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Amend CSHB 2564 (house committee printing) by striking all below the enacting clause and substituting the following:
\r\n SECTION 1. Section 436.205, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
\r\n Sec. 436.205. [PANEL:] EVALUATION OF APPLICATION. [(a) The commission shall establish a defense economic adjustment assistance panel composed of at least three and not more than five professional full-time employees of the office of the governor appointed by the director of the commission.\r\n
\r\n [(b)] The commission [panel] shall evaluate each grant application and assign the applicant a score based on:
\r\n (1) the significance of the adverse or positive effect within the local governmental entity; and
\r\n (2) any other criteria established by the commission.
\r\n SECTION 2. Section 436.206, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
\r\n Sec. 436.206. MAKING OF GRANT. [The panel shall submit its scores to the commission.] The commission shall use the scores assigned under Section 436.205 to determine whether to make a grant to an applicant. The commission may not make a grant unless the legislature has appropriated the money for the grant.
\r\n SECTION 3. Section 436.001(6), Government Code, is repealed.
\r\n SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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