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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of |
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the flood infrastructure fund to assist in the financing of |
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drainage, flood mitigation, and flood control projects. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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adding Section 49-d-14 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 49-d-14. (a) The flood infrastructure fund is created |
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as a special fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue |
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fund. |
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(b) As provided by general law, money in the flood |
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infrastructure fund may be administered and used, without further |
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appropriation, by the Texas Water Development Board or that board's |
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successor in function to provide financing for a drainage, flood |
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mitigation, or flood control project, including: |
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(1) planning and design activities; |
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(2) work to obtain regulatory approval to provide |
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nonstructural and structural flood mitigation and drainage; or |
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(3) construction of structural flood mitigation and |
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drainage infrastructure. |
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(c) Separate accounts may be established in the flood |
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infrastructure fund as necessary to administer the fund or |
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authorized projects. |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the |
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creation of the flood infrastructure fund to assist in the |
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financing of drainage, flood mitigation, and flood control |
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projects." |