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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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 for a project proposed to be located in the District and |
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listed in the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay Texas Coastal Storm Risk |
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Management and Ecosystem Restoration report published by the United |
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States Army Corps of Engineers in May 2017. If the District enters |
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into a project partnership agreement under this subsection, the |
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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 expenditures of state money |
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relating to a project described by this subsection; 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 under this section before November 1, 2020, the initial |
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report described by Subsection (a)(1)(B) must be submitted not |
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later than December 1, 2020. This subsection expires January 1, |
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2021. |
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(b) If a project described by Subsection (a) is built in the |
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District, the District may accept money from any 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 for a project proposed to be located in the District and |
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listed in the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay Texas Coastal Storm Risk |
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Management and Ecosystem Restoration report published by the United |
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States Army Corps of Engineers in May 2017. If the District enters |
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into a project partnership agreement under this subsection, the |
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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 expenditures of state money |
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relating to a project described by this subsection; 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 under this section before November 1, 2020, the initial |
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report described by Subsection (a)(1)(B) must be submitted not |
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later than December 1, 2020. This subsection expires January 1, |
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2021. |
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(b) If a project described by Subsection (a) is built in the |
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District, the District may accept money from any 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 for a project proposed to be located in the District and |
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listed in the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay Texas Coastal Storm Risk |
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Management and Ecosystem Restoration report published by the United |
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States Army Corps of Engineers in May 2017. If the District enters |
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into a project partnership agreement under this subsection, the |
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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 expenditures of state money |
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relating to a project described by this subsection; 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 under this section before November 1, 2020, the initial |
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report described by Subsection (a)(1)(B) must be submitted not |
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later than December 1, 2020. This subsection expires January 1, |
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2021. |
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(b) If a project described by Subsection (a) is built in the |
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District, the District may accept money from any 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. |