By: Watson S.B. No. 1538

(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2017; March 21, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs; April 6, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 6, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

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.

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