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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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GOVERNMENT CODE |
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Title 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH |
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Subtitle F. COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT |
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Chapter 486. ASSISTANCE FOR LOCAL AREA AFFECTED BY DEFENSE RESTRUCTURING |
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Subchapter A. GRANTS TO LOCAL AREAS AFFECTED BY DEFENSE BASE RESTRUCTURING |
Sec. 486.003. ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT
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(a) A local governmental entity is eligible for a grant under this chapter if it is:
(1) a municipality or county that is a defense community;
(2) a regional planning commission that has a defense community within its boundaries;
(3) a public junior college district all or part of which is located in a defense community;
(4) a campus or extension center for education purposes of the Texas State Technical College System located in a defense community;
(5) a defense base development authority created under Chapter 379B, Local Government Code; or
(6) a political subdivision having the power of a defense base development authority created under Chapter 379B, Local Government Code.
(b) A municipality or county is an adversely affected defense community if the department determines that:
(1) the municipality or county includes within its boundaries a defense facility that the department of defense or applicable military department has publicly proposed for closure or realignment; or
(2) the municipality or county:
(A) requires assistance because of:
(i) the proposed or actual establishment, realignment, or closure of a defense facility;
(ii) the cancellation or termination of a United States Department of Defense contract or the failure of the department of defense to proceed with an approved major weapon system program;
(iii) a publicly announced planned major reduction in department of defense spending that would directly and adversely affect the municipality or county; or
(iv) the closure or a significant reduction of the operations of a defense facility as the result of a merger, acquisition, or consolidation of a defense contractor operating the facility; and
(B) is expected to experience, during the period between the beginning of the federal fiscal year during which an event described by Subdivision (2)(A) is finally approved and the date that the event is to be substantially completed, a direct loss of:
(i) 2,500 or more defense worker jobs in any area of the municipality or county that is located in an urbanized area of a metropolitan statistical area;
(ii) 1,000 or more defense worker jobs in any area of the municipality or county that is not located in an urbanized area of a metropolitan statistical area; or
(iii) defense worker jobs representing one percent of the jobs in the municipality or county.
(c) A municipality or county is a positively affected defense community if the commission determines that a military facility located in or near the local governmental entity receives new or expanded military missions as a result of the United States Department of Defense base realignment process.