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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the administration of the Clean Water State Revolving |
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Fund and the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 15.604, Water Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The board shall adopt rules specifying the manner in |
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which any additional state revolving fund hereafter established by |
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the board or any special capitalization grant under the state water |
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pollution control revolving fund, the safe drinking water revolving |
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fund, or other revolving fund established by the board may be used |
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to provide financial assistance to eligible applicants [political
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subdivisions] for public works. Such rules shall require financial |
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assistance to be provided for the purpose or purposes and on the |
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terms authorized by the federal legislation or federal agency |
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program under which the additional state revolving fund was |
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established or the special capitalization grant was awarded. |
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SECTION 2. Section 15.605, Water Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 15.605. RULES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection |
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(b), the [The] board shall adopt necessary rules to carry out this |
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subchapter in accordance with Chapter 2001, Government Code. |
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(b) If the board determines that rules necessary for |
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compliance with the terms of any special capitalization grant or |
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other federal funding must be adopted more expeditiously than |
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authorized under Chapter 2001, Government Code, the board may |
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proceed with the immediate adoption of rules by posting notice at |
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least 72 hours before the meeting to adopt the rules. Rules adopted |
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under this subsection become void if the board does not readopt the |
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rules in compliance with Chapter 2001, Government Code, on or |
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before the 180th day after the date of the immediate adoption. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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