HB1038 - Relating to the applicability of the law governing a grant program for public improvement projects for unincorporated communities in certain counties.

  89R248 MZM-D     By: Morales of Maverick H.B. No. 1038       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the applicability of the law governing 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.  Section 388.001, Local Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 388.001.  APPLICABILITY.  This chapter applies only   to :                 (1)   a county that:                       (A)  [ (1) ]  has a population of less [ not more ]   than 3,000;                       (B)  [ (2) ]  is adjacent to at least three counties   with populations of less than 10,000; and                       (C)  [ (3) ]  is located on an international border ;   and                 (2)  a county that:                       (A)  has a population of less than 7,000;                       (B)     is adjacent to not more than two counties,   each with populations of less than 10,000; and                       (C)  is located on an international border .          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, 2025.