S.B. No. 1337

	AN ACT
	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, [D,] E, [F, J, O,] Q, and R,
	Chapter 15, and Subchapters D, I, K, and L, Chapter 17, [for water
	supply projects] only if:
	(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;
	(B)  [, and] any loan of funds the source of which
	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