Bill Text: TX HB1240 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to certain governmental operations affecting the border region.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB1240 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB1240-Introduced.html

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89R1187 CMO-F
By: Guillen H.B. No. 1240

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain governmental operations affecting the border
region.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2056.002(e)(3), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(3) "Texas-Mexico border region" means the area
consisting of the counties of Atascosa, Bandera, Bee, Bexar,
Brewster, Brooks, Cameron, Crockett, Culberson, Dimmit, Duval,
Edwards, El Paso, Frio, Hidalgo, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Jim Hogg,
Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Kleberg, La Salle,
Live Oak, Loving, Mason, Maverick, McCulloch, McMullen, Medina,
Menard, Nueces, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Real, Reeves, San
Patricio, Starr, Sutton, Terrell, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Ward,
Webb, Willacy, Wilson, Zapata, and Zavala.
SECTION 2. Section 61.0821(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) In this section, "border region" has the meaning
assigned to "Texas-Mexico border region" by Section 2056.002,
Government Code [means the area composed of the counties of
Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Brewster, Brooks, Cameron, Crockett,
Culberson, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, El Paso, Frio, Hidalgo,
Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kerr, Kimble,
Kinney, Kleberg, Live Oak, La Salle, Maverick, McMullen, Medina,
Nueces, Pecos, Presidio, Real, Reeves, San Patricio, Starr, Sutton,
Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, Willacy, Zapata, and Zavala].
SECTION 3. Section 61.506(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) Each of the pilot programs must provide services to an
economically depressed or rural medically underserved area of the
state. One pilot program must be located in an urban area, one
pilot program must be located in a rural area, and the remaining
pilot program or programs must be located in the Texas-Mexico
border region as defined by Section 2056.002 [481.001], Government
Code.
SECTION 4. Section 772.0071(a)(2), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(2) "Border region" has the meaning assigned to
"Texas-Mexico border region" by Section 2056.002 [means the portion
of this state that is located in a county that:
[(A) is adjacent to an international border;
[(B) is adjacent to a county described by
Paragraph (A); or
[(C) is served by a prosecuting attorney whose
jurisdiction includes a county described by Paragraph (A) or (B)].
SECTION 5. Section 772.011(d), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) In this section, "border region" has the meaning
assigned to "Texas-Mexico border region" by Section 2056.002 [means
the portion of this state located within 100 kilometers of this
state's international border].
SECTION 6. Section 772.051, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (2-a) to read as
follows:
(1) "Border crime" has [and "border region" have] the
meaning [meanings] assigned by Section 772.0071.
(2-a) "Border region" has the meaning assigned to
"Texas-Mexico border region" by Section 2056.002.
SECTION 7. Section 120.001(1), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(1) "Border region" has the meaning assigned to
"Texas-Mexico border region" by Section 2056.002, Government Code
[means the area consisting of the counties immediately adjacent to
the international boundary between the United States and Mexico].
SECTION 8. Section 201.109(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) In carrying out this section, the commission shall
provide for:
(1) maximizing the generation of revenue from existing
assets of the department, including real estate;
(2) increasing the role of the private sector and
public-private projects in the leasing of real estate and other
assets in the development of highway projects;
(3) setting and attempting to meet annual revenue
enhancement goals;
(4) reporting on the progress in meeting revenue
enhancement goals in the department's annual report;
(5) contracting for an independent audit of the
department's management and business operations in 2007 and each
12th year after 2007;
(6) developing a cost-benefit analysis between the use
of local materials previously incorporated into roadways versus use
of materials blended or transported from other sources; and
(7) increasing private investment in the
transportation infrastructure, including the acquisition of
causeways, bridges, tunnels, turnpikes, or other transportation
facilities, in the Texas-Mexico border region, as defined by
Section 2056.002, Government Code [including the counties of
Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Brewster, Brooks, Cameron, Crockett,
Culberson, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, El Paso, Frio, Hidalgo,
Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kerr, Kimble,
Kinney, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina,
Nueces, Pecos, Presidio, Real, Reeves, San Patricio, Starr, Sutton,
Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, Willacy, Zapata, and Zavala].
SECTION 9. Section 6.112(a), Water Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(a) In this section, "border region" has the meaning
assigned to "Texas-Mexico border region" by Section 2056.002,
Government Code [means the portion of this state located within 100
kilometers of this state's international border].
SECTION 10. This Act takes effect September 1, 2026.