Texas Water Code 17.923 – County Eligibility for Financial Assistance
Terms Used In Texas Water Code 17.923
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
To be eligible for financial assistance under this subchapter, a county:
(1) must have a per capita income that averaged 25 percent below the state average for the most recent three consecutive years for which statistics are available and an unemployment rate that averaged 25 percent above the state average for the most recent three consecutive years for which statistics are available;
(2) must be located adjacent to an international border; or
(3) must be located in whole or in part within 100 miles of an international border and contain the majority of the area of a municipality with a population of more than 250,000.
Without reference to the amendment of this section, this section was repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 927 (H.B. 467), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2005.
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