Bill Text: TX HB1038 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB1038 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB1038-Introduced.html

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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.