Amend SB 1337 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION _____. Section 17.001(17), Water Code, is amended to read as follows:
(17) "Financial assistance" means:
(A) any loan of funds from the water supply account, the water quality enhancement account, or the flood control account to a political subdivision for construction of a water supply project, including projects referenced in the state water plan, treatment works, or flood control measures through the purchase of bonds or other obligations of the political subdivision;
(B) [, and] any loan of funds the source of which is the proceeds from water financial assistance bonds; and
(C) financial assistance under Subchapter G or H, Chapter 15, but solely for purposes of the applicability of Section 17.183 to the project for which the financial assistance is provided.
SECTION ____. Section 17.172, Water Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 17.172. APPLICABILITY. (a) This subchapter applies to financial assistance made available from the water supply account, the water quality enhancement account, the flood control account, and the economically distressed areas account under Subchapters D, F, G, and K of this chapter.
(b) In addition to applying to a project for which financial assistance is made available from an account described by Subsection (a) of this section, Section 17.183 applies to a project for which financial assistance is made available under Subchapter G or H, Chapter 15.