Bill Text: TX SB1337 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to provide financial assistance to political subdivisions for water supply projects.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-27 - House passage as amended reported [SB1337 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1337-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1337 | ||
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| relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to | ||
| provide financial assistance to political subdivisions for water | ||
| supply projects. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 16.053(j), Water Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (j) The board may provide financial assistance to political | ||
| subdivisions for water supply projects under Subchapter J, Chapter | ||
| 15, if the financial assistance is under the safe drinking water | ||
| revolving fund, and for water supply projects under Subchapters E | ||
| and F of this chapter, Subchapters C, [ |
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| Chapter 15, and Subchapters D, I, K, and L, Chapter 17, [ |
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| (1) the board determines that the needs to be | ||
| addressed by the project will be addressed in a manner that is | ||
| consistent with the state water plan; | ||
| (2) beginning January 5, 2002, the board: | ||
| (A) has approved a regional water plan as | ||
| provided by Subsection (i), and any required updates of the plan, | ||
| for the region of the state that includes the area benefiting from | ||
| the proposed project; and | ||
| (B) determines that the needs to be addressed by | ||
| the project will be addressed in a manner that is consistent with | ||
| that regional water plan; and | ||
| (3) the board finds that the water audit required | ||
| under Section 16.0121 has been completed and filed. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 17.001(17), Water Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (17) "Financial assistance" means: | ||
| (A) any loan of funds from the water supply | ||
| account, the water quality enhancement account, or the flood | ||
| control account to a political subdivision for construction of a | ||
| water supply project, including projects referenced in the state | ||
| water plan, treatment works, or flood control measures through the | ||
| purchase of bonds or other obligations of the political | ||
| subdivision; | ||
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| is the proceeds from water financial assistance bonds; and | ||
| (C) financial assistance under Subchapter G or H, | ||
| Chapter 15, but solely for purposes of the applicability of Section | ||
| 17.183 to the project for which the financial assistance is | ||
| provided. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 17.172, Water Code, is amended to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 17.172. APPLICABILITY. (a) This subchapter applies | ||
| to financial assistance made available from the water supply | ||
| account, the water quality enhancement account, the flood control | ||
| account, and the economically distressed areas account under | ||
| Subchapters D, F, G, and K of this chapter. | ||
| (b) In addition to applying to a project for which financial | ||
| assistance is made available from an account described by | ||
| Subsection (a) of this section, Section 17.183 applies to a project | ||
| for which financial assistance is made available under Subchapter G | ||
| or H, Chapter 15. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1337 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 14, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
| the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2015, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1337 passed the House, with | ||
| amendment, on May 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 121, | ||
| Nays 22, two present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
