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H.B. No. 775
AN ACT
relating to the allocation of certain community development block
grant program money for the installation of street lights in
colonias.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 487, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 487.354 to read as follows:
Sec. 487.354. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR INSTALLATION OF
STREET LIGHTS IN COLONIAS. (a) In this section, "colonia" means an
identifiable unincorporated community, or an identifiable
community annexed by a municipality and eligible for assistance as
described by Section 43.907(b), Local Government Code, that:
(1) is located within 150 miles of the international
border of this state in a county that is eligible to receive
financial assistance from the community development block grant
colonia fund under this subchapter, as identified by office rule;
(2) is determined by the office to be a colonia on the
basis of objective criteria, including lack of potable water
supply, lack of adequate sewage systems, and lack of decent, safe,
and sanitary housing; and
(3) was in existence and generally recognized as a
colonia before November 28, 1990.
(b) The office shall adopt a rule requiring a political
subdivision that receives community development block grant
program money targeted toward street improvement projects to
allocate not less than five percent but not more than 15 percent of
the total amount of targeted money to providing financial
assistance to colonias within the political subdivision to enable
the installation of adequate street lighting in those colonias if
street lighting is absent or needed.
SECTION 2. (a) Section 487.354, Government Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to an allocation of community development
block grant program money based on an application cycle that begins
on or after the effective date of this Act.
(b) The Office of Rural Community Affairs shall adopt the
rule required by Section 487.354, Government Code, as added by this
Act, not later than November 1, 2005.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 775 was passed by the House on March
31, 2005, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 775 was passed by the Senate on May
17, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
_____________________
Governor