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      H.B. No. 2564         AN ACT   relating to the evaluation of Defense Economic Adjustment   Assistance Grant applications.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 436.205, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 436.205.  [ PANEL: ] EVALUATION OF APPLICATION. [ (a)   The commission shall establish a defense economic adjustment   assistance panel composed of at least three and not more than five   professional full-time employees of the office of the governor   appointed by the director of the commission.          [ (b) ] The commission [ panel ] shall evaluate each grant   application and assign the applicant a score based on:                (1)  the significance of the adverse or positive effect   within the local governmental entity; and                (2)  any other criteria established by the commission.          SECTION 2.  Section 436.206, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 436.206.  MAKING OF GRANT. [ The panel shall submit its   scores to the commission. ] The commission shall use the scores   assigned under Section 436.205 to determine whether to make a grant   to an applicant. The commission may not make a grant unless the   legislature has appropriated the money for the grant.          SECTION 3.  Section 436.001(6), Government Code, is   repealed.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 2564 was passed by the House on May 8,   2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 2564 was passed by the Senate on May   22, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor