H.B. No. 2900
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the powers, duties, and use of funds of the Trinity Bay
  Conservation District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 282, Acts of the 51st Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1949, is amended by adding Sections 1a and 11a to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 1a.  The District has all the rights, powers,
  privileges, functions, and duties provided by the general law of
  this state applicable to a conservation, reclamation, and drainage
  district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution,
  including Chapters 49 and 56, Water Code.
         Sec. 11a. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
  section, the District may only use funds generated by ad valorem
  taxes:
               (1)  for flood and drainage mitigation in the District;
  and
               (2)  to pay for the administrative costs of the
  District.
         (b)  The District may not commingle funds generated by ad
  valorem taxes with funds used for freshwater distribution or
  sanitary sewer collection services.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2900 was passed by the House on May 6,
  2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 119, Nays 15, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2900 was passed by the Senate on May
  24, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 2.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor