85R11276 LHC-D     By: Cosper, Shine H.B. No. 2356       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the applicability of the law governing the provision of   state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected   by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 140.011(a)(2), Local Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:                (2)  "Local government" means:                      (A)  a municipality located wholly or partly in a   county described by this subdivision [adjacent to a United States   military installation]; [and]                      (B)  a county in which a United States military   installation is wholly or partly located; and                      (C)  a county adjacent to a county described by   Paragraph (B).          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to the   eligibility of a qualified local government to apply for a disabled   veteran assistance payment beginning with the fiscal year of the   local government that ends in the 2017 tax year.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.