Relating to agreements between border municipalities.

89(R) HB 3484 - Introduced version - Bill Text

By: VanDeaver

H.B. No. 3484

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

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

projects and services.

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.