HB 254

89S20123 CS-D
		By: Ashby, Virdell, Wharton, et al.
  H.B. No. 254
  A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
  AN ACT
  relating to eligibility of a political subdivision for a grant from
  the Rural Infrastructure Disaster Recovery Program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 418.083, Government Code, as added by
  H.B. 3010, Acts of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, and
  effective September 1, 2025, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 418.083.  ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT.  A political
  subdivision is eligible to apply to the division for a grant under
  this subchapter if the political subdivision is:
               (1)  a county:
                     (A)  that:
                           (i)  has a population of less than 100,000;
                           (ii)  has a gross domestic product of less
  than $3 billion [$2 billion];
                           (iii)  has a poverty rate greater than 10
  [15] percent; and
                           (iv)  is located wholly or partly in a
  disaster area; and
                     (B)  for which the total dollar amount of damages
  resulting from the disaster, as shown in an assessment of damages
  prepared after the disaster, exceeds the amount equal to 10 percent
  of the state and local sales and use taxes collected in the county
  during the state fiscal year preceding the year in which the
  disaster occurs; or
               (2)  a political subdivision other than a county that
  is wholly or partly located in a county described by Subdivision
  (1).
         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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
  legislative session.