87R9794 JAM-D     By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 777       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the establishment by the Texas Department of Housing   and Community Affairs of colonia self-help centers in certain   counties and to the representation of those counties on the Colonia   Resident Advisory Committee.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 2306.582(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  The department shall establish colonia self-help   centers in El Paso, Hidalgo, Nueces, Starr, and Webb Counties   [counties], and in Cameron County to serve Cameron and Willacy   Counties [counties]. If the department determines it necessary and   appropriate, the department may establish a self-help center in any   other county if the county is designated as an economically   distressed area under Chapter 17, Water Code, for purposes of   eligibility to receive funds from the Texas Water Development   Board.          SECTION 2.  Section 2306.584(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  The board shall appoint not fewer than six [five]   persons who are residents of colonias to serve on the Colonia   Resident Advisory Committee. The members of the advisory committee   shall be selected from lists of candidates submitted to the board by   local nonprofit organizations and the commissioners court of a   county in which a self-help center is located.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.