By: Paul H.B. No. 4293
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the maintenance and operation of certain projects by
  certain drainage districts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 34, Acts of the 57th Legislature, 3rd
  Called Session, 1962, is amended by adding Section 19 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 19.  (a)  The District may enter into a project
  partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
  Engineers for a project proposed to be located in the District and
  listed in the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay Texas Coastal Storm Risk
  Management and Ecosystem Restoration report published by the United
  States Army Corps of Engineers in May 2017. If the District enters
  into a project partnership agreement under this subsection, the
  District:
               (1)  must:
                     (A)  develop a maintenance and operation plan for
  the proposed project; and
                     (B)  biennially submit a report to the General
  Land Office and the legislature on expenditures of state money
  relating to a project described by this subsection; and
               (2)  may enter into an agreement for a public-private
  partnership to fund a local share of or the costs of the operation
  and maintenance of a project described by this subsection.
         (a-1)  If the District enters into a project partnership
  agreement under this section before November 1, 2020, the initial
  report described by Subsection (a)(1)(B) must be submitted not
  later than December 1, 2020. This subsection expires January 1,
  2021.
         (b)  If a project described by Subsection (a) is built in the
  District, the District may accept money from any source to:
               (1)  fund the maintenance and operation of the project;
  and
               (2)  provide local matching funds required by the
  project partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
  Engineers.
         SECTION 2.  Chapter 307, Acts of the 58th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1963, is amended by adding Section 20 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 20.  (a)  The District may enter into a project
  partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
  Engineers for a project proposed to be located in the District and
  listed in the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay Texas Coastal Storm Risk
  Management and Ecosystem Restoration report published by the United
  States Army Corps of Engineers in May 2017. If the District enters
  into a project partnership agreement under this subsection, the
  District:
               (1)  must:
                     (A)  develop a maintenance and operation plan for
  the proposed project; and
                     (B)  biennially submit a report to the General
  Land Office and the legislature on expenditures of state money
  relating to a project described by this subsection; and
               (2)  may enter into an agreement for a public-private
  partnership to fund a local share of or the costs of the operation
  and maintenance of a project described by this subsection.
         (a-1)  If the District enters into a project partnership
  agreement under this section before November 1, 2020, the initial
  report described by Subsection (a)(1)(B) must be submitted not
  later than December 1, 2020. This subsection expires January 1,
  2021.
         (b)  If a project described by Subsection (a) is built in the
  District, the District may accept money from any source to:
               (1)  fund the maintenance and operation of the project;
  and
               (2)  provide local matching funds required by the
  project partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
  Engineers.
         SECTION 3.  Chapter 44, Acts of the 57th Legislature, 3rd
  Called Session, 1962, is amended by adding Section 14 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 14.  
  (a)  The District may enter into a project
  partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
  Engineers for a project proposed to be located in the District and
  listed in the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay Texas Coastal Storm Risk
  Management and Ecosystem Restoration report published by the United
  States Army Corps of Engineers in May 2017. If the District enters
  into a project partnership agreement under this subsection, the
  District:
               (1)  must:
                     (A)  develop a maintenance and operation plan for
  the proposed project; and
                     (B)  biennially submit a report to the General
  Land Office and the legislature on expenditures of state money
  relating to a project described by this subsection; and
               (2)  may enter into an agreement for a public-private
  partnership to fund a local share of or the costs of the operation
  and maintenance of a project described by this subsection.
          (a-1)  If the District enters into a project partnership
  agreement under this section before November 1, 2020, the initial
  report described by Subsection (a)(1)(B) must be submitted not
  later than December 1, 2020. This subsection expires January 1,
  2021.
         (b)  If a project described by Subsection (a) is built in the
  District, the District may accept money from any source to:
               (1)  fund the maintenance and operation of the project;
  and
               (2)  provide local matching funds required by the
  project partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of
  Engineers.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.