By: Watson S.B. No. 1538
 
  (Phelan)
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the permissible uses of the floodplain management
  account.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 16.3161(c), Water Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  The board may use the account to fund the performance
  of:
               (1)  the board's functions under Section 16.316; or
               (2)  any other activities related to:
                     (A)  the collection and analysis of flood-related
  information;
                     (B)  flood planning, protection, mitigation, or
  adaptation; or
                     (C)  the provision of flood-related information
  to the public through educational or outreach programs.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.