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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to |
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provide financial assistance to political subdivisions for water |
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supply projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 16.053(j), Water Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(j) The board may provide financial assistance to political |
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subdivisions for water supply projects under Subchapter J, Chapter |
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15, if the financial assistance is under the safe drinking water |
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revolving fund, and for water supply projects under Subchapters E |
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and F of this chapter, Subchapters C, [D,] E, [F, J, O,] Q, and R, |
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Chapter 15, and Subchapters D, I, K, and L, Chapter 17, [for water
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supply projects] only if: |
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(1) the board determines that the needs to be |
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addressed by the project will be addressed in a manner that is |
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consistent with the state water plan; |
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(2) beginning January 5, 2002, the board: |
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(A) has approved a regional water plan as |
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provided by Subsection (i), and any required updates of the plan, |
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for the region of the state that includes the area benefiting from |
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the proposed project; and |
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(B) determines that the needs to be addressed by |
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the project will be addressed in a manner that is consistent with |
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that regional water plan; and |
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(3) the board finds that the water audit required |
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under Section 16.0121 has been completed and filed. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2015. |