Sec. 436.201.  ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT.  (a)  The following local governmental entities are eligible for a grant under this subchapter:
(1)  a municipality or county that is a defense community;
(2)  a regional planning commission that has a defense community within its boundaries;
(3)  a public junior college district that is wholly or partly located in a defense community;
(4)  a campus or education extension center of the Texas State Technical College System that is located in a defense community;
(5)  a defense base development authority created under Chapter 379B, Local Government Code; and
(6)  a political subdivision that has the power of a defense base development authority created under Chapter 379B, Local Government Code.
(b)  An eligible local governmental entity may be awarded a grant if the commission determines that the entity may be adversely or positively affected by an anticipated, planned, announced, or implemented action of the United States Department of Defense to close, reduce, increase, or otherwise realign defense worker jobs or facilities.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 777 (S.B. 1200), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2013.