on a defense or |
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department of energy facility in support of a department of defense |
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related project. |
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(4) "Defense worker job" means a department of defense |
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authorized permanent position or a position held or occupied by one |
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or more defense workers for more than 12 months. |
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(5) [Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 330 , |
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Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2015. |
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[(6) "Panel" means the commission's defense economic |
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adjustment assistance panel. |
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[(7)] "Texas Commanders Council" means the consortium |
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of commanding officers of the military installations in this state. |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 436.205, Government Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 436.205. COMMISSIONERS [PANEL]: EVALUATION OF |
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APPLICATION. |
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SECTION 3. Section 436.205, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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[(a) The commission shall establish a defense economic |
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adjustment assistance panel composed of at least three and not more |
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than five professional full-time employees of the office of the |
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governor appointed by the director of the commission. |
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[(b)] The commissioners [panel] shall evaluate each grant |
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application and assign the applicant a score based on: |
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(1) the significance of the adverse or positive effect |
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within the local governmental entity; and |
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(2) any other criteria established by the commission. |
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SECTION 4. Section 436.206, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 436.206. MAKING OF GRANT. [The panel shall submit its |
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scores to the commission.] The commission shall use the scores to |
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determine whether to make a grant to an applicant. The commission |
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may not make a grant unless the legislature has appropriated the |
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money for the grant. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |