HB561 - Relating to the eligibility of certain local governmental entities affected by the realignment of defense worker jobs or facilities to receive grants.

  89R2419 LRM-F     By: Lopez of Bexar, et al. H.B. No. 561       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the eligibility of certain local governmental entities   affected by the realignment of defense worker jobs or facilities to   receive grants.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 436.201(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  The following local governmental entities are eligible   for a grant under this subchapter:                (1)  a municipality or county that is a defense   community;                (2)  a regional planning commission that has a defense   community within its boundaries;                (3)  a public junior college district that is wholly or   partly located in a defense community;                (4)  a campus or education extension center of the   Texas State Technical College System that is located in a defense   community;                (5)  a defense base development authority created under   Chapter 379B, Local Government Code; [ and ]                (6)  a political subdivision that has the power of a   defense base development authority created under Chapter 379B,   Local Government Code ; and                 (7)     a municipally owned utility that acts as a retail   public utility, as those terms are defined by Section 13.002, Water   Code, in a defense community .          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.