By Bailey H.B. No. 3470 77R8978 MI-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the financing of water and sewer programs in 1-3 disadvantaged areas in certain counties. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 15, Water Code, is amended 1-6 by adding Section 15.009 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 15.009. ELIGIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR 1-8 ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREAS. Notwithstanding other provisions of 1-9 this chapter, Chapter 16, or Chapter 17, a county with a population 1-10 of three million or more or a county with a population of 350,000 1-11 or more that is adjacent to a county with a population of three 1-12 million or more is eligible for any financial assistance available 1-13 under this chapter, Chapter 16, or Chapter 17 for providing water 1-14 and sewer services, connections to water and sewer services, and 1-15 any other assistance related to water and sewer services in 1-16 economically distressed areas of the county. 1-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-18 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-19 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-20 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-21 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.