By Brown S.B. No. 1333
77R5925 MI-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to programs and funding methods that promote water
1-3 conservation among certain state and local entities.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 373.005(b), Local Government Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) A community development program may include:
1-8 (1) acquisition of real property, including air
1-9 rights, water rights, and other interests in real property, that:
1-10 (A) is blighted, deteriorated, deteriorating,
1-11 undeveloped, or inappropriately developed from the standpoint of
1-12 sound community development and growth;
1-13 (B) is appropriate for rehabilitation or
1-14 conservation activities;
1-15 (C) is appropriate for the preservation or
1-16 restoration of historic sites, the beautification of urban land, or
1-17 the conservation of open spaces, natural resources, and scenic
1-18 areas;
1-19 (D) is appropriate for the provision of
1-20 recreational opportunities or the guidance of urban development; or
1-21 (E) is to be used for the provision of public
1-22 works, facilities, or other improvements eligible for assistance
1-23 under this chapter or is to be used for other public purposes;
1-24 (2) acquisition, construction, reconstruction, or
2-1 installation of public works, facilities, sites, or other
2-2 improvements, including construction, reconstruction, or
2-3 installation that implements design features or makes improvements
2-4 that promote energy or water use efficiency;
2-5 (3) municipal code enforcement in a deteriorated or
2-6 deteriorating area in which enforcement, combined with public
2-7 improvements and public services, may stop the decline of the area;
2-8 (4) clearance, demolition, removal, and rehabilitation
2-9 of buildings and improvements, including rehabilitation that
2-10 promotes energy or water use efficiency, including assistance in
2-11 and financing of public or private acquisition of those properties
2-12 for rehabilitation, and including the renovation of closed school
2-13 buildings;
2-14 (5) rehabilitation of privately owned properties;
2-15 (6) special projects related to the removal of
2-16 barriers that restrict the mobility of elderly and handicapped
2-17 persons;
2-18 (7) payments to housing owners for losses of rental
2-19 income incurred in holding for temporary periods housing units used
2-20 for the relocation of persons displaced by programs conducted under
2-21 this chapter;
2-22 (8) disposition, by sale, lease, donation, or
2-23 otherwise, of real property acquired under this chapter, or the
2-24 retention of the property for public purposes;
2-25 (9) provision of public services not otherwise
2-26 available if the services are designed to improve the community's
2-27 public services and facilities, including services related to
3-1 employment opportunities, economic development, crime prevention,
3-2 child care, health, drug abuse, education, welfare, or recreational
3-3 needs of persons residing in those areas, or are designed to
3-4 coordinate public and private development programs;
3-5 (10) payment of the nonfederal share required in
3-6 connection with a federal grant-in-aid program undertaken as part
3-7 of a local community development program;
3-8 (11) payment of the cost of completing a project
3-9 funded under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.A.
3-10 Section 1450 et seq.) or a federally assisted new community
3-11 assisted by loan guarantees under Title X of the National Housing
3-12 Act (12 U.S.C.A. Section 1749aa et seq.) if a portion of the
3-13 federally assisted area has received grants under Section 107(A)(1)
3-14 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.A.
