89S20123 CS-D     By: Ashby H.B. No. 254       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to eligibility of a political subdivision for a grant from   the Rural Infrastructure Disaster Recovery Program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 418.083, Government Code, as added by   H.B. 3010, Acts of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, and   effective September 1, 2025, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 418.083.  ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT. A political   subdivision is eligible to apply to the division for a grant under   this subchapter if the political subdivision is:                (1)  a county:                      (A)  that:                            (i)  has a population of less than 100,000;                            (ii)  has a gross domestic product of less   than $3 billion [$2 billion];                            (iii)  has a poverty rate greater than 10   [15] percent; and                            (iv)  is located wholly or partly in a   disaster area; and                      (B)  for which the total dollar amount of damages   resulting from the disaster, as shown in an assessment of damages   prepared after the disaster, exceeds the amount equal to 10 percent   of the state and local sales and use taxes collected in the county   during the state fiscal year preceding the year in which the   disaster occurs; or                (2)  a political subdivision other than a county that   is wholly or partly located in a county described by Subdivision   (1).          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately 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 immediate effect, this   Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the   legislative session.