HB 3484
AN ACT relating to agreements between border municipalities.
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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What This Bill Does
Allows border municipalities in Texas to create agreements through reciprocal ordinances and extend existing agreements retroactively. It enables facilities, services, and infrastructure located within 30 miles of a border municipality in an adjoining state to be considered within Texas for funding and financing purposes, making them eligible for grants, loans, bonds, and other financial assistance under Texas law.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
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 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.
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to agreements between border municipalities.
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