86R4815 GRM-F
 
  By: Miller H.B. No. 957
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of sales tax revenue collected under certain
  contracts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended
  by adding Section 54.605 to read as follows:
         Sec. 54.605.  USE OF SALES TAX REVENUE UNDER CERTAIN
  CONTRACTS. (a)  This section applies only to:
               (1)  a district located in a county with a population of
  550,000 or more and included in:
                     (A)  the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District; or
                     (B)  the Fort Bend Subsidence District;
               (2)  a municipality with a population of one million or
  more that is included in the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District;
  and
               (3)  money received by a municipality under Chapter
  321, Tax Code, from sales or uses consummated within the district, a
  percentage of which is distributed to the district by the
  municipality under the terms of a contract with the municipality,
  including a strategic partnership agreement authorized by Section
  43.0751, Local Government Code.
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the municipality
  must use at least 50 percent of the municipality's share of the
  money described by Subsection (a)(3) for drainage or road projects
  that:
               (1)  are located or conducted within the district or
  within five miles of the district's boundary;
               (2)  benefit residents of the district; and
               (3)  if they include a major thoroughfare, are
  consistent with the major thoroughfare plan of the county in which
  the project is located.
         (c)  This section applies to a contract or strategic
  partnership agreement entered into before September 1, 2019, only
  to the extent that the provisions of Subsection (b) do not impair
  obligations under the provisions of the contract or agreement.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.