S.B. No. 2312

AN ACT

relating to eligibility for funds from the water infrastructure fund from the Texas Water Development Board.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subdivision (1), Section 15.971, Water Code, is amended to read as follows:

(1) "Eligible political subdivision" means a city, county, district, or authority created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including a groundwater district with a groundwater management plan certified by the board under Section 36.1072, any other political subdivision of the state, any interstate compact commission to which the state is a party, and any nonprofit water supply corporation created and operating under Chapter 67[:

[(A) a municipality;

[(B) a county;

[(C) a river authority or special law district that is listed in Section 9.010(b);

[(D) a water improvement district;

[(E) an irrigation district;

[(F) a water control and improvement district; and

[(G) a groundwater district with a groundwater management plan certified by the board under Section 36.1072].

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2312 passed the Senate on April 23, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2312 passed the House on May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, one present not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor