AN ACT
 1-1     relating to the state participation program of the Texas Water
 1-2     Development Board.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 16, Water Code, is amended
 1-5     by adding Section 16.142 to read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 16.142.  RECOVERY OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.  (a)  The
 1-7     board may charge an administrative fee to a political subdivision
 1-8     with which the board agrees to participate in a project under this
 1-9     subchapter.
1-10           (b)  The board by rule shall set the fee at an amount it
1-11     considers necessary to recover the costs incurred or to be incurred
1-12     by the board in administering the project over its life, including
1-13     the costs of processing an application, monitoring construction,
1-14     and auditing and monitoring the project.  The state auditor shall
1-15     review fees charged by the board to determine whether the fees are
1-16     set consistent with this subsection.
1-17           (c)  The board may require the payment of the fee in one or
1-18     more payments.
1-19           (d)  Fees shall be deposited as directed by the board for use
1-20     in administering the program.
1-21           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
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.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1862 passed the Senate on
         April 26, 1999, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that
         the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 1999, by a
         viva-voce vote.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1862 passed the House, with
         amendment, on May 22, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
         Approved:
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                     Date
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                   Governor