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AN ACT
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relating to the maintenance and operation of certain projects by |
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certain drainage districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 34, Acts of the 57th Legislature, 3rd |
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Called Session, 1962, is amended by adding Section 19 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 19. (a) The District may enter into a project |
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partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of |
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Engineers or an agreement with the General Land Office or another |
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state agency for a project proposed to be located in the District |
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and listed in the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay, Texas Coastal Storm |
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Risk Management and Ecosystem Restoration report published by the |
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United States Army Corps of Engineers in May 2017. If the District |
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enters into a project partnership agreement or an agreement with |
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the General Land Office or another state agency under this |
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subsection, the District: |
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(1) must: |
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(A) develop a maintenance and operation plan for |
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the proposed project; and |
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(B) biennially submit a report to the General |
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Land Office and the legislature on: |
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(i) expenditures of state money relating to |
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a project described by this subsection; and |
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(ii) the extent to which additional |
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appropriations or additional money from any other source is needed |
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for the next biennium; and |
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(2) may enter into an agreement for a public-private |
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partnership to fund a local share of or the costs of the operation |
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and maintenance of a project described by this subsection. |
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(a-1) If the District enters into a project partnership |
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agreement or an agreement with the General Land Office or another |
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state agency under this section before May 1, 2020, the initial |
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report described by Subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section must be |
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submitted not later than June 1, 2020. This subsection expires |
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January 1, 2021. |
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(b) If a project described by Subsection (a) of this section |
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is built in the District, the District may accept money from any |
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source to: |
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(1) fund the maintenance and operation of the project; |
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and |
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(2) provide local matching funds required by the |
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project partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of |
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Engineers. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 307, Acts of the 58th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 1963, is amended by adding Section 20 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 20. (a) The District may enter into a project |
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partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of |
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Engineers or an agreement with the General Land Office or another |
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state agency for a project proposed to be located in the District |
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and listed in the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay, Texas Coastal Storm |
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Risk Management and Ecosystem Restoration report published by the |
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United States Army Corps of Engineers in May 2017. If the District |
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enters into a project partnership agreement or an agreement with |
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the General Land Office or another state agency under this |
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subsection, the District: |
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(1) must: |
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(A) develop a maintenance and operation plan for |
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the proposed project; and |
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(B) biennially submit a report to the General |
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Land Office and the legislature on: |
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(i) expenditures of state money relating to |
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a project described by this subsection; and |
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(ii) the extent to which additional |
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appropriations or additional money from any other source is needed |
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for the next biennium; and |
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(2) may enter into an agreement for a public-private |
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partnership to fund a local share of or the costs of the operation |
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and maintenance of a project described by this subsection. |
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(a-1) If the District enters into a project partnership |
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agreement or an agreement with the General Land Office or another |
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state agency under this section before May 1, 2020, the initial |
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report described by Subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section must be |
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submitted not later than June 1, 2020. This subsection expires |
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January 1, 2021. |
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(b) If a project described by Subsection (a) of this section |
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is built in the District, the District may accept money from any |
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source to: |
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(1) fund the maintenance and operation of the project; |
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and |
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(2) provide local matching funds required by the |
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project partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of |
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Engineers. |
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SECTION 3. Chapter 44, Acts of the 57th Legislature, 3rd |
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Called Session, 1962, is amended by adding Section 14 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 14. (a) The District may enter into a project |
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partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of |
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Engineers or an agreement with the General Land Office or another |
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state agency for a project proposed to be located in the District |
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and listed in the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay, Texas Coastal Storm |
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Risk Management and Ecosystem Restoration report published by the |
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United States Army Corps of Engineers in May 2017. If the District |
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enters into a project partnership agreement or an agreement with |
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the General Land Office or another state agency under this |
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subsection, the District: |
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(1) must: |
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(A) develop a maintenance and operation plan for |
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the proposed project; and |
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(B) biennially submit a report to the General |
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Land Office and the legislature on: |
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(i) expenditures of state money relating to |
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a project described by this subsection; and |
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(ii) the extent to which additional |
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appropriations or additional money from any other source is needed |
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for the next biennium; and |
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(2) may enter into an agreement for a public-private |
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partnership to fund a local share of or the costs of the operation |
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and maintenance of a project described by this subsection. |
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(a-1) If the District enters into a project partnership |
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agreement or an agreement with the General Land Office or another |
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state agency under this section before May 1, 2020, the initial |
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report described by Subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section must be |
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submitted not later than June 1, 2020. This subsection expires |
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January 1, 2021. |
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(b) If a project described by Subsection (a) of this section |
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is built in the District, the District may accept money from any |
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source to: |
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(1) fund the maintenance and operation of the project; |
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and |
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(2) provide local matching funds required by the |
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project partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of |
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Engineers. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2212 passed the Senate on |
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April 16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 24, 2019, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2212 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147, |
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Nays 0, one present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |