Bill Text: TX HB3364 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of money from the Texas Enterprise Fund to reimburse grant recipients for certain expenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-20 - Left pending in committee [HB3364 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3364-Introduced.html
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| By: Button | H.B. No. 3364 | |
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| relating to the use of money from the Texas Enterprise Fund to | ||
| reimburse grant recipients for certain expenses. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 481.078(c), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (c) Except as provided by Subsections (d) and (d-1), the | ||
| fund may be used only for: | ||
| (1) economic development, infrastructure development, | ||
| community development, job training programs, and business | ||
| incentives; and | ||
| (2) expense reimbursement for grant recipients under | ||
| this section as provided by Section 481.081. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 481, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 481.081 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 481.081. TEXAS ENTERPRISE FUND: REIMBURSEMENT FOR | ||
| CERTAIN EXPENSES INCURRED BY GRANT RECIPIENT. (a) In this section, | ||
| "fund" means the Texas Enterprise Fund under Section 481.078. | ||
| (b) The governor may use money in the fund to reimburse a | ||
| grant recipient under Section 481.078 for a portion of the | ||
| recipient's expenses that are incurred: | ||
| (1) in the performance of the recipient's duties under | ||
| that section; and | ||
| (2) for the purchase of goods or services from a | ||
| business whose headquarters are located in this state. | ||
| (c) A grant recipient may apply for and receive | ||
| reimbursement for expenses as provided by this section in an | ||
| amount, as determined by office of the governor rule, not to exceed | ||
| 15 percent of the total receipts for qualified expenditures the | ||
| recipient submits to the office of the governor in accordance with | ||
| this section. | ||
| (d) The office of the governor shall adopt any rules the | ||
| governor considers necessary for the administration and | ||
| implementation of this section, including rules: | ||
| (1) that establish criteria for expenditures that are | ||
| eligible for reimbursement; | ||
| (2) for forms and procedures for application and | ||
| receipt requirements; and | ||
| (3) that set the maximum amount of money that may be | ||
| allocated from the fund for use as provided by this section. | ||
| (e) A reimbursement for expenses under this section is | ||
| contingent on the availability of money in the fund and subject to | ||
| the discretion of the governor. | ||
| SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2017, the office of | ||
| the governor shall adopt rules necessary to implement Section | ||
| 481.081, Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 481.078(c), Government Code, as amended | ||
| by this Act, and Section 481.081, Government Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, apply only to a grant that is awarded on or after the effective | ||
| date of this Act. A grant that is awarded before the effective date | ||
| of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the grant | ||
| was awarded, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018. | ||
