Texas Government Code 418.062 – Eligibility for Loan
Terms Used In Texas Government Code 418.062
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005
A political subdivision may apply to the division for a loan under this subchapter if:
(1) the political subdivision:
(A) is located wholly or partly in an area declared to be a disaster area by the governor or the president of the United States; and
(B) before applying to the division for a loan under this subchapter:
(i) has submitted to the division, within 30 days of the date of its adoption by the governing body of the political subdivision, the political subdivision’s operating budget for the most recent fiscal year; and
(ii) has submitted an application for a loan from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s community disaster loan program;
(2) an assessment of damages due to the disaster for which the declaration was made has been conducted in the political subdivision; and
(3) the division, in consultation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, determines that the estimated cost to rebuild the political subdivision’s infrastructure damaged in the disaster is greater than 50 percent of the political subdivision’s total revenue for the current year as shown in the most recent operating budget of the political subdivision submitted to the division under this section.