HB3484 - Relating to agreements between border municipalities.

      By: VanDeaver H.B. No. 3484       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to agreements between border municipalities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 763.003, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:           (e)     An agreement or contract authorized by this chapter may   be memorialized by reciprocal ordinances or ordinances in   substantially similar language enacted by each municipality.           (f)     By joint resolution, each municipality may extend the   provisions of this chapter to an agreement or contract that   predates enactment of this chapter.          SECTION 2.  Chapter 763, Government Code, is amended by   adding Section 763.006 to read as follows:           Sec.   763.006.     ELIGILIBITY FOR FUNDING AND FINANCING   METHODS. Any facility, service, infrastructure, or other real   property created, operated, owned, co-owned, acquired, or governed   by an agreement authorized by this chapter, if located in the state   of the adjoining municipality and no more than thirty (30) miles   from the border municipality, shall be deemed within this state for   the purposes of determining eligibility for funding and financing   under Texas law. Such eligibility includes, but is not limited to,   grants, loans, bonds, and any other financial assistance authorized   under Texas law for municipal or intergovernmental infrastructure   projects and services.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2025, 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 effect on that   date, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.