By Lucio S.B. No. 1422 76R8835 MI-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to financial assistance for residential hookups to water 1-3 and wastewater services in economically distressed areas. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 17, Water Code, is amended 1-6 by adding Section 17.9345 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 17.9345. RESIDENTIAL HOOKUPS. The board may provide 1-8 financial assistance to a political subdivision under this 1-9 subchapter for the purpose of making loans to individuals to pay 1-10 costs of: 1-11 (1) connecting a private residence to a water or sewer 1-12 line; 1-13 (2) fees or permits required for residential 1-14 connections; 1-15 (3) indoor plumbing lines and fixtures; and 1-16 (4) installation of indoor plumbing lines and 1-17 fixtures. 1-18 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the date on which the 1-19 constitutional amendment proposed by ____J.R. No.____, 76th 1-20 Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, takes effect. If that 1-21 amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act has no effect. 1-22 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.