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Committee considers cleanup bill to standardize definition of Texas–Mexico border region
Summary
House Bill 1240 would align varying statutory definitions of the Texas–Mexico border region to the definition in Government Code 2056.002, ensure counties mentioned in existing definitions are included, and carries a $0 fiscal note according to the sponsor.
The committee laid out House Bill 1240, a technical cleanup bill that would create a single, uniform statutory definition of the Texas–Mexico border region by adopting the definition in Government Code section 2056.002 across statutes.
Senator Hinojosa, the Senate sponsor, said "various statutes reference the border region or Texas Mexico border region using differing definitions" and that the bill "aligns all references to the Texas and Mexico border region with the definition provided in section 2,056.002 of the government code." He added the substitute ensures all counties mentioned in existing definitions are included and called the bill "straightforward" with a fiscal note of $0.00 because it makes conforming changes.
The committee took no public testimony on the bill and left it pending "subject to the call of the chair." No vote or fiscal analysis beyond the sponsor's statement was recorded in the transcript.
