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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of grants by the Texas Water Development |
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Board for water and wastewater system improvements in economically |
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distressed areas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsections (b) and (c), Section 17.933, Water |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) In providing financial assistance to an applicant under |
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this subchapter, the board may not provide to the applicant |
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financial assistance in the form of a grant [for which repayment is
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not required] in an amount that exceeds 50 percent of the total cost |
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of a proposed project [amount of the financial assistance plus
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interest on any amount that must be repaid,] unless the Texas |
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Department of State Health Services issues a determination |
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[finding] that a nuisance dangerous to the public health and safety |
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exists resulting from water supply and sanitation problems in the |
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area to be served by the proposed project. The board and the |
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applicant shall provide to the Texas Department of State Health |
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Services information necessary to make a determination, and the |
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board and the Texas Department of State Health Services may enter |
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into necessary memoranda of understanding to carry out this |
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subsection. |
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(c) In providing financial assistance under this |
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subchapter, the board may combine a grant made under this |
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subchapter with a loan from any other source, including another |
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program administered by the board [The total amount of financial
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assistance provided by the board to political subdivisions under
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this subchapter from state-issued bonds for which repayment is not
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required may not exceed at any time 90 percent of the total
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principal amount of issued and unissued bonds authorized under
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Article III of the Texas Constitution, for purposes of this
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subchapter plus outstanding interest on those bonds]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act does not make an appropriation. A |
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provision in this Act that creates a new governmental program, |
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creates a new entitlement, or imposes a new duty on a governmental |
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entity is not mandatory during a fiscal period for which the |
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legislature has not made a specific appropriation to implement the |
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provision. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |