Bill Text: TX HB1330 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a grant program for public improvement projects for unincorporated communities in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-10 - Effective immediately [HB1330 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1330-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1330 |
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relating to a grant program for public improvement projects for | ||
unincorporated communities in certain counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 12, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 388 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 388. GRANT PROGRAM FOR UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES IN | ||
CERTAIN COUNTIES | ||
Sec. 388.001. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to | ||
a county that: | ||
(1) has a population of not more than 3,000; | ||
(2) is adjacent to at least three counties with | ||
populations of less than 10,000; and | ||
(3) is located on an international border. | ||
Sec. 388.002. IMPROVEMENT PROJECT GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The | ||
commissioners court of a county by order may establish and | ||
implement a grant program for the purpose of funding public | ||
improvement projects to benefit unincorporated communities located | ||
in the county. | ||
(b) A public improvement project includes: | ||
(1) the acquisition, construction, or improvement of: | ||
(A) sidewalks, streets, roads, or other | ||
transportation infrastructure; | ||
(B) water, wastewater, or drainage facilities or | ||
improvements; or | ||
(C) other public facilities or improvements; and | ||
(2) special supplemental services for improvement and | ||
promotion of the area, including services relating to advertising, | ||
promotion, health and sanitation, water and wastewater, public | ||
safety, security, business recruitment, development, recreation, | ||
and cultural enhancement. | ||
Sec. 388.003. GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS. The county may | ||
apply for and accept a gift, grant, or donation from any source to | ||
fund a public improvement project described by Section 388.002. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1330 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 117, Nays 27, 3 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1330 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |