By: Hinojosa	S.B. No. 318
	(In the Senate - Filed January 15, 2015; February 2, 2015,
	read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs and
	Military Installations; March 2, 2015, reported favorably by the
	following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 2, 2015, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the amount the Texas Military Preparedness Commission
	may grant to local governmental entities for certain purposes.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Sections 436.202(b) and (c), Government Code,
	are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The commission may not make a grant for an amount less
	than $50,000 or an amount more than the lesser of:
	(1)  50 percent of the amount of matching money or
	investment that the local governmental entity is required to
	provide, subject to Subsection (c);
	(2)  50 percent of the local governmental entity's
	investment for purposes described by Section 436.203 if federal
	assistance is unavailable; or
	(3)  $5 [$2] million.
	(c)  If the local governmental entity demonstrates to the
	commission that, because of a limited budget, the entity lacks the
	resources necessary to provide 50 percent of the amount of matching
	money or investment that the entity is required to provide, the
	commission may make a grant in an amount of not more than 80 percent
	of the amount of that matching money or investment requirement but
	may not make a grant in an amount that exceeds $5 [$2] million.
	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, 2015.
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