Bill Text: TX SB480 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a local government to enter into an interlocal contract with certain governmental entities to participate in water research or planning activities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-22 - Filed [SB480 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB480-Introduced.html
| 89R4807 JBD-F | ||
| By: Perry | S.B. No. 480 | |
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| relating to the authority of a local government to enter into an | ||
| interlocal contract with certain governmental entities to | ||
| participate in water research or planning activities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 791, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 791.038 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 791.038. CONTRACTS FOR WATER RESEARCH OR PLANNING. A | ||
| local government may contract with another local government, the | ||
| state, or the federal government to jointly participate in research | ||
| or planning activities related to water resources. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2025. | ||
