H.B.�No.�807
AN ACT
relating to allowing counties with no incorporated territory to
participate in programs designed to assist municipalities.
�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
�������SECTION�1.��Section 81.034, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
�������Sec.�81.034.��ELIGIBILITY OF COUNTY WITH NO INCORPORATED
TERRITORY TO PARTICIPATE IN MUNICIPAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.��A
county that contains no incorporated territory of a municipality
[has the power to enact ordinances under Section 81.033] is
eligible to apply on behalf of locations in the county that are
census designated places�as if the places�[it] were municipalities
[a municipality] for the purpose of participating in any federal or
state program that provides grants, loans, or other assistance to
municipalities.
�������SECTION�2.��This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
______________________________ ______________________________
���President of the Senate Speaker of the House�����
�������I certify that H.B. No. 807 was passed by the House on April
28, 2009, by the following vote:��Yeas 145, Nays 4, 1 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House���
�������I certify that H.B. No. 807 was passed by the Senate on May
21, 2009, by the following vote:��Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate����
APPROVED:��_____________________
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