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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to financing of water and wastewater connections and |
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plumbing improvements in economically distressed areas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 17, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 17.923 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 17.923. RESIDENTIAL PLUMBING ASSISTANCE. (a) Among |
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the public purposes served by this subchapter, the legislature |
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hereby declares that it is in the public interest to protect public |
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health and sanitation by providing financial assistance for the |
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costs associated with first-time connection of public water supply |
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and sanitary sewer services to residences otherwise benefiting from |
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financial assistance under this subchapter. |
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(b) A political subdivision may use money from financial |
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assistance under this subchapter to pay: |
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(1) costs to connect a residence to a water |
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distribution system constructed under this subchapter; |
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(2) costs to provide yard service connections; |
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(3) costs of connecting a residence to a sewer |
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collection system constructed under this subchapter; |
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(4) necessary connection fees and permit fees; or |
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(5) necessary costs of design related to plumbing |
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improvements described in Subdivisions (1) through (4) of this |
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subsection. |
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(c) A political subdivision may only use the money under |
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Subsection (b) to provide financial assistance to a United States |
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citizen. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |