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AN ACT
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relating to the use of the rural water assistance fund. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 15.994(c), Water Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) The board may use money in the fund to contract for |
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outreach, financial, planning, and technical assistance to assist |
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rural political subdivisions in obtaining and using financing from |
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any source for a purpose described by this section [the fund]. |
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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, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 544 was passed by the House on April |
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5, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 544 was passed by the Senate on May |
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12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |