By: Creighton S.B. No. 1890
 
  (Walle)
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the applicability of uniform grant and contract
  management standards to certain Texas Water Development Board
  programs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 15.008, Water Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 15.008.  GRANT STANDARDS. The law regarding uniform
  grant [grants] and contract management, Chapter 783, Government
  Code, does not apply to a contract under Subchapter F, H, I, K, or P,
  or to a contract relating to an economically distressed area or
  nonborder colonia under Subchapter C.
         SECTION 2.  Section 16.458, Water Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 16.458.  APPLICABLE LAW. (a) Subchapter E, Chapter 17,
  applies to financial assistance made available from the resiliency
  fund, except that the board may execute contracts as necessary to
  evidence grant agreements.
         (b)  The law regarding uniform grant and contract
  management, Chapter 783, Government Code, does not apply to a
  contract for financial assistance made available from the
  resiliency fund.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter J, Chapter 17, Water Code, is amended
  by adding Section 17.913 to read as follows:
         Sec. 17.913.  GRANT STANDARDS. The law regarding uniform
  grant and contract management, Chapter 783, Government Code, does
  not apply to a contract under this subchapter.
         SECTION 4.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  a contract entered into on or after the effective date of this Act.
  A contract entered into before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date
  of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.