Bill Text: TX SB2212 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the maintenance and operation of certain projects by certain drainage districts.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB2212 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB2212-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Taylor S.B. No. 2212
(Paul, Phelan, Deshotel)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the maintenance and operation of certain projects by
certain drainage districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 34, Acts of the 57th Legislature, 3rd
Called Session, 1962, is amended by adding Section 19 to read as
follows:
Sec. 19. (a) The District may enter into a project
partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
Engineers for a project proposed to be located in the District and
listed in the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay, Texas Coastal Storm Risk
Management and Ecosystem Restoration report published by the United
States Army Corps of Engineers in May 2017. If the District enters
into a project partnership agreement under this subsection, the
District:
(1) must:
(A) develop a maintenance and operation plan for
the proposed project; and
(B) biennially submit a report to the General
Land Office and the legislature on:
(i) expenditures of state money relating to
a project described by this subsection; and
(ii) the extent to which additional
appropriations or additional money from any other source is needed
for the next biennium; and
(2) may enter into an agreement:
(A) for a public-private partnership to fund a
local share of or the costs of the operation and maintenance of a
project described by this subsection; or
(B) with the General Land Office to obtain
funding for a local match requirement or the operation and
maintenance of a project described by this subsection.
(a-1) If the District enters into a project partnership
agreement under this section before November 1, 2020, the initial
report described by Subsection (a)(1)(B) must be submitted not
later than December 1, 2020. This subsection expires January 1,
2021.
(b) If a project described by Subsection (a) is built in the
District, the District may accept money from any source to:
(1) fund the maintenance and operation of the project;
and
(2) provide local matching funds required by the
project partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
Engineers.
SECTION 2. Chapter 307, Acts of the 58th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1963, is amended by adding Section 20 to read as
follows:
Sec. 20. (a) The District may enter into a project
partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
Engineers for a project proposed to be located in the District and
listed in the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay, Texas Coastal Storm Risk
Management and Ecosystem Restoration report published by the United
States Army Corps of Engineers in May 2017. If the District enters
into a project partnership agreement under this subsection, the
District:
(1) must:
(A) develop a maintenance and operation plan for
the proposed project; and
(B) biennially submit a report to the General
Land Office and the legislature on:
(i) expenditures of state money relating to
a project described by this subsection; and
(ii) the extent to which additional
appropriations or additional money from any other source is needed
for the next biennium; and
(2) may enter into an agreement:
(A) for a public-private partnership to fund a
local share of or the costs of the operation and maintenance of a
project described by this subsection; or
(B) with the General Land Office to obtain
funding for a local match requirement or the operation and
maintenance of a project described by this subsection.
(a-1) If the District enters into a project partnership
agreement under this section before November 1, 2020, the initial
report described by Subsection (a)(1)(B) must be submitted not
later than December 1, 2020. This subsection expires January 1,
2021.
(b) If a project described by Subsection (a) is built in the
District, the District may accept money from any source to:
(1) fund the maintenance and operation of the project;
and
(2) provide local matching funds required by the
project partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
Engineers.
SECTION 3. Chapter 44, Acts of the 57th Legislature, 3rd
Called Session, 1962, is amended by adding Section 14 to read as
follows:
Sec. 14. (a) The District may enter into a project
partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
Engineers for a project proposed to be located in the District and
listed in the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay, Texas Coastal Storm Risk
Management and Ecosystem Restoration report published by the United
States Army Corps of Engineers in May 2017. If the District enters
into a project partnership agreement under this subsection, the
District:
(1) must:
(A) develop a maintenance and operation plan for
the proposed project; and
(B) biennially submit a report to the General
Land Office and the legislature on:
(i) expenditures of state money relating to
a project described by this subsection; and
(ii) the extent to which additional
appropriations or additional money from any other source is needed
for the next biennium; and
(2) may enter into an agreement:
(A) for a public-private partnership to fund a
local share of or the costs of the operation and maintenance of a
project described by this subsection; or
(B) with the General Land Office to obtain
funding for a local match requirement or the operation and
maintenance of a project described by this subsection.
(a-1) If the District enters into a project partnership
agreement under this section before November 1, 2020, the initial
report described by Subsection (a)(1)(B) must be submitted not
later than December 1, 2020. This subsection expires January 1,
2021.
(b) If a project described by Subsection (a) is built in the
District, the District may accept money from any source to:
(1) fund the maintenance and operation of the project;
and
(2) provide local matching funds required by the
project partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
Engineers.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.