Texas Local Government Code 386.032 – Area of Pervasive Poverty, Unemployment, or Economic Distress
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Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 386.032
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005
An area is an area of pervasive poverty, unemployment, or economic distress for the purposes of § 386.031 if:
(1) the average rate of unemployment in the area during the most recent 12-month period for which data are available was at least 1-1/2 times the state average for that period;
(2) the area is a low-income poverty area;
(3) the area is in a jurisdiction or pocket of poverty, according to the most recent certification available from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; or
(4) at least 70 percent of the residents or households of the area have an income that is less than 80 percent of the median income of the residents or households of the locality or state, whichever is less.