79R6717 HLT-F

By:  Callegari                                                    H.B. No. 1599


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a conservation and reclamation district's use of money received under a contract with a municipality. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 49, Water Code, is amended by adding Section 49.2145 to read as follows: Sec. 49.2145. USE OF MONEY RECEIVED UNDER CERTAIN CONTRACTS. A district that receives money from a municipality under the terms of a contract with the municipality, including a strategic partnership agreement authorized by Section 43.0751, Local Government Code, may use the money for any purpose of the district or the municipality, unless the contract requires the district to use the money for a specified purpose. For purposes of this chapter, a district purpose includes a municipal purpose for which money is used under this section. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a contract between a municipality and a conservation and reclamation district entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect on the date the contract was entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2005.