79R7003 T
By: Lindsay S.B. No. 748
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of funds received under a contract with a
municipality by a conservation and reclamation district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 49, Water Code, is amended
by adding Section 49.073 to read as follows:
Sec. 49.073. USE OF CERTAIN CONTRACT FUNDS. A district
receiving funds from a municipality pursuant to the provisions of a
contract with a municipality, including a strategic partnership
agreement authorized under Sec. 43.0751, Local Government Code, may
use such funds for any lawful purpose of either the district or the
applicable municipality, unless required otherwise by the
applicable contract. The purposes of the district shall be
construed to include the municipal purposes for which such funds
are used by the district hereunder.
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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.