3-15 Section 5307(a)(1));
3-16 (12) relocation payments and assistance for
3-17 individuals, families, businesses, organizations, and farm
3-18 operations if determined by the municipality to be appropriate;
3-19 (13) activities necessary to develop a comprehensive
3-20 community development plan and to develop a
3-21 policy-planning-management capacity in order that recipients of
3-22 assistance under this chapter may more rationally and effectively
3-23 determine their needs, set long-term goals and short-term
3-24 objectives, devise programs and activities to meet those goals and
3-25 objectives, evaluate the progress of the programs, and carry out
3-26 management, coordination, and monitoring of activities necessary
3-27 for effective implementation of the programs;
4-1 (14) payment of reasonable administrative costs and
4-2 carrying charges related to the planning and execution of community
4-3 development and housing activities, including the provision of
4-4 information and resources to residents of areas in which community
4-5 development and housing activities are to be concentrated with
4-6 respect to the planning and execution of those activities and
4-7 including the carrying out of activities described by Section
4-8 701(e) of the Housing Act of 1954 on the day before the date of the
4-9 enactment of the federal Housing and Community Development
4-10 Amendments of 1981;
4-11 (15) activities that are conducted by public or
4-12 private entities if the activities are necessary or appropriate to
4-13 meet the needs and objectives of the community development plan,
4-14 including:
4-15 (A) acquisition of real property;
4-16 (B) acquisition, construction, reconstruction,
4-17 rehabilitation, or installation of public facilities, site
4-18 improvements, utilities, commercial or industrial buildings or
4-19 other structures, or other commercial or industrial real property
4-20 improvements; and
4-21 (C) planning;
4-22 (16) grants to:
4-23 (A) neighborhood-based nonprofit organizations,
4-24 local development corporations, or other entities organized to
4-25 implement neighborhood revitalization projects, community economic
4-26 development projects, or energy or water conservation projects;
4-27 (B) federally assisted new communities; or
5-1 (C) neighborhood-based nonprofit organizations
5-2 or other private or public nonprofit organizations for the purpose
5-3 of assisting, as part of neighborhood revitalization or other
5-4 community development, the development of shared housing
5-5 opportunities in which elderly families benefit as a result of
5-6 living in a dwelling in which facilities are shared with others in
5-7 a manner that effectively and efficiently meets the housing needs
5-8 of the residents and as a result reduces their cost of housing;
5-9 (17) provision of assistance to private, for-profit
5-10 entities if the assistance is necessary or appropriate to carry out
5-11 an economic development project; and
5-12 (18) the rehabilitation or development of housing
5-13 assisted under Section 17 of the United States Housing Act of 1937.
5-14 SECTION 2. Section 61.0591(c), Education Code, is amended to
5-15 read as follows:
5-16 (c) The board shall allocate incentive funding, as a
5-17 percentage of base funding, among institutions of higher education
5-18 for the purpose of rewarding institutions achieving goals set by
5-19 the board in relation to:
5-20 (1) minority recruitment, retention, and academic
5-21 standards maintenance;
5-22 (2) graduation rates and maintenance of academic
5-23 standards;
5-24 (3) commitment to liberal arts core curriculum;
5-25 (4) commitment to continuing education;
5-26 (5) energy conservation and water conservation,
5-27 rainwater harvesting, and water reuse;
6-1 (6) improvements toward maximum utilization of campus
6-2 facilities;
6-3 (7) commitment to renovation and maintenance of
6-4 facilities;
6-5 (8) development of articulation arrangements;
6-6 (9) proportion of accredited academic programs;
6-7 (10) assessed performance of graduates as a measure of
6-8 general education outcome, including assessments based on
6-9 standardized examination performance;
6-10 (11) assessed performance of graduates as a measure of
6-11 specialized education outcome, including assessments based on
6-12 professional licensing examination performance;
6-13 (12) evaluation of instructional programs through
6-14 surveys of students, graduates, the general public, and employers;
6-15 (13) continuing and systematic peer evaluation of
6-16 academic and research programs by scholars from other institutions;
6-17 (14) progress toward or attainment of long-range
6-18 planning goals; and
6-19 (15) compliance with the management policies required
6-20 by Section 61.0651 of this code.
6-21 SECTION 3. Section 2303.304(b), Government Code, is amended
6-22 to read as follows:
6-23 (b) A neighborhood enterprise association with the approval
6-24 of and in coordination with the responsible state or local
6-25 governmental entity may:
6-26 (1) establish crime watch patrols in the association's
6-27 geographic neighborhood area;
7-1 (2) establish volunteer day-care centers;
7-2 (3) organize recreational activities for the
7-3 association's geographic neighborhood area youth;
7-4 (4) provide garbage collection;
7-5 (5) maintain and improve streets, bridges, and water
7-6 and sewer lines;
7-7 (6) provide energy or water conservation projects;
7-8 (7) provide health and clinic services;
7-9 (8) provide drug abuse programs;
7-10 (9) provide senior citizen assistance programs;
7-11 (10) maintain parks;
7-12 (11) rehabilitate, renovate, operate, or maintain low
7-13 or moderate income housing; and
7-14 (12) provide other types of public services as
7-15 authorized by law or rule.
7-16 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.