Overview                                                             
	The proposed rider would appropriate $6,238,500 in General 
Revenue in fiscal year 2008 to be transferred to the Water 
Assistance Fund No. 480 to provide a grant to the La Joya Special 
Utility District for a water infrastructure project.

Required Action                                                        
	1. In Article XI add the following rider for the Water 
Development Board:    
	     . Contingency Appropriation: La Joya Special Utility 
District Water Infrastructure Project. Contingent upon the passage 
of HB 479, or similar legislation relating to the succession of the 
La Joya Water Supply Corporation by the La Joya Special Utility 
District by the Eightieth Legislature, Regular Session, the Texas 
Water Development Board is appropriated $6,238,500 out of the 
General Revenue Fund in Strategy B.1.1, State Financial Assistance 
Programs, in fiscal year 2008 to be transferred to the Water 
Assistance Fund (WAF) No. 480, as authorized in Chapter 15, Water 
Code to fund a grant to the La Joya Special Utility District for a 
water infrastructure project.
	Any unexpended balances as of August 31, 2008 out of 
appropriations made herein are appropriated to the Water 
Development Board for the same purpose for the fiscal year 
beginning September 1, 2008.